Your Design Journal entries this week should highlight your design thinking and process in modeling:
Power system elements:
My lighting system design primarily focuses on the third building, which comprises two major areas. In each area, the power system is arranged around the walls, forming a circle. My mechanical room is located between these two areas, and in the middle of the mechanical room's wall, I have placed two electrical panels.
Lighting system elements：
My lighting system design is primarily concentrated under the roof, and also on the surrounding walls. I used embedded lights on the roof, specifically rectangular lighting, interspersed with skylighting to supplement and compensate for the lack of natural light. Additionally, wall lighting is placed near the first floor level, as the entire floor has a relatively high ceiling, and I'm concerned that just the top lighting from the roof might not be sufficiently illuminate the areas covered by visitors.
In the hallway, I used weaker lighting, including floor-level path lights and more plain lighting on the walls. Since there's nothing in the hallway that requires observation, having strong lighting in the main exhibition areas on both ends suffices for a good visitor experience. Moreover, a dimmer lighting in the hallway might heighten visitors' anticipation for what's to come in the next exhibition room.
I placed the switches near the hallway between the two areas. This way, they are in a noticeable location and easily accessible.
Challenges:
In the design process, I faced several challenges. First, I had difficulty in choosing lighting fixtures, as I wasn't sure how to select the most appropriate ones. Second, since the roof has a sloping angle, placing the fixtures wasn't easy. The third challenge was adjusting the amount of lighting, because the intensity distribution of light sources varied across different areas. It was not intuitive to adjust, and I wasn't sure how to modify them to achieve a more even distribution of light. Later, I mainly used rendering in the clouds to observe the average footcandles in each area and then adjusted the placement of fixtures accordingly.
