This book explores new criteria and characteristics for integrating human psychology in the design of modern urban lighting. It identifies a new area of lighting design research and practice that focuses on the nocturnal urban experience in terms of people’s emotional, cognitive and motivational perceptions to achieve more accessible, sociable and sustainable cities. In turn, the book compares new tools and research methodologies for tackling complex issues concerning the ties between lighting, people and the city. Moreover, it presents a series of case studies to provide an in-depth understanding of the influence of urban lighting in terms of luminous atmosphere perception, positive social affect, social enhancement, accessibility and hospitability. Lastly, the book proposes a multidisciplinary qualitative and quantitative methodology for assessing the spatial experience of outdoor lighting.
Author(s): Daria Casciani
Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 156
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
1 City and Sociality at Night
1.1 The Human and the Social Nature of the City
1.1.1 The Social Function and Quality of Urban Spaces
1.1.2 Qualities Supporting Successful Urban Social Places by Day
1.1.3 Human-Scale Urban Public Spaces
1.2 Urban Planning After Dark: Night-Time Lighting Design
1.2.1 The Importance of Urban Lighting
1.2.2 The Human and Social Scale Lighting in the Urban Night-Time
1.2.3 The Importance of Urban Darkness
1.2.4 The Role of the Designer of the Urban Night
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2 The Human-Scale Urban Lighting Experience
2.1 The Visual Experience of the Urban Night-Time
2.1.1 From Sensation to Perception of the Luminous Environment
2.1.2 The Psycho-social Perception of Cities
2.2 The Human and Social Urban Lighting Criteria
2.2.1 Functionality
2.2.2 Wellbeing
2.2.3 Ambiance and Urban Beautification
2.2.4 Relationship/Experience
2.2.5 Environmental Issues
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3 The Assessment of Affective, Social Appraisal and Behaviours of Human Scale Lighting Experience
3.1 Assessing the Experience of Lighting at Night
3.1.1 Objective Assessment of the Luminous Environment: Research Methods and Tools
3.1.2 Subjective Assessment of the Luminous Environment: Research Methods and Tools
3.1.3 In Situ, in Scale and Virtual Lighting Experiences
3.2 Conclusions
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4 In-Situ Experience of the Human-Scale Urban Lightscape
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Description of the Space and the Lighting System
4.2.2 Participants and Procedure
4.2.3 Lighting Scenarios: Design and Description
4.2.4 Analysis Methodology
4.3 Data Analysis and Results
4.3.1 Pedestrian Paths and Night-Time Activities
4.3.2 People’s Expectations and Appraisal of the Space
4.3.3 Lighting Design Affecting the Perception and Sociality of the Space
4.4 Discussion and Insights
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5 A Virtual Experience of the Human-Scale Urban Lightscape
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methodology
5.2.1 Participants
5.2.2 Lighting Stimuli: Design and Description
5.2.3 Instruments and Procedure
5.3 Data Analysis and Results
5.3.1 Statistical Analysis Methodology
5.4 Discussion and Insights
5.5 Conclusions
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6 Interacting with the Social Human-Scale Lightscape
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Study 1—Methodology
6.2.1 Lighting Stimuli: Design and Description
6.2.2 Participants and Procedure
6.2.3 Analysis Methodology
6.2.4 Discussion
6.3 Study 2—Methodology
6.3.1 Lighting Stimuli: Design and Description
6.3.2 Participants and Procedure
6.3.3 Analysis Methodology
6.3.4 Discussion
6.4 Results and Conclusions
6.4.1 The Human-Scale Lighting Interaction
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7 From Design Research to Design Practice of Urban Social Lighting
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 The Urban Social Lighting in the Design Process
7.2 Methodology
7.2.1 An Overview of the Research Strategy
7.2.2 An Overview of the Design Challenge
7.3 Results
7.3.1 Understanding the Social Layer
7.3.2 Supporting the Envisioning Process of Lighting Design
7.3.3 Informing the Human and Social Lighting Design Features
7.4 Discussion and Conclusions
7.4.1 Luminous Ambiances for Pedestrian
7.4.2 The Holistic Approach Toward Social Oriented Lighting Design
7.4.3 Correlating with the Context: Diversity and Specificity
7.4.4 Focusing on Users: Quality and Experience
7.4.5 Transforming the Design Process: Integration and Collaboration
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