ABSTRACT
In architecture, the basic elements and the places identified are modified by: light; colour; sound; temperature; air movement; smell; the qualities and textures of the materials used; scale; and the effects and experience of time. Such modifying factors are conditions of architecture. They can also be exploited and manipulated as elements in identifying place. Though use of the basic elements may be the primary way a designing mind conceptually organises space into places, modifying elements contribute significantly to the character and experience of those places. In identifying places through architecture, light – both the varying light from the sky and the precisely controllable light from electric bulbs – can contribute in many ways. Colour plays a part in place recognition and identification. Texture is important in places where we come into contact with architecture. It can be a combination of aesthetics and practicality.
