Light and Sound Final Project

Light Box

Through the instruction of our professor we did an exercise that allowed us to create a lighting design that was contained within a 12"x12"x12" cube. Our group went through several different itterations of working with different types of light sources, color mediums, and shapes. We finally came up with a design that best suited us and what we were trying to accomplish. Our goal was to find a colered material that was translucent enough to allow light to pass through and shine on the other translucent material and create a completely different color all together. So when the light shines through the yellow material first then onto the blue and red colored material you get the colors green and orange casted as a shadow. When the light shines through the red material first then onto the blue and yellow you get the colors purple and orange casted as a shodow. Finally when the light shines through the blue material first then onto the yellow and red the colors purple and green are casted as shadows. By making the exterior of the box all white we were able to see all of the reflective colors a lot better because white reflects color the best.

Light Series Number 3

In this sketch series our group was to find different type of interior lighting conditions and measure the illumination levels of each condition that we found. The unique aspect of this exercise was to find out the true difference between illuminance, reflectanc and transmittance. Once we found the difference between them we were also able to go back and find any similarieties between the three different lighting variables.

Light Series Number 4

This light series was unique in the fact that we to go and find different types of light sources at two different time periods and see how they impacted certain fabrics. There were four different types of lighting that our group chose which was fluorescent, metal halide, incandescent and LED. The halogen lighting seemed to bring out the cooler color colors the best like the blues and purples. The LED seemed to make all of the associated colors bright and the
inconsistancies show more as far as the patterns of the fabric.Metal Halide seemed to alter the color the most especially in the night time light study. The best or most consistant lighting seemed to be the fluorescent. Rather the day or the night it stayed farely consistant as far as not varying much in color.

Light Series Number 2

 --Harlem Bistro--

There is one type of lighting in the dining area which is pendant light. The bulb that was used for this luminaire was a fluorescent fixture. The lighting is directly over each of the tables causing a direct amout of light to be shown on each of the table surfaces. The lighting causes a few shadow areas near the wall but does not seam to be a problem as far as visiblilty is concerned.

The only thing that I would change or add to the space is some form of recessed down lighting near the wall areas. The luminaires over each of the tables is the perfect placement for what type of activities the people are engaging in.

--Uptown Artworks--
This gallery had many different types of luminaires throughout the entire space. Each area of the gallery had different type of lighting for the type of artwork that was displayed. In this particular space there was only recessed can lighting, which was actually all that was needed for the area. The recessed can's lit the space very well so there was not any issue seeing the artwork.

I can not think of a better lighting design or application other than the one that was performed in this space.

--Exon--
At this gas station all of the lighting is metal halide. this would be the best possible lighting for this application. The luminaires give off an extreme amount of light allowing for everything to be seen that is neceesary as well for saftey reasons too.

Light Series Number 1

 This is the lighting in the 2nd floor lounge of The Gatewood  Building. There is only pendant lighting in this room. The unique aspect about this lighting is that eventhough the bulb is a halogen bulb the shell of the pendant is yellow. This gives a unique feel to the space and actually dims the light so that people can be in the room for long periods of time.

This is a stairwell in the EUC. The type of lighting that is associated with this space is natural lighting from above as well as some artificial recessed down lighting. The natural light is so strong that it washes out all of the artificial lighting associated with the immediate surrounding of the stairwell. Farther back in the space the artificial light be it dim is far more prevalent because of the lack of natural light.





This is my house. At this point in the day all of the lighting is natural. The light is entering the room from the window in the picture and from an unseen window. On top of the television is a lamp with an incandescent bulb at about 2500K. I actually like the temperature of this light because it gives my room a very warm feel.

This is one of the studio areas in Gatewood. There are actually three different light sources in this space. The first is natural light. The existing space has an exterior curtainwall @ about 8'-6" in height that let an extremely high amount of light in. The pendant lighting is metal halide which is pretty cool i would say around 4000K which ideal for task or work lighting. and lastly is the track lighting which allows the pin up work that we post on the wall to show very well during presentations.