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18/07/2025

The development of techniques becomes essential for the innovation in architecture through light caustics. However the mastering of spatial design and volumetric expression does not necessarily generate good architecture. Raytracing Caustic Surfaces (RCS) design research tested the limits of caustic to architecture translation. Fully expressive in transmitting the same caustic elegance, intricacy and transformation, light and physical material co-exist in an overall form hence yielding a highly specific architectural surface geometry completely generated through optical relations – light forming physical tangible matter. This dynamic system generating new expressions of form through light somehow recalls back on of the first rapid prototyping technologies from the 1860’s known as Photo Sculpting.

Initial try in fabricating Caustics Generated Multi-layered surfaces. The goal of unlocking the visual language is not to display truth or beauty- but to be able to translate and re-interpret combination of caustis light through form and depth; to better understand how to create atmosphere and effect, to compose a better light generated architecture.

Both light and sound can be analysed with ray and string tracing. The simulation generates a series of light rays (depending on the type of light chosen) and through bounce (after the reflection) or bend (after refraction) the displacement vector is found. Rays and strings as part of our architectural language provides a language to express our simulation which is important to be able to quantify and visualize the results of the simulation and further analyse its performative architectural value.