Towards a New Experience

A research project that investigates the relationship between light and experiantiality within a typical modernist building - the Appleton Tower of University of Edinburgh.

‘Appleton Tower has been designed with a clear expression of the fundamental accommodation units and circulation areas. Yet with the specific purpose of examining the building with the aim of collecting a set of interior light conditions, a series of field visits exposed a number of atypical spaces. Although designed with functionality in mind, these spaces can be considered atmospheric. But is it actually possible for an atmospheric experience to be generated in a rational environment? By subjectively distilling the building into a set of key experiential fragments, it may be possible to test its apparent logic.’

Project developed in collaboration with Rebecca Eng, Andrew Morris, and Jenny Walsh at the University of Edinburgh.