Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Develop an understanding and skills in designing with light by
synthesizing the fundamental principles of lighting design from the
fields of architecture and design, science and media technology.
The students must understand the complexity and possibilities that
lie in the interplay between the specialized fields. The students
will combine the art and science of designing with light in real
and virtual spaces.
Students are required to work according to a scientific method
and to report results and processes in scientific forms, such as
posters, papers or reports.
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who complete the module will obtain the following
qualifications:
- Understand the fundamentals of light from an
architectural, scientific and media technological approach
- Understand lighting design methods and
ability to understand light as a holistic tool to create spaces
with different purposes
- Understand central issues related to how
different lighting designs effect human experience
Skills
Students who complete the module will obtain the following
qualifications:
- Ability to analyze and measure, calculate and
animate how light relates to the user experience of space and how
different designs have different effects and functions
- Ability to apply mixed methods to demonstrate
design solutions of an aesthetic, technical and functional
character
- Ability toidentify problems
that meet needs, apply appropriate goals and
create sustainable solutions
- Produce a project report according to norms of the area, take
into consideration relevant literature, apply correct terminology
and convey the research-based foundation, problem and results of
the project orally and in writing in a coherent manner, including
the relationship between the problem formulation, the project’s
realization and its conclusions
- Evaluate and select relevant literature, scientific methods and
models and other tools for application in the project work, and
evaluate the project’s problem area in a relevant scientific
context
Competences
Students who complete the module will obtain the following
qualifications
- Ability to create a lighting design project in
an interior space using mixed methods such as registration,
calculations, animations, models, user observations, etc.
- Ability to analyze how to choose the
appropriate method and technology to suit different dimensions of
lighting design problems at different stages in the design
process
- Ability to apply and synthesize relevant
theoretical, methodological and practical knowledge of
lighting
- Ability to apply presentation techniques and
communication skills
- Plan, execute and manage complex research and/or development
tasks, and assume a professional responsibility for carrying out,
potentially cross-disciplinary, collaborations
- Assume responsibility for own scientific development and
specialization
Type of instruction
Academically supervised student-governed problem oriented
project work
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Seeing the Light |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project
Oral exam based on a project with a scientific report written in
English and a poster and a
video illustrating and summarizing the project. |
ECTS | 15 |
Permitted aids | With certain aids:
See semester description |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |