The Black Box

The Black Box lecture last week has changed my perception on the applications of shadow in construction. Shadow could be perceived as a unique texture of nature. By simple concept of the creation of shadow where light fall upon an opaque object, it can be manipulated further to make an expression of texture by using this concept. My interest in this concept arose from Russell's Black Box lecture particularly on Shadow as Refuge. The picture is actually a shadow cast on a wall by a structure that are build intentionally for that purpose. Without using any material like tiles or wood, the shadow itself become the texture of the wall. Furthermore, why I found this method is fascinating is because its like revealing another and ironic character or behavior of the structure when it's under the light. Plus, Some architects made and expression of nature trough their building. However, for me, shadow as refuge works the other way round where nature expressed themselves trough casting shadow onto structures.