אדריכלות ישראלית - גיליון 123

2020 נובמבר 123 האור - אסתטיקה פונקציונלית אדריכלות ישראלית 11 | | This page: Proper utilization of natural light is a major theme in museum planning. On this page - brilliant use of natural light with the addition of artificial lighting illustrated by Louis Kahn, known as Master of Light, at the Kimbell Art Museum, Texas. Photo: Robert LaPrelle - courtesy of the Kimbell Museum of Art. Right page: The Pantheon of Hadrian, Rome, is a fine example of a classic structure that demonstrates a remarkable use of natural light for functional and aesthetic qualities. An initiative of Agrippa I (grandson of Herod and Queen Shulamit), the building was designed during the reign of Augustus, as part of a civic center complex of three buildings, built in a north-south orientation for the best exploitation of sunlight. The Pantheon, however, was inaugurated only about a century later (128) during the reign of Hadrian after whom it is named. According to this, it is likely that the original pantheon designer was the Syrian architect Apollodorus from Damascus.