light as material

The Materiality of Light

This potential research examines the relationship between light and materiality in interior and spatial design. It considers how light, although physically intangible, acquires spatial and sensory presence through the materials that interact with it.

The study would focus on materials that reflect, transmit, refract, diffuse, filter, or absorb light, such as glass, onyx, polished metal, water, textiles, colour surfaces, and translucent architectural elements. Through these interactions, light becomes an active design medium capable of shaping atmosphere, perception, texture, and spatial depth.

The research positions light not only as a technical component of illumination, but as a material force that transforms the way interiors are seen, felt, and experienced.