My Projects final lighting plans   This time when I made the reflected ceiling lighting plans, I made sure to choose the luminaires I wanted to use for my project, and that way, I could calculate the number of luminaires I would need for a specific area within the space. The plans below are my […]

This week we were working on our reflected ceiling lighting plans. The plans below are my second draught; I know I want to include downlights and a honeycomb-shaped Luminaire with an opal acrylic diffuser. But at this point, I haven’t calculated how many I’ll exactly need; the luminaire in these plans are a rough estimate […]

  We were visited by a company called Stoane Lighting, which is a Scottish lighting product manufacturer. They gave a presentation which discussed how their company tackles electrical waste and the circular economy. The luminaires they manufacture can be taken apart piece by piece; this way they can replace any faulty parts instead of throwing […]

Calculating the Illuminance and Lux   This week we were asked to calculate the illuminance of the Chapel of Saint Albert. To do this, we were given an area of 162 square metres and were told to base these calculations on this and as if 8 luminaires were used. We looked at three different luminaires […]

Before this week’s workshop, we were asked to consider our early lighting concept ideas for the space we were developing in our interior design project. For our project, we are designing a library inside the Tron Kirk church. My library specifically is a manga and comic library where you can also do gaming. However, at […]

    The Glass House — The Glass House | The Glass House   For this week, we were divided into groups and tasked to create a plan and lighting drawing using Johnson’s Glass House as the space. However, each group was given a different topic/function/use when designing a space using the Glass House; my […]

This week, we were visited by lighting retail and manufacturing specialists who had bought a variety of luminaires for us to evaluate and try out during our workshop.   Task 1 Luminaire Comparison 20-degree luminaire- spreader lens- widens the angel of bean to 4 degrees Same luminaire as previous image however, diffuse lens is used […]

We were tasked to work in groups to create a gnomon (projecting piece on a sundial graph that shows the time by the position of its shadow). My group consisted of Kelly and Fina. To do this, we used a sundial diagram; however, a sundial itself, is the most ancient type of timekeeping equipment, denoting […]

Edinburgh Portrait Gallery   This week we visited the Edinburgh Portrait Gallery. We were asked to look at the different light fittings and study how and in which ways they were used. When lighting is involved in a heritage building, energy conservation is key. This is why the Edinburgh Portrait Gallery was lit using track […]

Daylight Factor   This week, we visited the Chapel of St Albert the Great in Edinburgh, Scotland, as we were tasked to calculate the daylight factor using a light metre app that detects and measures illuminance in lux. The lecture highlighted how daylight and sunlight are different and how we have a temporary climate, so […]