AN EVALUATION OF NATURAL LIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN SPACES WITH LIGHTED DOME

Year 2019, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 521 - 532, 19.12.2019

Tuğçe Çelik , C. Nakış Karamağaralı

Abstract

Light
gives a distinctive characteristic to the spaces with lighted dome. In this
study, "the lighted dome" has been handled in a holistic view with
its form, meaning and the space-light effect. In order to understand the effect
of light in spaces have lighted domes and to make interpretations with an
analytical method, a number of analyzes were performed with the programs used. The
analysis presents the features that light provides to the spaces and the
semantic dimension that is added or the reason for building, while it's thought
that the lighted dome has a special place in Turkish architecture.

Keywords

lighted dome, architectural history, Turkish architecture, natural light, space-light analysis

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