What is lighting design and how to do it?

What is lighting design? Architectural lighting design is the premise of lighting engineering implementation. It is very important for designers to show their ideas to customers through drawings and let customers see the future of the building from the drawings. So what are the main steps of architectural lighting design? The following is a summary of the top ten steps.

1. Understand the characteristics, scale and theme of the building, as well as the owner's requirements for lighting. Generally, light, shadow, color and mixed light are used to outline the outline of the illuminated object to enhance the aesthetic feeling.

2. Collect relevant building information, such as elevation, floor plan (bottom floor, top floor, transfer floor), local details, architectural color map or site photos.

3. Selection of lamps and lanterns: Choose suitable lamps and lanterns according to the characteristics of buildings, and determine the power and light source type of lamps and lanterns.

4. Illumination design: It is designed according to the illumination standard of general buildings, and the external walls of different materials have corresponding illumination standards. It must be noted that the illuminance of the main facade and the secondary facade is different, so it is necessary to divide it into primary and secondary levels to highlight the sense of hierarchy.

5. Quantity statistics: Calculate the number of lamps according to the selected illuminance value, which can be calculated by lighting design software or estimated by formula.

6. Determination of lamp arrangement position and beam angle: After determining the number of lamps, the placement position of lamps must be considered, and the installation of lamps should not only achieve the design effect, but also avoid affecting the architectural appearance; Floodlight lighting should not only consider the aesthetic feeling of the illuminated object, but also consider the integration and coordination with the environment.

7. When necessary, the lighting effect diagram can be made for installation. This process is complicated, involving modeling → lighting → lighting rendering → post-modification → production completion → printing, and the workload is also very large. If the preliminary materials are not fully prepared, it will take more time.

Eight. Glare elimination. In the design, it is necessary to aim at the beam angle many times.

9. Issue the lighting installation location map (CAD), determine the lighting load, and guide the professional installation company to install and debug according to the overall design and lighting installation requirements.

X in the final acceptance stage, both parties shall confirm the final contract and final details to realize delivery.