Calculation of Optimal Luminaires for Architectural Design

Rodrigo Leira, Eduardo Fernández, Gonzalo Besuievsky

2017

Abstract

The selection and location of optimal luminaries is a central aspect of architectural design. Its complexity arises due to the diversity of existing luminaires, and the problems related to the need of achieving a set of lighting goals and constraints. The use of computer simulation software can bring an improved support in decision making at design time. CAD applications for illumination assessment are generally based on a working forward strategy, where the designer selects all the design elements, in order to calculate the resulting illumination. In this paper we present an inverse approach for the selection of luminaires, where the designer defines a set of lighting intentions to satisfy, and then an optimization algorithm iterates, converging to a feasible and optimal solution. The method allows to use a database consisting of hundreds of luminaires and a set of possible locations. In each iteration, after the first reflection of a potential configuration is calculated, the radiosity method is used to compute the final illumination of the scene.

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Leira R., Fernández E. and Besuievsky G. (2017). Calculation of Optimal Luminaires for Architectural Design . In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-224-0, pages 203-211. DOI: 10.5220/0006102702030211


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@conference{grapp17,
author={Rodrigo Leira and Eduardo Fernández and Gonzalo Besuievsky},
title={Calculation of Optimal Luminaires for Architectural Design},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={203-211},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006102702030211},
isbn={978-989-758-224-0},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2017)
TI - Calculation of Optimal Luminaires for Architectural Design
SN - 978-989-758-224-0
AU - Leira R.
AU - Fernández E.
AU - Besuievsky G.
PY - 2017
SP - 203
EP - 211
DO - 10.5220/0006102702030211