HumanCentered Architectural Illumination Design In Prisons

Abstract

If illumination is used correctly in architectural designs, it makes positive contributions to human health. Electric lighting can contribute to human health in environments where there are architectural restrictions and daylight is not sufficiently used (for example, in prisons). In this study, the illuminance level from the sun was simulated with dynamic electric lighting. By using direct, semidirect, and diffused illumination, human centric lighting concept can be used in environments where daylighting is not sufficiently used. In this way, illumination suitable for human biology was made with lowcost dynamic electric lighting arrangement without changing the architectural design. In this study, equivalent melanopic illuminance values in WELL standards in the concept of human centric lighting are provided in a simulation environment for different illumination types in a prison environment.