Light as a form of visual language in educational spaces : Creating schedules for daily activities
Author
Angelaki, Stavroula
Term
4. Term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-05-28
Abstract
Specialet undersøger, hvordan lys kan fungere som et visuelt sprog i undervisningsmiljøer for at styrke tidsorientering og strukturere daglige aktiviteter. Udgangspunktet er dagslysets betydning for menneskets døgnrytme og behovet for, at indendørs belysning afspejler lysets dynamik i naturen. Forskningsspørgsmålet adresserer, hvordan kunstigt lys kan indikere skift i tid og aktivitet gennem en rumlig dialog mellem rum og bruger. Metodisk bygger arbejdet på et litteraturstudie inden for bl.a. semiotik, visuel kommunikation, fortælling, rytmer og rutiner i børns udvikling, perception, farveteori, rumlig kognition og perifert syn, kombineret med en design-thinking-proces, casestudie i en uddannelseskontekst, rumanalyse og lysanalyse samt simuleringer. Resultatet er et designframework og en række belysningsforslag, der kobler rummets dominerende elementer og eksisterende lysforhold med dynamiske lyssignaler, som kan visualisere dagens program og overgangene mellem aktiviteter. Uddraget beskriver ikke empiriske effekter, men peger på lysets potentiale som visuel kommunikation og skitserer retninger for videre afprøvning.
This thesis explores how light can function as a visual language in educational spaces to support time orientation and structure daily activities. It starts from daylight’s role in human circadian rhythms and the need for indoor lighting to reflect light’s natural dynamism. The research question asks how artificial light can indicate changes in time and activity by creating a spatial dialogue between space and user. The study combines a literature review across semiotics, visual language, storytelling, rhythms and routines in child development, perception, color theory, spatial cognition, and peripheral vision with a design thinking process, a case study in an educational context, spatial and lighting analyses, and simulations. The outcome is a design framework and a set of lighting proposals that link dominant spatial elements and existing lighting conditions to dynamic light cues that visualize daily schedules and activity transitions. Empirical effects are not detailed in this excerpt, but the work argues for light’s potential as visual communication and outlines directions for future testing.
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