A dialogue between matter and light

This article is a rather brief and theoretical synthesis of the composition criteria in the architectural space and of their affective significance through a dialogue between different matters in relation to light.

This study presents three representative papers of whose authors are well-established personalities in the domain of architecture, who left, in their works, genuine cultural references of significant value across time. The authenticity of these papers transcends the vicissitude of time and offers them priority in the system of values that analyzes the use of the architectural space, that employs philosophical and sensitive language of communication with the malleable matter exclusively in relation with the transition of light through these.

It is important to refer to these reference works in order to analyze the way to represent principles in the system of values in different cultures and then to validate these basics across time.

Beyond these aspects, establishing certain references generates the premises for a study framework, as this article aims to do, as well as the context to deepen symbolical significances and the search of new references to complete their exploration.

The specific difference of any creative approach is, obviously, its method of representation. The syntax selected to sustain the basic concept and the artist’s own vision differs through the surprising associations of matters in the light. Textures, colors and the level of light diffusion are the elements of this syntax. The conveyed message has its own way of being transmitted and it results in a particular emotion upon the viewer and a unique experience that ends up being shared within a community across many generations, crucial for the individual to develop his/her emotions.