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Darkness – What is the Relationship?

“The eye goes through its involuntary process of responding and adapting to changing brightness values of successive spaces. Sometimes those changes in brightness are severe and occur suddenly, and the eye is forced to adapt accordingly.” • -Lou Michel, ‘Light: The Shape of Space: Designing..

Physiological Differences – Part 3.2 of a 6 Part Series

Welcome back to our 'Culture and Climate' series! Today, we discover how Physiological Differences can impact how we perceive light! The manner in which we perceive light physiologically is one aspect that escapes culture. While there are differences that arise from individual traits, such as how..

Elements of Culture Part 3.1 of a 6 Part Series

Welcome back to our Contextualizing light with Culture series! Today, we continue by examining the Elements of Culture. As mentioned before, as the description of culture gets broader, the more accurate it becomes. The definition of culture is therefore better understood when the different variab..

Contextualizing Light With Culture

Welcome back to our Culture and Climate series, where we discuss the crucial relationship between light and culture! We see culture through a variety of means, but most commonly it exists in the zeitgeist through two forms – regional sociology and regional aesthetics. Sociologically, how we int..

What is Darkness? Shadow? – Part 1.1 of a 6 Part Series

We begin our series on understanding darkness in lighting design with a quote from self-taught Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the self-taught Japanese architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1995: "It is necessary to return to the point where the interplay of light and dark reveals forms, and in ..

Age-Related Illness – Part 2.7 of a 7 Part Series

3 April 2018
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Welcome back to our 'Physiological Need for Light' series! Today, we look about a connection between light and the age-related illnesses, Alzheimer's. ALZHEIMER’S Individuals with Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia [ADRD] often sleep during the day and are awake at night Night time wa..

Nogier Frequencies – Part 2.6 of a 7 Part Series

2 April 2018
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NOGIER FREQUENCIES “Sickness results when cells, molecules or particles of matter are out of their normal resonance or vibratory pattern. By repeatedly exposing damaged tissue to the normal resonance frequencies associated with that tissue, healing often occurs, sometimes quite rapidly.” - Dr. ..

Mental Illness and Light – Part 2.5 of a 7 Part Series

30 March 2018
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AWA HOLY COWS, GENERAL, HEALTHY LIGHTING

Welcome back to our Physiological Need for Light series! Today, we ponder on links between mental illness and light. Mental illness has increased as humans have migrated out of the sun. Low 25 [OH]D levels with mental illness and learning disorders. Depression has significant co-mor..

Physiological Need for Light – Parts 2.3 & 2.4 of a 7 Part Series

Welcome to parts 2.3 & 2.4 of the 7-part Lighting for Health series! Today, we cover the the relationship between lighting and breast cancer, as well as the effect of color in our built environments. Light and Breast Cancer Light is primary regulator of circadian functions in hum..

Ancient Building Sciences – Electromagnetic Radiation (part 1.1 of an 8 Part Series)

Welcome to our Ancient Building Sciences series, where we explore the natural phenomena that must be considered while designing for a space. Today, we begin by studying electromagnetic radiation. Exposure to human-made electromagnetic fields (EMF) has increased over the past century. The widespre..