The Human and Social Dimension of Urban Lightscapes 3030571645, 9783030571641

Table of contents :
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
References
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
References
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
References
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
References
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
References
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
References
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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