Bring the heavenly daylight back to colonial era chapel (2)

The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light - Le Corbusier

Light allows people to see, work and interact with the space around them. The level and quality of light can greatly affect space perception, human psychology, visual acuity, and human health.

Canisius Collegium Chapel was built in 1931. Along with urban development, the chapel become surrounded by multi-story buildings. This caused the visual perception of not enough light in the chapel. With the thought that the light installed at the high ceiling was not effective to light the congregation area, in 1988 the chapel was renovated by lowering the ceiling and linear neon light along with it.

Before renovation lighting quality is poor we can see glaring from window and some area is underlight.

Unfortunately, the renovation result did not make them happy, in the daytime space became darker because the new ceiling did not allow the light to come in and the neon light is not bright enough. (image above)

In 2015 ALTA Integra lighting designers did research and study to bring back the goodness in natural light, reveal the real architecture beauty of art-deco colonial-era architecture, improve visual acuity and peaceful sacred ambiance. (image below)

After renovation the chapel look holy, grace and beautiful

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