Course Title Visual Environment

Course ID ARCH 251

Course Program Undergraduate,  B.Arch,  

Course Type Core Theory

Credits 2.00

Credits Hours 2 Hrs/WK

Semester Level II, Term I

Prerequisite None

Course Offered Yes

Description Physical nature of the visual environment; key photometric terms and relationships. Human responses to external vision factors. Scalar illumination and the Illumination vector; Low contrast and High Contrast lighting environments; Daylight in architecture; Sky types; Daylight factor; Changing nature of Daylight; Daylight Prediction techniques; Design Sky illumination and Designing with Daylight under different climatic conditions.