Our work is seen as the inventive orchestration of space realized in stone, wood, glass, and steel. But there is another, ethereal, yet fundamental component to the design-daylight. Understanding its direction, movement, and intensity in terms of the building site is the starting point.
Daylighting is the architectural design term for the use of natural light. A space well lit with natural light utilizes sunlight as the principal source of daytime illumination in a space. There is utility, and then there is artistry. Our designs must ensure plenty of light, but also control and direct it, creating pleasing patterns and visual rhythm, highlighting certain elements, and providing various visual effects as the hours pass.
At W^R we start with the people who will occupy the space… and we start with light.