Sketch Series 2

This light series asked us to visit a) an art museum, b) a restaurant, and c) a retail store. For each of the spaces we were to record the type of luminaire and lamp and the location of the fixtures.
a. A summary of illumination for each space
b. Recommendations for problems associated with brightness or glare.
c. The effectiveness of patterns of light and shadow and provide recommendations for improving the patterns.


MUSEUMAs you can see the walls in the art gallery are painted white while the art being displayed pops off the white walls. The space is lit by track lighting that is directed at the art on the walls. There are also lights directed down towards the ground. There is not much glare in the space. they way the ceiling is designed and the way the lights are directed keeps the glare away. The lights create patterns along the walls and floors close to the wall. The floor is darker than the walls, but it is still light enough to not distract the viewers from the art on the walls and the lights also direct the attention of the viewers.


RESTAURANT
Shanes Rib Shack is lit mainly by recessed lighting throughout the entire space. The ceiling is black to also keep the glare down. There is some spotlighting along some of the walls, but not over the places to eat.
There is slight glare over some of the booths where there is direct pendant lighting. It is directed at the center of the table which doesn't pose a problem to the guests dining in the restaurant. The light in the space is evenly lit among the space as well.

RETAIL STORE
Pacsun is solely lit by track lighting throughout the entire space. The lights are directed at the clothes throughout the space. This leaves enough lighting to illuminate the entire space. There are spaces where there is not as much light. These spaces are between some racks and it is because the spot lighting is put on the clothes not the floor. I believe this is ok for the retail because the focus is on the clothes. The lighting does add some glare to the space, but it doesn't obscure the view of the shoppers though.