By Prof. Michael Siminovitch
How does light shape the way we experience sacred spaces?
In this insightful lecture, Prof. Michael Siminovitch, former Director of the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) and former Associate Director of the Energy Efficiency Institute at UC Davis, presents a compelling research journey into the relationship between color, light, and human perception in Buddhist temples across Thailand.
Drawing from extensive fieldwork—spanning years of site visits, measurements, and visual analysis—this session reveals how traditional temple architecture was originally designed to harmonize with natural daylight and flame-based illumination, both of which provide a rich, continuous spectrum of light.
