Lighting for the Elderly in the Interior of Santa Maria Fatima Church, Magelang

Abstract

The church is a place for religious communities to worship. Architecture within the church can be used to create spiritual experiences and strengthen religious identity. One of the elements capable of facilitating spiritual experiences for the congregation is the element of enlightenment. In addition to serving to arouse a spiritual atmosphere in the church, lighting also serves as a symbol of religion and illumination in the space. In the case study of the Church of St. Mary Fatima Magelang, the church is undergoing a reconstruction process in which the old church will be established and rebuilt using a new design. One of the special conditions of the church of Santa Maria Fatima Magelang is that the majority of the congregation in the church is elderly. The aim of this research is to find natural and artificial lighting designs that can provide visual comfort to the elderly during worship and maintain the spiritual atmosphere in the church of St. Mary Fatima Magelang. This research uses quantitative descriptive methods. The result of this study is the addition of vertical shading to the east side opening to regulate the intensity of light entering the worship room. In the case of artificial lighting, a number of applications of lighting colors, lighting types, angles, and lighting arrangements correspond to the Model 3 study, which has proven to provide visual comfort to the elders as well as a spiritual atmosphere at Mass.