Ph.D. thesis by Clotilde Pierson, Université Catholique de Louvain (BE)​

“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”[Le Corbusier]

Exposure to light, and especially to daylight, has much to offer. Regarding buildings’ occupants, daylight has been shown to boost performance, improve sleep, provide a connection to the outside, increase comfort, lessen agitation, and reduce depression. Regarding buildings, daylight enhances the aesthetics of a space and […]

Ph.D. thesis by Priji Balakrishnan, Singapore University of Technology and Design

The distinctiveness of natural light in a built environment is a confluence of its physical feature––buildings, trees, and the ground––with its region-specific daylight source––the sun and the sky. The colours and patterns we see around us at different scales of cities, neighbourhoods or streets is the result of these complex interactions between the physical features and characteristics of its daylight. The current daylighting modelling workflows do not account for […]