DESIGNING FOR

PEOPLE WITH LIGHT

• Kelly Ennis, The Verve Partnership

• Patricia Bou, AIA, LEED AP Cannon Design

• Samantha LaFleur, LaFleur Associates

Understand how to use light

- to enforce a visual experience

- create visual and functional experiences for building occupants

- how light can be the tie that binds a space together

- how occupant-centric lighting design save energy

- how to communicate with your lighting practioner

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

[vurv] –noun

1.enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.

2. vivaciousness; liveliness; animation: I like a teacher with plenty of verve.

3. Archaic . talent.

LIGHT AS SHERPA

[sher-puh, shur-] –noun, plural –pas,

1.a member of a people of Tibetan stock living in the Nepalese Himalayas, who often serve as porters on mountain-climbing expeditions.

2. an expert chosen by a chief executive to assist in preparations for a gov’t/exec meeting.

3. guide

TRANSFORM THE BUILDING - DAY TO NIGHT

TRANSFORM THE BUILDING - DAY TO NIGHT

DEFINE ENTRY

TRANSITIONS

TRANSITIONS

DEFINE CIRCULATION

DEFINE CIRCULATION

DEFINE CIRCULATION

DEFINE ZONES

ENHANCE CIRCULATION

FUNCTIONAL LIGHTING

SUPPORT A BRAND

SUPPORT A BRAND

SUPPORT A BRAND

LARGE VOLUME SPACES

LARGE VOLUME SPACES

LARGE VOLUME SPACES

BACKGROUND

CREATING PLACE

THE POWER OF DESIGN

• Define visual extents &

occupant pathways

• Design 3 visual sequences

• Visual hierarchy: Choose one

big move

CREATE EXPERIENCES

DEFINE VISUAL EXTENTS

You control the progression of

geometries, textures, orientation

and brightness – which impacts

how quickly, loudly, happily your

occupants move through the

spaces.

CREATE EXPERIENCES

LIGHT LEVEL PROGRESSION

DESIGN SEQUENCE – DAYTIME SUNNY

DESIGN SEQUENCE – DAYTIME CLOUDY

DESIGN SEQUENCE – NIGHTTIME

VISUAL HIERARCHY

• What if there was no

electric light?

• Glazed apertures = light

fixture

• Use additive not

subtractive process

LAYER UP FROM ZERO

LIGHT WHERE ITS NEEDED

DESIGNING FOR

PEOPLE WITH LIGHT

• Kelly Ennis, The Verve Partnership

• Patricia Bou, AIA, LEED AP, Cannon Design

• Samantha LaFleur, LaFleur Associates