This work concerns the subjective impression of perceived illumination. The purpose of the study is to test attributes expressing qualitative experiences referring to ambient lighting that can be applied as descriptors. Seventy participants viewed an actual model room, with the fourth wall removed (viewing booth). Walls, floor and ceiling were achromatic. Two achromatic cubes were placed inside the room: one was a reflectance increment to the walls, the other a decrement. The room was illuminated by two different light sources, Artificial Daylight (D65) or Tungsten Filament (F), the order of which was randomized across participants. The participants’ task was to evaluate ambient illumination for each light source. A semantic differential method was employed with 27 pairs of adjectives on 1-7 rating scales, categorized in three groups: characteristics of atmosphere, time and cross-modal. Only the ratings of 9 pairs of adjectives were not influenced by the type of illumination. The most differentiated couples under different illuminants were hot/cold and modern/old, but large differences also appeared with the couples hard/soft, technological/primitive, summery/wintry, warm/cool, sensual/frigid, natural/artificial, and hospitable/inhospitable. The hypothesis that there would be consistency among the subjects in evaluations of the characteristics tested, and that these would be differently perceived under different illuminants was confirmed. The results show that it is possible to identify subjective perceived illumination as a phenomenon endowed with specific filling-in qualities, and that as a perceptual experience it can be categorized, with implications for application in architecture and desig

Sensual light? Subjective dimensions of ambient illumination / Albertazzi, Liliana; Canal, Luisa; Chisté, Paolo; Micciolo, Rocco; Zavagno, Daniele. - In: PERCEPTION. - ISSN 0301-0066. - STAMPA. - 2018:47(9)(2018), pp. 909-926. [10.1177/0301006618787737]

Sensual light? Subjective dimensions of ambient illumination

Albertazzi, Liliana;Canal, Luisa;Chisté, Paolo;Micciolo, Rocco;Zavagno, Daniele
2018-01-01

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This work concerns the subjective impression of perceived illumination. The purpose of the study is to test attributes expressing qualitative experiences referring to ambient lighting that can be applied as descriptors. Seventy participants viewed an actual model room, with the fourth wall removed (viewing booth). Walls, floor and ceiling were achromatic. Two achromatic cubes were placed inside the room: one was a reflectance increment to the walls, the other a decrement. The room was illuminated by two different light sources, Artificial Daylight (D65) or Tungsten Filament (F), the order of which was randomized across participants. The participants’ task was to evaluate ambient illumination for each light source. A semantic differential method was employed with 27 pairs of adjectives on 1-7 rating scales, categorized in three groups: characteristics of atmosphere, time and cross-modal. Only the ratings of 9 pairs of adjectives were not influenced by the type of illumination. The most differentiated couples under different illuminants were hot/cold and modern/old, but large differences also appeared with the couples hard/soft, technological/primitive, summery/wintry, warm/cool, sensual/frigid, natural/artificial, and hospitable/inhospitable. The hypothesis that there would be consistency among the subjects in evaluations of the characteristics tested, and that these would be differently perceived under different illuminants was confirmed. The results show that it is possible to identify subjective perceived illumination as a phenomenon endowed with specific filling-in qualities, and that as a perceptual experience it can be categorized, with implications for application in architecture and desig
2018
47(9)
Albertazzi, Liliana; Canal, Luisa; Chisté, Paolo; Micciolo, Rocco; Zavagno, Daniele
Sensual light? Subjective dimensions of ambient illumination / Albertazzi, Liliana; Canal, Luisa; Chisté, Paolo; Micciolo, Rocco; Zavagno, Daniele. - In: PERCEPTION. - ISSN 0301-0066. - STAMPA. - 2018:47(9)(2018), pp. 909-926. [10.1177/0301006618787737]
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