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ChapteR 2
Light, transparency
and reflection 1
I would now like to invite you to accompany me
to a place where the materials (transparent, dif-
fusing or reflective / rigid or flexible / watertight
or permeable) and the elements of a building
(structure, single or multiple envelopes, screen,
etc.) interact, in their environment, with light
and shade, transparency and reflection. This is
illustrated by some of my designs and accom-
plishments 2.
1 The physical quantities in terms of light are: a. the light power
of a source (expressed in Lumens: Lm), b. luminous intensity
(in Candela: Cd), c. illuminance (in Lux: Lx), d. luminance (in
Cd/m²), e. colour temperature Tc (in °K ), f. luminous efficacy
(in Lm/W).
2 The reference (01/xxx) given for each of these enables the reader
to obtain more details from www.samynandpartners.com. The
illustrations (where p represents the date of the project and c
that of its construction) relate to Belgium, unless stipulated
otherwise. They are credited at the end of this work.
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