Artículo en The Artist Gallery
- nnaranjob
- 18 ago 2025
- 2 Min. de lectura
Photography without light does not exist; likewise, architecture without a playful relationship with light does not produce the same sensations of pleasure, satisfaction and admiration of space. A phrase of the French architect Le Corbusier reinforces the above: "Architecture is the encounter of light with form". If we manage to capture that interesting and even mysterious play of light in the external or internal spaces of architectural elements or urban spaces, we produce postcards that record the work itself, but also capture the luminous quality of a particular geographical point, even the details that make them unique, iconic and mark them as landmarks within the city.
The tropic, that place located above and below the equatorial line, is where the light strikes in a more perpendicular and direct way throughout the year, this dynamic gives a particularity to it as a physical phenomenon as well as to the architecture that is produced under its influence.
While light allows us to appreciate the functionality of a well-designed and constructed space, it also allows us to appreciate the beauty of the materiality used in it, and tropical light often becomes a natural focus for such a task. No matter the scale or function of the architectural fact, the study of tropical light and its proper incorporation and use will work its magic to turn spaces into photographable pieces of art that will last through time.
There are architects who have understood this condition very well and their expertise has allowed them to create true kinetic paintings that vary not only throughout the day but throughout the year according to the position of the sun at a given time and the atmospheric conditions; one of them is the Venezuelan architect Carlos Raul Villanueva with one of his most representative works, the "Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas" (CUC), the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela.
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