Activities Affect on Interior Design

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The purpose of the room and the list of the activities The function of the room and the activities which will be carried out , here early discussion with your client is essential . from the forgoing you will have noted the following : that single use rooms are comparatively straight forward to light successfully as the tasks and the arise in which they are performed are unlikely to change substantially (single use arise include kitchens, utility rooms, bathrooms, workshops and circulation arise such as health and staircases) : and that multiple use spaces present the greatest challenge since no one lighting solution will be adequate for the continual changes of use within the area , A flexible lighting system is likely to be the ideal solution , and a careful assessment of the requirements of each room is essential. Full use of dimmer switches and a wide variety of luminaires will help transform a long used for homework and watching T.V into an area suitable for relaxation or formal entertaining . Task Type: Movement and orientation Recommended Illuminance: 40 lx Activities: Movement through space required. No long time presence of people. Where: Corridors, underground walkways, cable and ducting tunnels. Task Type: Intermittent tasks requiring rough detail. Recommended Illuminance: 80 lx Activities: Spaces used intermittently and not required fine perception of detail. Where: Change rooms, storage rooms of bulky objects, locker rooms, archive repositories loading bays. Task Type: Work place required for visually simple tasks. Recommended Illuminance: 160 lx Activities: Spaces continuously occupied. Most used for task requiring coarse detail. Occasional reading of documents for short periods. Where/what: Waiting rooms, cafeterias, coarse bench and machine work, entrance halls and lobbies, turbine halls. Task Type: Work place

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