Light in the city

This thesis focuses on enhancing the awareness of light for the pedestrian,and using light as a way of revealing the structure of the city and its relation to the cosmos. It proposes that aesthetic qualities of light inform the design of urban public space. The qualities of light investigated in the thesis are inspired by artists, architects and public spaces. The proposed qualities combine with the existing vocabulary of light to produce a design proposal unique to the site. The design proposal is used to reflect on existing light regulations for cities like Boston. The site for this exploration is a dense urban strip in downtown Boston.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Srinivasan, Kavita, 1976-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• William Porter and Anne Spirn.

• Architecture.
• Urban Studies and Planning.

Statement dc:rights

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70357

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/70357