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Light, Color, Architecture – Advanced (2 days)
Veranstaltungsdetails
Datum: 28.1.2027
Zeit: 09:00 bis 17:00 Uhr
Ort: kt.COLOR AG, Aathalstr. 74, 8610 Uster
Light, Color, Architecture – Advanced Seminar:
From Perception to Professional Color Concepts
Color, one of architecture's most powerful tools, is rarely understood beyond taste and trends. This 2-day workshop introduces a perception-based methodology for architectural color design, tracing a line from Le Corbusier's Salubra keyboards and Eileen Gray's E-1027 color concept to the vision science of why we see color at all. Participants are introduced to a three-step method — Atmosphere, Differentiation, Individualization — for devising physiologically healthy, objectively beautiful, and materially sound color concepts.
Beginning with the questions why we see color and what we
actually perceive when we see color, participants explore the fundamental
relationships between light and color, material and form, spatial perception
and architectural function. Current findings from vision science – color
constancy, contrast perception, and circadian effects – are translated into objective
criteria for color design in architectural practice.
Three-Step Color Design
Three fundamental functions of color form the basis of a three-step
methodology for developing architectural color concepts. Inspired by Le
Corbusier's Salubra color keyboards of 1931–32 and our own research into the
interaction of pigments and light, the method distinguishes three essential
stages of color design:
- Atmosphere – establishing a luminous background through carefully selected whites
- Differentiation – creating depth, hierarchy and orientation through measured light–dark relationships.
- Individualization – introducing chromatic colors to respond to people, place and architectural identity.
By the end of the course, architects and designers will understand not
only which colors to choose, but why they work, how they
influence perception, and how to materialize them to create emotionally
pleasing, physiologically functional and ecologically responsible color concepts for their architecture.
Method
The workshop combines theory with practical experimentation using paint,
pigments, controlled light-box studies and the ktCOLOR design tool ColorConcepter.
Participants experience color as a material rather than as an abstract
numerical value, developing a new understanding of its role in architecture.
Who this workshop
is for
Design professionals, students of design, architects, interior designers,
industrial designers and artists with a background in color design
Details and Fees
Two-day workshop: January 28 & 29, 2027, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the ktCOLOR paint manufactory, Aathalstrasse 74, CH 8610 Uster, Switzerland
Lunch, refreshments and course materials are included. Participants
receive the workshop manual and complimentary access to Katrin Trautwein's Masterclass,
providing a comprehensive reference to the concepts introduced during the
workshop.
Fees: CHF 700 / € 700
Contact us for lists of hotels in the area.