March 11, 2025_09:31
Lighting in the Landscape
Quotes from Architect, Peter Zumthor and his book titled, Thinking Architecture, chapter title: The Light in the Landscape.
“When I start studying light and shadow, the light and shadow of the moon, the light and shadow of the sun, the light and the shadows produced by the lamp in my living room, I acquire a sense of scale and dimension.”
“The older I get, the more intense is my interest in the various ways and forms in which light appears in nature. I am amazed, I learn from that, and I am aware that it is the light of the sun that illuminates the buildings I envision. I hold spaces, materials, textures, colors, surfaces, and shapes up to the light of the sun; I capture this light, reflect it, filter it, screen it off; I think it out to create a luster in the right spot. Light as an agent, I’m familiar with it. But when I really start thinking about it, I understand hardly anything.”
“Jun’ichiro praise shadows. And shadows praise light.“
“Is it even possible to imagine things without light?”
“Between sunset and sunrise, we furnish ourselves with illumination of our own making, lights that we can switch on at will. These lights cannot be compared to daylight; they are too weak and too breathless with their flickering intensities and swiftly spreading shadows.”
“Shadowless modernism.”
Lighting in the Landscape
Quotes from Architect, Peter Zumthor and his book titled, Thinking Architecture, chapter title: The Light in the Landscape.
“When I start studying light and shadow, the light and shadow of the moon, the light and shadow of the sun, the light and the shadows produced by the lamp in my living room, I acquire a sense of scale and dimension.”
“The older I get, the more intense is my interest in the various ways and forms in which light appears in nature. I am amazed, I learn from that, and I am aware that it is the light of the sun that illuminates the buildings I envision. I hold spaces, materials, textures, colors, surfaces, and shapes up to the light of the sun; I capture this light, reflect it, filter it, screen it off; I think it out to create a luster in the right spot. Light as an agent, I’m familiar with it. But when I really start thinking about it, I understand hardly anything.”
“Jun’ichiro praise shadows. And shadows praise light.“
“Is it even possible to imagine things without light?”
“Between sunset and sunrise, we furnish ourselves with illumination of our own making, lights that we can switch on at will. These lights cannot be compared to daylight; they are too weak and too breathless with their flickering intensities and swiftly spreading shadows.”
“Shadowless modernism.”
Photography: Michael S. Wells