Sahar Abbaszadeh Fard
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Spring Semester 2004
Sahar Abbaszadeh Fard
MS / PhD.
Hi! Here's a compilation of what I did
during the semester. Scroll down and enjoy!
Quick links:
Introductory
Proof of Concept
Sketch model
Daylight Qualities
Windows by Decade
Source qualities
Dynamic Effects
Introductory Exercise
Introductory Exercise:
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We tested our intuition to daylight distribution in this exercise by sketching the space represented below, before and after building the model.
Mine was pretty close, except that I had under-estimated the directional sharpness of shadows from the side window, and over-estimated it from the clerestory.
Sketch from first class before working
with the model
Sketch at the end of the physical model exercise
Proof of concept Exercise:
Proof of concept Exercise:
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course material)
Physical models are still the most accurate way to investigate light distribution inside a space. Me and Kevin and Bill, made a 1" scale model of room 1000 in Wurster Hall and tested the accuracy of our model in relation to the actual space. Next we modified the room as we saw best and tested our assumptions with physical measurements.
Sketch model exercise:
Sketch model exercise:
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course material)
Physical daylight models can be as sophisticated as you want them to be, depending on how much you want to spend on them and the time on your hands. In this exercise we had a two hour charrette for building Sam Davis's office in Wurster. I worked with my group (me, Kevin, Bill)
Daylight Qualities exercise:
Daylight Qualities exercise:
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course material)
This was probably my favorite exercise. I tried to capture each one of our list of forty daylight qualities that we had come up in class. I figured out that I didn't know what each one meant, some could not be captured and some had too broad of a meaning!! Take a look.
Windows by Decade exercise:
Windows by Decade exercise:
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course material)
The UC Berkeley campus has a great history spanning more than 100 years. In this exercise we traced the window and glass technology advancements and the consequent modifications of interior daylight in space in 8 campus buildings from 8 different decades.
Source Qualities exercise:
Source
Qualities exercise:
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course material)
Here I tried to capture different qualities of light in a model of a room with one window to the side. It is amazing to see the roster of images that show the major effect of colors of the environment.
Dynamic effects exercise:
Dynamic effects
exercise:
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course material)
I tried to capture the dynamics quality of light in my room by taking a digital image of a West facing window every fifteen minutes between 8am and 2pm. The pattern of shadows on the wall projected by the trees outside and the shadow of my lonely plastic giraffe in the cage started changing drastically in the afternoon. Unfortunately by the time when the light started changing drastically, the battery of the camera died!! I have compiled all images (111) in one animated GIF that you can view from here. Beware the file size is 2.71 megabytes.
