In order for the work efficiency and action performance to increase quantitatively and qualitatively, it should be ensured that the visual comfort needs are at the optimum level. In order to provide the necessary visual comfort conditions, visual environmental elements such as lighting intensity, surrounding surfaces, lighting tools, glare and the dominant colors in the environment should be well examined. The basic elements that constitute the visual comfort are as follows:
Color – Texture – Light level is the basic element of a space.
These basic elements, which constitute visual comfort, affect the users both physically and psychologically in the space they are used. It is believed that when used correctly, they positively affect motivation and productivity.
Lighting is the natural light during the day and artificial light in the evening that a space is exposed to. The important thing for us is to control these lights. Within the scope of artificial and natural lighting control, it is necessary to adjust topics such as light:
1. Angle of Arrival
2. Amount
3. Propagation
4. Color
5. Location
6. Source
according to the desired goal to be created. At this stage, natural lighting should always be given priority and we should provide the greatest possible benefit both in terms of health and economy.
The life time spent indoors is getting longer and, accordingly, the need for artificial light is increasing. Artificial lighting used in recent years; has gained the quality of being a powerful expression tool with its defining, highlighting, limiting aspects for the space and enabling the perception of three-dimensionality. In this regard, lighting has a great importance in perceiving and reminding spatial features. Lighting is an important element that directly affects the atmosphere and perception of an interior. Especially positioning and lighting source are a part of interior design; preference in interior affects many design elements such as color scale, volume of space, openings in space, furniture selection. A more functional and impressive design can be achieved by establishing the correct relationship between lighting and other elements that make up the interior. As a concept, lighting is a very powerful spatial expression tool with its defining, highlighting, directing, limiting and selective aspects. The user makes sense of the space depending on the shape of the space and the characteristics of the lighting system used for the light received into the space. The identity of the space gains form and meaning thanks to the lighting. At the same time, its psychological approach and behavior show differences thanks to the lighting simultaneously with the person’s perception of the space. Lighting approaches that will highlight and emphasize the general characteristic features of the spaces and create a spatial effect make the spaces more defined.