Overview
- Introduces a new typological language that categorizes architectural space in terms of contrast and temporal variation
- Proposes a new family of metrics that quantify the magnitude of contrast-based visual effects and time-based variation within daylit spaces
- Demonstrates how, through the use of time-segmented daylight renderings, a more holistic analysis of daylight performance is made possible
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Daylight is a dynamic source of illumination in architectural space, creating diverse and ephemeral configurations of light and shadow within the built environment. Perceptual qualities of daylight, such as contrast and temporal variability, are essential to our understanding of both material and visual effects in architecture. Although spatial contrast and light variability are fundamental to the visual experience of architecture, architects still rely primarily on intuition to evaluate their designs because there are few metrics that address these factors. Through an analysis of contemporary architecture, this work develops a new typological language that categorizes architectural space in terms of contrast and temporal variation. This research proposes a new family of metrics that quantify the magnitude of contrast-based visual effects and time-based variation within daylit space through the use of time-segmented daylight renderings to provide a more holistic analysis of daylight performance.
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Book Title: Annual Dynamics of Daylight Variability and Contrast
Book Subtitle: A Simulation-Based Approach to Quantifying Visual Effects in Architecture
Authors: Siobhan Rockcastle, Marilyne Andersen
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5233-0
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-5232-3Published: 09 July 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-5233-0Published: 25 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5768
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5776
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 83
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour