One of the laboratory’s focal points is perception, investigating how people perceive their surrounding environment. In the field of daylighting, this research refers to the impacts of luminous conditions on the aesthetic and emotional evaluation of space. LIPID’s research in this domain aims to identify, quantify and predict these perceptual impressions of daylight across space and time. In the same scope, part of the laboratory’s activities focus on façade design, with a two-fold aim: the investigation of relationships between façade characteristics and perceptual impressions, and the study of how these impressions influence the occupants’ satisfaction and perceived comfort.

Energy | Health | Comfort

2022

Subjective and physiological responses towards daylit spaces with contemporary facade patterns in virtual reality: Influence of sky type, space function, and latitude

K. Chamilothori; J. Wienold; C. Moscoso; B. Matusiak; M. Andersen

Journal Of Environmental Psychology. 2022-08-01. Vol. 82, p. 101839. DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101839.

2022

Subjective and physiological responses towards daylit spaces with contemporary facade patterns in virtual reality: Influence of sky type, space function, and latitude

Regional Differences in the Perception of Daylit Scenes across Europe Using Virtual Reality. Part II: Effects of Facade and Daylight Pattern Geometry

2021

Human thermal perception and time of day: A review

Window Size Effects on Subjective Impressions of Daylit Spaces: Indoor Studies at High Latitudes Using Virtual Reality

2019

What is the ‘spectral diet’ of humans?

Daylight affects human thermal perception

Cross-validation and robustness of daylight glare metrics

Detecting trends and further development potential of contemporary façade design for workspaces

Design of a light-shaping adaptive facade using fiber-reinforced polymer materials

Influence of Subjective Impressions of a Space on Brightness Satisfaction: an Experimental Study in Virtual Reality

Shaping light to influence occupants’ experience of space: a kinetic shading system with composite materials

Perceptual effects of daylight patterns in architecture

Daylight and temperature in buildings: interaction effects on human responses

Subjective and physiological responses to façade and sunlight pattern geometry in virtual reality

2018

Perceived interest and heart rate response to façade and daylight patterns in Virtual Reality

Methods for using immersive virtual reality for experimental studies in lighting research

Façade design and our experience of space: the joint impact of architecture and daylight on human perception and physiological responses

Review of Factors Influencing Discomfort Glare Perception from Daylight

Adequacy of Immersive Virtual Reality for the Perception of Daylit Spaces: Comparison of Real and Virtual Environments

2017

Temperature-colour interaction: is colour affecting people’s thermal perception?

Discomfort glare perception in daylighting: influencing factors

COMPARISON OF LUMINANCE BASED METRICS IN DIFFERENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS

Using Virtual Reality to investigate the experience of daylit spaces

Exploring the influence of contemporary facade design on occupant satisfaction: a preliminary study in office buildings

Perceptual Dynamics of Daylight in Architecture

An Experiment in Virtual Reality to Measure Daylight-Driven Interest in Rendered Architectural Scenes

A Simulation-Based Workflow to Assess Human-Centric Daylight Performance

A human-centric approach to assess daylight in buildings for non-visual health potential, visual interest and gaze behavior

2016

A preliminary study on the sensitivity of people to visual and thermal parameters in office environments

Immersive scenes with Radiance in a Virtual Reality Headset: comparison of virtual and real environments

Project 24 – lighting concept

Daylight patterns as a means to influence the spatial ambiance: a preliminary study

2015

Evaluating spatial ambiences through daylight variability, contrast and view

Adaptive visual and thermal comfort

Human perceptions of daylight composition in architecture: a preliminary study to compare quantitative contrast measures with subjective user assessments in HDR renderings

Visualizing Perceptual Dynamics in Architecture

2014

Measuring the Dynamics of Contrast & Daylight Variability in Architecture: A Proof of Concept Methodology