Course Details
Course Title Luminous Environment and Built-Form
Course ID ARCH 6103
Course Program Postgraduate, PhD, M.Arch,
Course Type Optional Theory
Credits 3.00
Credits Hours 5 Hrs/WK
Semester EE
Prerequisite None
Course Offered No
Description Human responses to the luminous environment. External vision factors; brightness, contrast/glare, colour, size, time etc. Day-lighting and the determinants of the daylight environment; Day-lighting measurement and calculations; Daylight design criteria under differing climatic conditions. Artificial lighting and the determinants of artificial lighting environment; measurements and calculations; Artificial lighting design criteria, permanent supplementary artificial lighting installation design; Creative lighting for different environments.