Project
3: Research
The
First Unitarian Church of Rochester
Architect:
Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn began the
design of The First Unitarian Church of Rochester with a question mark
representing the sanctuary. Then he put the class rooms around it showing how the
questions rose from education.
Because the sanctuary
is the central room he couldn’t put windows to let light in. He put four light
towers at the corners of the space to allow light into the central room.
Having the class rooms open to direct sun light
created a problem as well. There could not be too much light in classrooms
because it would cause glare. To protect the windows he set them in deep
masonry reveals.
Light
Machines
We built simple models
to see how the light behaves in different structures
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