ARC3202H S
Instructor: John Alstan Jakuebic
Meeting Section: L0101
Wednesday, 12:00 - 3:00pm

Light is an critical aspect of architectural design and experience, the primary means by which occupants perceive the built environment. Therefore, lighting design is worthy of careful interrogation and criticism. This course asks its participants to understand and then go beyond typical lighting sufficiency standards to design excellent lighting for a program to be chosen by the individual. Broadly, the course employs historical understanding, measurement technology, and simulation software to understand, question, and redesign the existing lighting context we inhabit daily.

Selected topics in daylight and electric lighting design teaches natural and electric lighting design in an architectural context. Students will learn the scientific basis of light transport and visual perception and apply them to two course projects: the design and construction of an electric light fixture (luminaire) and the comprehensive lighting design of a large communal gathering space with integrated electric and daylight systems. Individual activities and lectures focus on lighting measures and metrics, measuring light using calibrated high dynamic range photography, predictive electric and daylight simulations, material properties, visual comfort & perception, electric lighting design, lighting energy consumption, scale model building & measurement, and the application of models of human behavior to building performance simulations.