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Sunrise-Sunset Version(Scale Model for Skylight)

Scale model for a space with a large skylight (or where one can be added, such as a courtyard or roof garden). The room is constructed with the skylight as its ceiling. Its floor and walls are made of reflective material and its walls slope outwards.



The reflective floor mirrors the sky and extends the sky below.



   

Walls slope outwards so that one sees only the sky and not one's own reflection. In a small room, viewers sit in the center of the room.


     

The shape of room is circular to evoke a planetarium (more ideal), or hexagonal/triangular/rectangular (easier to construct).




Photo by Marina Shterenberg

                                Details for Construction

Viewers enter the room through a doorway (open or mirrored).

This piece is adaptable for an indoor space with no skylight, either by using a camera/video projector or a camera obscura, to recreate the outside sky on the ceiling.

To extend the viewing times, make the walls higher and room smaller (similar to an upright version of the window room), and use scrims over the opening to filter the light to the desired level.

Example materials for walls are tempered smoked glass (bright room) or mirror tiles (less bright room). Example materials for the floor are shellaced wood/metal (bright room) or polished aluminum (less bright room). High reflectivity is not needed in bright light.


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