Main entry:

Lam, William M. C., author

Title & Author:

Perception and lighting as formgivers for architecture / William M.C. Lam ; edited by Christopher Hugh Ripman.

Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1977.

Description:

ix, 310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-307) and index.
Glossary -- Introduction -- Environmental objectives and human needs: Activity needs for visual information; Biological needs for visual information-new criteria for design -- The process of visual perception: The process of perception; What do we look at?; Attributive classification of visual stimuli: assignment of meaning; Expectation as a component of the process of perception; The affective component of perception; How well do we see? -- THe design of the luminous environment: THe conventional process of lighting design; A new process of design; Summary new objectives and design implications -- Case studies: principles applied in practice -- Group A: Buildings dominated by a single major space -- Group B: Single spaces defined by modular elements -- Group C: Sequences of major spaces in a single structure -- Group D: Sequences of spaces organized along fixed corridors -- Group E: Sequences of spaces without fixed corridors: articulated systems fitted to predetermined exterior forms -- Group F: Sequences of spaces without fixed corridors: flat-ceiling systems fitted to predetermined exterior forms -- Group G: Growth systems -- Group H: Building complexes.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0070360944
9780070360945

Subject:

Space (Architecture)
Visual perception.
Light in architecture.
Visual Perception
Espace (Architecture)
Perception visuelle.
Lumière en architecture.
visual perception.
Architektur
Licht
Raum
Wahrnehmung

Holdings:

Location: Library main 22595
Call No.: W11719; ID:87-B9507
Status: Available