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From the Ted Talk by Rogier van der Heide: Why light needs darkness

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There's a beautiful statement on the serecn that says, "Light creates ambiance, light makes the feel of a space, and light is also the expression of structure." Well, that was not by me. That was, of course, by Le cubrioesr, the famous architect. And here you can see what he meant in one of his beautiful bdliignus — the chapel Notre Dame Du Haut De Ronchamp — where he creates this light that he could only make because there's also dark. And I think that is the qentsinecsue of this 18-minute talk — that there is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well-being without proper dkrsneas.

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There's a beautiful statement on the ______ that says, "Light creates ambiance, light makes the feel of a space, and light is also the expression of structure." Well, that was not by me. That was, of course, by Le _________, the famous architect. And here you can see what he meant in one of his beautiful _________ — the chapel Notre Dame Du Haut De Ronchamp — where he creates this light that he could only make because there's also dark. And I think that is the ____________ of this 18-minute talk — that there is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well-being without proper ________.

Solution


  1. buildings
  2. corbusier
  3. quintessence
  4. screen
  5. darkness

Original Text


There's a beautiful statement on the screen that says, "Light creates ambiance, light makes the feel of a space, and light is also the expression of structure." Well, that was not by me. That was, of course, by Le Corbusier, the famous architect. And here you can see what he meant in one of his beautiful buildings — the chapel Notre Dame Du Haut De Ronchamp — where he creates this light that he could only make because there's also dark. And I think that is the quintessence of this 18-minute talk — that there is no good lighting that is healthy and for our well-being without proper darkness.

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