JASON LEE

PROJECT 1 | LIGHTING & ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE 

EVALUATION and DESIGN

 

TASK

This assignment is intended to be completed in a group of 6/7 students per group to evaluate their environment in terms of lighting and acoustics performances. Each group is required to choose a case study from the list of buildings provided. Prepare a measured drawing with appropriate scale of your case study. Show all the necessary features which effect on the lighting and acoustics conditions of your case study. They should carry out an appraisal of day-lighting artificial lighting, noise and sound condition (quality and quantity) in the selected case study. Their identification of adequacy of the quantity of light and sound/noise for the case study needed to be carried out objectively.

LEARNING OUTCOME

Learning Outcomes   

• Able to produce a complete documentation on analysis of space in relation to lighting requirement eg. natural and artificial lighting. (Pictures, sketches and drawing) and analysis of factors which effects the lighting design of a space.

• Explore and apply understanding of building physic eg. Lighting towards building / construction technology and building materials on existing building projects.

• Able to evaluate and explore the improvisation by using current material and technology in relevance to present construction industry

• Basic understanding and analysis of lighting layout and arrangements by using certain methods or calculations eg. Lumen method and PSALI.

• Basic understanding and analysis of acoustic design layout and arrangements by using certain methods or calculations eg. Reverberation time and sound transmission coefficient.

 

Analyse and evaluate

For Lighting

• The site conditions (sky condition, building orientation, etc)

• Take readings of daylight level, lighting level and photos (digital images) in the chosen case study at different times of day (morning, noon, afternoon and at night).

• Present the analysis in a lighting contour diagram.

• Quantitative analysis is required in order to present your findings in conclusions.

• Daylighting and lighting condition (identify the problems)

• Present all your findings graphically as much as possible

• Provide the calculation for the existing design.

For Acoustic

• The general site conditions (eg. Highway, main roads adjacent to your case study)

• Take readings of sound level indoor and outdoor and photos (digital images) in the chosen case study at different times of day (morning, noon, afternoon and at night).

• Present the analysis in a noise contour diagram.

• Quantitative analysis is required in order to present your findings in conclusions.

• Indoor and outdoor noise (identify the problems)

• Present all your findings graphically as much as possible

• Provide the calculation for the existing design.

                                                                                               

In order to carry out this project, each group are to collect lux-meter and sound level meter. Please be responsible in collecting, using and returning the equipments.