CONTENTS Introduction 9 Gerhard Auer Darker Living How Artificial Light Teaches Us to Love Daylight 13 Well Lighted? On the Status Quo of the Hunger for Light 31 Irreplaceable Daylight 31 The Call for Brightness 31 Habits and Positive Attributions 35 Artificial Light 37 The Myth of Light 38 The Myth of Glass 43 Overexposures 44 Modern Living49 Light-flooded Houses Modern = Bright 49 Hygiene through Light and Housing Reform 51 Modern Architecture, Modern Living 53 Equal Heights for Equal People 55 Floor Plan and Typology: Into the Light 57 Increasing Density and Lighting: Rows, Blocks, and Towers 60 In Healthy Light: Balconies, Loggias, Terraces 66 Continuing to Build with Distinction 74 Light, Sight, Space79 Experiencing Light, Perceiving Space, and Looking Out Light and Sight 79 Between Inside and Outside 81 Looking Out: Information and Contemplation 82 The Window's Loss of Importance 84 The Spatial Box: Discretion in Muted Light 89 The Framed View 90 Bursting the Box: New Spaces of Experience 92 Flowing Spaces: Visual Boundlessness and Clarifying Brightness 95 The Form of Windows and the Interior 96 The Mise-en-Scene of Prospects 99 Last Stop : Glass House 101 Rehabilitating Darkness 106 From the Form to the Shell 108 New Pleasure in Transparency: The Un-Private House 109 Semitransparent Shells: Veiled Views and the Diffusion of Light 110 Metamorphoses of the Facade 112 Reveiling the Unveiled : Protection from Sun and Prying Eyes 113 Multiple Layers 121 Shown in a Good Light 124 Illuminating: Seeing Well and Seeing Comfortably 129 Qualities of Natural Light and Rules of Thumb for Design Good Light Planning? 129 The Given Situation and Local Conditions: Designing the Exterior 130 The Climate Zone-The Building's Surroundings-The Sun's Orientation-The Building Volumes and Facades Quantitative Objectives 134 Interior Design and Functional Lighting 134 The Composition of Natural Light-Terms in Lighting Technology- The Distribution of Luminance and Transitions Rules of Thumb for Interior Design 137 The Height and Depth of the Room-The Size and Position of Windows- Vertical or Horizontal Openings-Shadows of Other Buildings Increasing and Optimizing Light 144 Light from One Side-Light from More than One Side Qualitative Objectives 158 Interior Design and Seeing Comfortably Light for Information and Wayfinding 158 Directing Light and Shading 159 Modeling Space-Reducing Contrast-Modulating Diffuse Brightness Glare Control 165 Disability Glare from Excessive Luminances-Discomfort Glare from Excessive Luminance Contrast-Silhouette Effect Solar Control and Directing Sunlight 170 Single-Skin Facades-Double-Skin and Multiple-Skin Facades Daylight as Design Medium 176 Lighting Effects: Beyond Seeing Comfortably 181 Well-Being, Mood, Experience The Consequences of Flooding with Light 181 A Loss of Homeyness? 182 Physiological and Psychological Comfort 186 One's Own Four Walls188 Buffer Zones and Transitional Spaces 191 The Veiled Gaze 192 The Hiding Place 195 The Island of Light 196 The Home as a Place of Memory 198 Lighting and the Experience of Space 200 A Play with Lights and a Theater of Materials 206 Best of : Eleven Masters of Natural Light 211 Landmark Concepts of Light Le Corbusier : Purifying Light 212 Richard Neutra : Invigorating Light 213 Frank Lloyd Wright : Vitalizing Light 214 AlvarAalto : Ephemeral Light 215 Louis I. Kahn: Purist Light 216 Luis Barragan: Meditative Light 217 Tadao Ando: Spiritual Light 218 Jean Nouvel: Illusionistic Light 219 Toyo Ito: Atmospheric Light 220 SANAA, Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa: Suggestive Light 221 Steven Holl: Animating Light 223 Selected Bibliography 225 Illustration Credits 228 On the Authors 230 Acknowledgments 230