Lighting genres

• Within the structure of a building whether it is for
retail, historic or residential lighting design can be key
to the mood of a room or a building portray, not only
this, but when used correctly lighting can be used to
accentuate certain angles and shapes within the
structure of the building creating a vocal point to draw
the audiences eyes to in a residential home this may be
a feature wall in a certain room, a particular ornament
or perhaps a place of function for decorative purposes
such as an island unit in a kitchen or a mirror in a
bathroom …right down to candles along a surface or a
skylight made to let natural light flood into the house
to create a lighter, airy, larger room.

• This differs from say a historic home in which
they would have to be careful as to what kind of
bulbs and lighting they used they would have to
think of how to create either a historic
atmosphere through the medium of lighting or
brighten the exhibit as much as possible without
causing to the artefact in question, certain angles
of the building may be significant to a certain part
of a buildings past so would need to be portrayed
in a certain way.

• Although they differ these two subgenres
have similarity both use lighting to accentuate
the shape of certain parts of the architecture
to create a vocal point and give depth to the
building as a whole

• Another genre that is similar subgenre that is similar to
historic homes in style is art exhibitions in the sense of the
lighting used because of the paintings being light sensitive
many of the paintings may need to be displayed under
certain conditions such as many of the older paintings may
have been painted in sunlight therefore the condition
required for display would need to be bright, yet not in
direct sunlight as sunlight would destroy the pigments in
the paint so the atmosphere would have to be reproduced
through lighting such as halogen bulbs which reproduce for
same bright atmosphere while not deteriorating the
condition of the painting.

• This is an example of how lighting can used to
entice an audience and create a certain
atmosphere
• This is firstly started with the basic light
fittings which are on light pillars which are at
regular interval this is a welcoming ploy
marking a path so the audience knows where
to go while the warmth of the glow creates a
warm welcoming atmosphere

• A strip light is used in the middle of the hallway
this is because lighting when used right can
encourage people to move along faster which is
the key idea with this the key elements are
supposed to be the entrance area where guests
are supposed to stop in awe of the display before
them, and the welcome desk at the end where
people book in between this the idea is to hurry
guests along hence the slim strip light which
encourages speed.

• Overhead spots are also used over strips of
tiles to make them look glossy and shine to
make them look pristine and clean

• By seating areas there are lamps placed to
create a cosy homely feel to welcome guests

• Led par cans are also used to up light the trees
placed along the hall again to create an
ethereal feel

• To create an atmosphere of luxury the colour
of purple is used inset into a ceiling to create
an euphoric effect

• Residential this genre differs greatly from
building to building depending on the taste of
the owner this example is a Childs nursery in a
tree house

• Lighting in this example is minimal but to fit in
with the natural theme most of the lighting
used is in the shape of a closed water lily the
rest of the light is provided from the natural
light of the outdoors

• This house is fairly average during the daytime
yet during the night mood lighting comes on
illuminating the pure white interior white strip
lights are used to generally light the room
normally but coloured backlights are placed
behind white curtains

• Spotlights are for general lighting the strip
lights for lighting features highlighting angles
in the building

• The lighting within this art gallery design is
cleverly done the lights have been inset into a
textured roof they light beneath them without
spill that cud harm the exhibitions ..most
exhibits are lit for beneath with the light
flowing upwards.

• For paintings to be displayed in the intended
way as the artist perceived it, to do this
generally the curator will ask the artist how
they first painted the piece such as if the
painting was done in bright sunlight the
lighting needs too be brighter to reflect and
reconstruct the environment that the piece
was created to convey the intended mood.

Events lighting

• Looking at events lighting the light are mostly
side lit and similar to architectural lighting in
the sense that the lighting is made to
accentuate the curves and shape of the room
in question. The difference being that the
tables often have centrepieces that highlight
elements of the tables