Annotated Bibliography – Part 1

  • Vision in Motion pp. 199-210 – Moholy Nagy
    • The most relevant and interesting part of this reading was the description of the eight varieties of photographic vision. It helped me analyze how light is seen and how it can be modified to alter experience.
  • Dimensional Color pp. 115-123 – Lois Swirnoff
    • Reading the selection of this work helped me to learn about bounced color and different approaches to experimentation. It inspired my experimentation with bounced color which may or may not be used for my final project.
  • Continua: Architectural Screens and Walls – Erwin Hauer
    • This publication displays and celebrates the work of Austrian-born sculptor Erwin Hauer. Hauer is known for his patterned concrete wall screens and modular structures. This reading relates to my final project in that I would like to take patterned screens and essentially wrap them around a light source.
  • Geometry of Environment CH 3. – March, Lionel & Philip Steadman
    • This chapter described and analyzed the various types of symmetry and their historical uses. This is relevant to my thinking about my project because patterns tend to have some sort of symmetry to them.
  • Light Revealing Architecture CH 1 – Millet, Marietta
    • The most relevant part of this reading was the description of the three types of light: (focal glow, ambient luminescence, and play of brilliance). I would like to use all of these in my lamp fixture and apply them when appropriate.

About Nancy Cheng

Univ. of Oregon Architecture Department head Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP researches how design tools and approaches shape outcomes, with a specialization in how craft and computation can stimulate the creative process. She has developed expertise in manipulating sheet materials to create light-modulating structures and has researched how surface relief patterns can increase convective cooling. She has developed fold and slot joints that give structural rigidity to foldable sheet structures and is eager to apply them to rapidly deployable refugee shelters.
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