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Where the sun doesn't shine

Where the sun doesn't shine

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Daylight investigations - Region 2: Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Students
Emilia Dargacz
Michalina Burczyk
Ewa Domańska
Marianna Lewandowska
Darya Marshalak

Teacher
Natalia Sokół

School
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk

Country
Poland

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The sun has a beneficial effect on our mental and physical health. We are encouraged to expose ourselfs to the natural light frequently. However, there is a group of people who cannot enjoy its positive influence. Lack of pigment in the skin, hair and iris of the eye. Person with this traits is called an albino. Albinos are very sensitive to sunlight and it causes a lot of medical and social issues. Most albinos are found in Africa, where they become victims of many harmful superstitions and beliefs. Inspired by those people who cannot rejoice in the sun : like albinos, all those who suffer from migraine, are allergic to the sun or people who just wants to rest in the shadow- the concept of a module shelter was created. Thanks to modular and manageable structure it can be construct rapidly with cheap and widely available materials. The light sanatorium in which we rationally dose access to the sunlight is made with wooden pillars and half transparent material that protect from unfavourable influence of UV rays It can be easly build in the middle of large concrete city, on hot sand of the desert and every other place in which people need to respite from too much sunlight.