VISION Issue 32 | Page 20

VISION 32—THE ART OF ILLUMINATED LEARNING The use of ceiling bonnets as light scoops in the library is very carefully modelled and controlled. Light flutes deep into the library below. Has this element exceeded your expectations? That sculptural element is something difficult to fully anticipate but it’s part of a common language in the building—a pinwheel of sorts I suppose—to create something quite beautiful. Do you think students fully appreciate the beautiful architecture that surrounds them? When you see students photographing this building as a way of seeing and learning it takes appreciation to that next level. Students are often here from early morning until early evening so they should enjoy their place of learning. North-facing informal learning spaces are deftly screened to assist the quality of experience, privacy, and solar loads.