Name: DANIELA PAWELSKI AMARO MARINS
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 28/03/2018
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| CRISTINA ENGEL DE ALVAREZ | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ANDRÉA COELHO LARANJA | External Examiner * |
| CRISTINA ENGEL DE ALVAREZ | Advisor * |
| GEILMA LIMA VIEIRA | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: The light defines what is seen, and this phenomenon involves the illuminated object, light source and who observes it. In architecture, a light helps in the perception of formal, conceptual aspects and actively participates in the result, mainly in terms of comfort. Specifically, in respect to user and light, there are intrinsic the physiological and psychological issues leading to understanding between the threshold of comfort and human discomfort. The proposed light indexes and the existing methods measure normal conditions of use and location, that is, they do not usually consider an exceptional condition. In special situations, a small amount of light from an environment can be judged inadequate under standards established by regulation; however, a lack of light, that minimum amount of illuminance, can offer a positive effect. This research had as general objective to develop a methodology for evaluation of condition for visual comfort for the specific Antarctic environment, having as case study the Antarctic Brazilian Station Comandante Ferraz. The result is a new assessment range, developed from the UDI, and the final method presents the luminous performance of the space, through the buoyancy diagram, measured in two ways: with a static analysis, hourly, and a dynamic view analysis, with periods marked, concomitantly. The visualization of the data compiled in the diagrams allows the evaluation of the environment and works as a tool to the light designer.
