Architecture of Light - Case study St. Cross Church in Nin, Croatia

Since the immemorial time and first cultures, light symbolic role has been related to sacred, religious and cosmologic beliefs. This symbolism can be found especially in religious buildings, trough creation of aesthetics and worshipping. This connection can be found not only between the believers and their religion, where light is treated as the materialized representation of the Divine, but also between believers and the architecture of the building, or to better say architecture of light. This paper main goal is research and comparison of the way light flows through build religious environment. General study focuses on exploring of the meaning and importance that light has in religious architecture. Through comparison of light at different times and seasons in St. Cross church in Nin, Croatia we are going to make a mapping of different light movements with 3D simulation, and find a relation between form, ritual and light.