Conclusions
SÃCÃRÂMB: PLEADING
FOR”ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT"
For modern life, a renewing architecture
shall be able to recover and mediate natural harmony between human and his
cosmic roots, between culture and nature. LIGHT can be considered like an
archetype: physical, biological and psychosocial, in order to unite not only as
symbol, human life and its already-made framework. We can also consider
"The Architecture of Light" - having human being ("being of
light") as an essential "measure" - as integrating, according to
the equation:
INTEGRATING ARCHITECTURE (CIVIL PLANNING) = Nature + Architectural
Object + Culture.
As it describes a model of
"architectural semyosis" (civil planning), our work considers
"the determination of light" for optimising the following factors:
· the shapes of natural landscape
(geographic environmental conditions), determining for what we might call
"ecologic civil planning", on one hand and for "city
profile" (line of light), on the other hand; recovering for the shapes of
civil architecture of several natural harmony relationships (those of the
"golden cut", for instance).
· the
object of architecture (the already-made framework: civil residence, for
instance) could mediate (through a wise "civil policy") the
relationship between:
— FUNCTION ("transparency of the
plan" of the building) + STRUCTURE (measurement instruments and devices,
able to use "the effects of light") + FORMS (involving the symbolism
of “sacred volumes” - of light, colours, proportions etc.);
— cultural context (traditions,
aspirations, living conditions, migrations, etc.) it is determining for a
“social architecture” (individual), for a harmonious/“bright life”.
PROGRAMMING PRINCIPLES OF "ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT"
· The
shape follows the function and the function allows the shape to become real
(the principle of functional
architecture).
·
Fundamental shapes of nature are generated by light
(principle of bio-photonics).
·
Light is responsible for fundamental shapes and functions
(principle of "architecture of
light").
The present chapter represents a scientific
explanation of the fact that fundamental shapes of natural world are established
by the presence and action of invisible forces, like electro-magnetic fields (of
light). In such conditions, the intention of elaborating ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT
is perfectly justified. It helps Culture to create an optimising harmony with
Nature.
In order to give back to the human being
the privilege of "essential joy", the dignity of being a cosmic as
well as a social being, the so-called programme "ARCHITECTURE OF
LIGHT" - the Complex of Sacaramb is perfectly subordinated to it - began to
have contour. In such context, as a conclusion of the already developed
subjects, we mean to state all the directions of principles that such programme
is proposing to us.
As it subordinates to the program ting idea
of "Architecture as resource", the integrating vision proposed
by”Architecture of Light" is characterised by the following renewing
aspects:
· it
is subordinating to the idea of "ORIGINAR/(RE) SOURCE", that is to
say, it returns to the concept and application of principles of harmony that are
essentially designed among the following dimensions: cosmic/terrestrial, special
(up/down, vertical/horizontal, volume/plan, external/internal), temporal
(past/future), structural (shapes), functional (contain);
· it
is an INTEGRATING-HUMAN ARCHITECTURE, as it combines the principles of
architecture: Organic + Functional + Structural, ensuring the human being as
individual (bio-psychic-logic) and global/of group (social);
· it
has TRANSDICIPLINARY CHARACTER as it finds the implications of an unifying
paradigm as concept (metaphysics), as well as constructive plan (physical) of
architecture: LIGHT, as determining resource for all plans of human life
(physic, biologic, psycho-social):
· it
combines TRADITION with INOVATION, by interfering some currents already existing
in architecture, with the principles of a new eco-systemic vision, based on:
Holograph, Synergy, and Holism;
· it
"lives" as ARCHETYPAL MEMORY, as it describes the transformation of
human aspirations, by "turning" them from Nature to Culture, from
intuition to (techno) logy, by individual to global/diversity, from ethnic to
universal.
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According to these characteristics, the
programme "ARCHITECTURE OF LIGHT" is subordinated to the general and
specific RESULTS that the programme "ARCHITECTURE AS RESOURCE" is
meant for. [Poenaru, 2002]