The nordic light
Louis Kahn Center on Saaremaa Island


Professur Roger Boltshauser,  BUK,  ETH Zürich
Assistent: Sandro Livio Straube
Diplomarbeit 

This project investigates northern light as a spatial and architectural generator.
Rather than treating light as a stable condition, the building is conceived as a sensor that registers subtle changes in low-angle sunlight, diffuse cloud-filtered light, and reflections from water. Through precise orientation, linear spatial sequencing, and differentiated openings, these light phenomena are captured, compared, and made perceptible. Inspired by Louis Kahn, the project understands architecture as a means to reveal the order of nature, allowing light to define space, orientation, and experience over time.