[Radiance-general] Art work surface

[Lars O. Grobe]

> I will mainly be painting medium to large acrylic / oil
> 
> my wife may do fabric or mixed media scultpure.
> Probably no  detailed jewlery

Hi,

I think if you have around 500lx it will be fine. But for you the light
quality might become more important. E.g. glare would be not acceptable,
if you are painting, you would want a continous color and possibly light
level. I think that is why these good old atelier windows were directed
to north - big surface (diffuse-bright rooms), continous (non-direct)
light over the day. I am not sure about the sculptures, but I think for
working on them, the same applies (directional light will be nice to
present them, but while working could be irritating).


I wonder if all these great new materials would not be great for this
kind of project... just thinking about translucent insulation panels
(these blocks filled with small glass tubes), giving diffuse light
without the thermal drawback of the old atelier window idea...? I am
just telling that to you because I would be curious how you render the
design in Radiance... :-)

CU + have fun (you are an architect, too, aren't you?), Lars-
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