A Human-Centered Approach for the Design of Perimeter Office Spaces Based on Visual Environment Criteria

With perimeter office spaces with large glazing facades being an indisputable trend in modern architecture, human comfort has been in the scope of Building science; the necessity to improve occupants’ satisfaction, along with maintaining sustainability has become apparent, as productivity and even the well-being of occupants are connected with maintaining a pleasant environment in the interior. While thermal comfort has been extensively studied, the satisfaction with the visual environment has still aspects that are either inadequately explained, or even entirely absent from literature. This Thesis investigated most aspects of the visual environment, including visual comfort, lighting energy performance through the utilization of daylight and connection to the outdoors, using experimental studies, simulation studies and human subjects’ based experiments.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Konstantzos, Iason

Contributors dc:contributor

• Athanasios Tzempelikos
• Qingyan Chen
• Panagiota Karava
• Robert Proctor

• Daylighting
• Glare
• Shading
• Sustainable Design
• View Clarity
• Visual Comfort

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1222

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2438