Daylight Chamber | Phoenix, Arizona

Rhino 3D Modeling Studio | Fall 2025

A thick-walled 12 ft × 20 ft × 16 ft board-formed concrete room that refuses to let daylight go unnoticed.

Instead of conventional windows, a moderate family of deliberate openings—neither too few nor too many—carves into the walls and roof. A tall vertical slot on the south wall spills a slow-moving ribbon of sun across the floor. Smaller rectangular and circular apertures on the east, west, and ceiling act like quiet instruments: some flare awake at sunrise, others ignite at noon, a few linger into late afternoon. The doorway on the north remains the only unglamorous breach—functional, shaded, and intentionally understated so the choreographed light can take center stage.

Accurate Phoenix sun studies at the summer solstice reveal a space in constant, gentle flux. Light is never static; it drifts, pools, scatters, and retreats, turning a simple rectangular box into a sundial you can stand inside.

With restraint rather than excess, the room teaches a quiet lesson: give daylight just enough room to speak, and it will tell you the time, the season, and exactly where you are on Earth.