Blog #4 for Week 5 and Reading Assignment...

Blog subjects for Week 5: Please go to the blog at least twice or three times during the week. Respond to each other's findings.

1. Reflected Ceiling Plans. Look in your text and online find out all you can about RCP's and review that information here on the blog. You can also give web addresses for images of sample RCP's that you find.

2. Luminaires. From your text, architectural lighting magazines (in Ai library) and web searches. What can you find out and share.

Here is a link for you to look at on luminaires
http://www.illuminart.net/rr/docs/Articles/PLD_Basics/PLDbasics3.pdf

Reading Assignment for Week 5 (be prepared to discuss in class):

From the Winchip text- Chapter 5 Lighting Systems: Luminaires and Chapter 11 Lighting Design Process: Project Planning through Design Development

Also the in class assignment today can be finished as homework and go into the drop off. Here it is:
Search the World Wide Web for three luminaire manufacturers. For each manufacturer, locate the photometric reports for each of the fixtures you are using in the Island Getaway. On the drop offprovide the following information: (a) a summary of the photmetric data for each luminaire; (b) comparison of photometric data of each manufacturer; and (c) an analysis of how an interior designer would utilize the photometric data in designing a quality lighting environment. Cover both your interior and exterior lighting. Chapter 4 from your text is related to this exercise.

Blog #3 for Week 4 and reading assignments...

This Week's Blog:

Find out all you can and share about reflected ceiling plans and/or the following subjects:

http://www.illuminart.net/rr/docs/Articles/PLD_Basics/PLDbasics2.pdf
http://www.illuminart.net/rr/docs/Articles/PLD_Basics/PLDbasics4.pdf
http://www.illuminart.net/rr/docs/Articles/PLD_Basics/PLDBasics1.pdf

Reading Assignments:

Chapters 4 and 10 from the Winchip text (be prepared to discuss in class)

Note: Go back and catch up older blogs in order to keep up with what you should be aware of at this point.

Due Next Week: Project 1, Lighting Fixture Design

Thanks.

Off you go.

Blog #2 for Week 3...

Research and discuss the following:

Everybody: color and light

ID1608: auditorium seating for performing arts spaces

Reading Assignments (can also be used as blog fodder) Chapters 1,2,3 and 7,8, 9

Be prepared to discuss Chapters 3 and 9 in class next week.

Any links I have put on your syllabus are always good blog sources as well.

Remember, visit the blog often and respond to each others' comments.

Off you go.

Blog #1 for Week 2

Daylighting and Sustainable Lighting

Using web searches, the library, lighting textbooks and periodicals, find out all you can about daylighting and Sustainable lighting to comment on the blog.

Include links to websites and links to images files as needed.

Reference and cite sources that you find info in.

If someone beats you to the punch and says what you wanted to say, find a way to expand on their comment.

Don't wait until the night before class to do the blog and try to visit more than once in the week in order to respond to your classmates comments.

Blogging and classroom learning are both about INTERACTIVITY.

Off you go.