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Fan(Emma) Bai
2019-2025 Selected Work
Fan Bai is currently a
Master of Architecture student at the University of Michigan, driven by a deep passion for architectural representation. Fan’s work delves into innovative approaches to visualizing architectural concepts, using intricate drawings, compelling videos, and other visual mediums to bring ideas to life.
Beyond architecture, Fan is captivated by visual and digital art, always seeking ways to integrate these techniques into architectural design. Fan’s aim is to push the boundaries of visualization and create immersive spatial experiences. Additionally, she is sensitive to color, which informs her design approach and allows her to create visually striking and emotionally engaging work.
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LIGHTING CINEXPERIENCE
12/2023
Academic Work
Type:
Immersive Cinema Design
Cinemas seamlessly merge art and technology, with light serving as the keystone that shapes visual experiences. In this context, lighting acts as an artistic conductor, manipulating texture, brightness, angle, and color to mold character features, illustrate emotional atmospheres, and drive narrative development.
Beyond the screen, lighting plays an equally vital role in shaping moods, defining spatial atmospheres, and distinguishing spaces. "LightingCineXperience" delves into the intricate interaction between individuals, emotions, space, and film. It envisions cinema spaces designed with modular lighting and architectural elements that respond to narrative, genre, and emotional tone. This project seeks to redefine traditional cinema experiences by using lighting dynamically to shape and enhance audience emotions.
In joyful film settings, the project employs elevated ceilings, smooth curves, and vibrant yellow lights to evoke happiness. For films that are sad or mysterious, a combination of rugged cement walls, lowered ceilings, and purple lighting creates a more oppressive ambiance. Thrilling films are enhanced with a sharp projection screen, strategic spatial design, red artificial lighting, and natural light casting sharp shadows. Calmer films feature elevated ceilings, slender openings for natural light, and a suspended projection screen, encouraging relaxation and meditation. The project aims to redefine the cinema experience by actively acknowledging and enhancing audience emotions through dynamic lighting design.
"In this stage set of geologic time, I wanted to make spaces that engage celestial events in light so that the spaces perform a 'music of the spheres' in light."- James Turrell