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NORDIC LIGHT & COLOUR
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this paper is to present the analysis of the usability
of virtual environments (VE) as a research tool to investigate
the interaction of daylight and colour on the perceived quality
of small architectural rooms. Given the fact that daylight and
colour research can be very broad fields to study, this paper
examines whether 3D – HD imaging serves as VE tools to study
the interaction of three different daylighting levels and achro-
matic colour wall surfaces on the perceived visual quality of a
small room. The paper focuses on a full scale pilot experiment
with observers. In order to be more precise, student rooms
have been chosen as the small rooms to study. This paper also
includes the description and preliminary results of the pilot
study, designed to test the usability and validity of VEs as a
research method.
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS TO STUDY
DAYLIGHT AND COLOUR
Towards a new approach of advanced research method
Claudia Moscoso