Natural lighting for sustainable design of art exhibition spaces: daylighting design catalogue

Qualificació obtinguda: 7,5 Màster universitari en Disseny -- Contemporary DesignThe present thesis is a research work about natural lighting oriented to sustainable design of art exhibition spaces like galleries and museums, which aims to expose a strategy for the use of daylight and sustainability into architecture. Initially there was a description of some of the main methods and evolution surrounding natural lighting as a sustainable design approach. Chapter 2 explores natural lighting characteristics, chapters 3 and 4 present study cases analysis, chapters 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 rides a text and images that involves aspects of design and daylight strategies developed through an experiment. All theories in this work is an epistemological level that opens new avenues for design exploration. This investigation exposes empirical strategies of using a daylight catalogue to the development of sustainable solutions concerning light control. For this, it is used historical background to study how natural light was used in the contemporaneity in order to apply new concepts of sustainability. The light has the power to change the space sensation and to give us time perception. Its an element available in nature that can save energy, promote health and enhance art experience