Lighting in architecture
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Lighting in architecture or architectural lighting design is a set of light treatment techniques aimed at illuminating interior or exterior architectural spaces within the field of architecture, interior design and electrical engineering relative to the design of systems of lighting, including natural, electric or artificial light, or both, to serve human needs.
Artificial light has ceased to be seen as a simple tool used exclusively to provide the amount of light necessary to perform a functional activity. Lighting has become an artistic resource and a multifaceted tool that has allowed architecture to break down schemas and transcend on the aesthetic plane beyond operation.
The design process takes into account:
The functions of lighting in architecture are:
It is important to keep in mind that the ultimate success factor is the human response, that is, what you see is clear, simple and comfortable. Lighting designers are often specialists who must understand physics in the reproduction and distribution of light, the physiology and psychology of human perception of light, the anatomy of the human eye as well as the response of the cones and sticks to the light.
The good development of a proposal of architectural lighting is based on the good balance of the concepts of perception. It requires the ability to visualize an illuminated space where the 3-dimensional field is dominated by creating interactions between the site surfaces and the architectural elements of the site. Finally, this design includes luminaires, types of lamps (with their specifications), control system and lighting calculations.
Lighting can serve to influence the visual experience of people's environment, for example the use of brightness and darkness in the spaces, to signal a sequence to transit through space. The way in which the spectrum of light can be displayed or concealed responds to the distribution of illumination that shows the difference of activities in the spaces, which at the same time relates to the importance of the objects of the place. On the one hand the lighting can be soft and diffuse showing everything without making any emphasis and on the other hand can be addressed giving importance to certain surfaces or objects.
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