Challenging Glass 3 – Conference on Architectural and Structural Applications of Glass
Bos, Louter, Nijsse, Veer (Eds.), IOS Press, 2012.
© 2012 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.
doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-061-1-3
Light in the Public Realm
James F. Carpenter
James Carpenter Design Associates Inc, 145 Hudson Street, 4
th
Floor, New York, NY
10013, USA, www.jcdainc.com,
[email protected]
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The material properties of glass and its ongoing technological development offer
particular opportunities for daylighting and lighting. Our own approach is to consider
the possibility of approaching glass as an opportunity for the reestablishment of
experiential light in public realm. Electrical lighting at night is one area where quantity
is suppressing the possibilities of presenting subtle qualities of light.
Figure 1: Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Photo: Timothy Hurstley (courtesy of Israel Museum).
Today, in keeping with our prioritizing of light in the public realm, we continue to
explore many materials, but glassy materials such as glass continue to be of particular
interest for their specific ability to unravel and reveal the density of information
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