| Title |
A Study on the Light Phenomena and Space Forms appearing in Le Corbusier’s and Aldo van Eyck’s Religious Architecture |
| Authors |
이진경(Lee, Jin-Kyung) ; 김종진(Kim, Jong-Jin) |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2019.28.5.151 |
| Keywords |
Le Corbusier; Aldo van Eyck; Religious Architecture; Light phenomenon; Space form |
| Abstract |
This study begins with the need for an interpretation method which can objectify the wonder or sanctity that one experiences in religious spaces. The purpose of this study is to explore spatial phenomena in religious spaces and how Hierophany, or sanctity which architects’ architectural forms exude in actual religious spaces, is manifested. In addition, this study also analyzes the spatial characteristics of structures created by two religious architects selected by this study and takes a comprehensive view on their meanings. Research method is to organize and analyze the relationship between visual phenomenon and mathematical forms of spaces in the acquisition of hierophany through physical experiences on the basis of Rudolph Arnheim’s visual perception theory. The concept and form of light and space in religious spaces (proposed) in Arnheim’s visual perception theory are evolved, in actual spaces, into 3 keywords of analysis of this study which are acquisition of images through sense of superposition appearing as visual phenomenon, dematerialization of materials through transparency and sense of depth through mental image of space and light, creating hierophany in religious spaces through mental images. As evident in Christian structures by Le Corbusier and Aldo van Eyck which were the subjects of case study, spaces are not created only by mathematical order and function; we, in effect, can combine our emotions in interpreting spaces and learn hierophany from mental images through experiences. This study provides clues to analyze the experiences of spaces through the ‘Theory of Visual Perception’. While sacred experience in the religious spaces cannot be defined by a single word, its meaning is further expanded when connected with spaces by the workings of such emotions as fear, mystery through the extraordinary or overwhelming fascination. |