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PENUMBRA: The Daylight Atelier  


The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Studio Daylight - 2025
PENUMBRA, the zone of partial shadow between full darkness and full illumination, is both the organizing concept and the lived experience of this building. The project is structured as two distinct volumes, each defined by their specific luminous condition.

The base serves as a gallery space where controlled, minimal light creates precise atmospheric conditions for the display and contemplation of work. The upper volume houses an exhibition and educational space open to researchers, students, and practitioners for workshops, summer schools, and collaborative inquiry. Its apertures are positioned and sized across all orientations to achieve even daylight throughout. The facade is a continuous lattice grid spanning glazed and insulated panels alike, developed through material and daylight studies to filter and distribute light evenly across varying sky conditions.

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