American artist James Turrell has created an illuminated skylight and seating chamber at a New York City private school, which allows viewers to have "a unique and personal experience of the sky".
The Leading Skyspace, located at Friends Seminary school, consists of a small room lined with wooden seating where viewers look out through a ceiling aperture surrounded by colour-changing LED lights.
Artist James Turrell has created an illuminated skylight located at a New York private school. The top photo is by John Deptulski
It is one of 85 such works ? called Skyspaces ? distributed across the globe, including in the mountains of Colorado.
"Turrell?s Skyspaces are specifically proportioned chambers where viewers have a unique and personal experience of the sky through a knife-edged aperture in the roof," said Turrell's team. The skylight is enclosed in a small room lined with seating
The project consists of a 9 by 22 by 24 foot (3 by 6 by 7 metre) room with an angled ceiling topped with a square aperture. A metal gable roof atop the aperture slides open to expose it to the elements.
Wooden benches and panelled backing surround the perimeter of the space, while a strip of LED lighting illuminates the walls and ceilings, casting the space in a rotation of colours.
At sunset, the aperture is opened
The aperture remains closed during the day and is opened at sunset, with the lighting design programmed to shift depending on the time of day.
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