2020 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Architecture and Building Engineering Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
Design Theory of Architectural Visual Environment
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Yoshiki Nakamura
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu (Zoom)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ARC.E424
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Students will obtain simulation and evaluation techniques in visual environment design, which are essential for architectural design and lighting design. Especially they will obtain ability of design based on their own view-point after understanding several pieces of work of famous architects and lighting designers.
Course description and aims
Obtaining design technique for light and color in Architecture based on psychophysical values.
Keywords
light, color, architecture
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
The instructor will provide report theme in every lesson, and some of students assigned by the instructor will have presentation in the next lesson.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Visual environment in famous architecture. | Understanding visual environment in famous architecture. |
| Class 2 | Tools for visual environment design | Understanding tools for visual environment design |
| Class 3 | Method for simulation of visual environment | Understanding basic light simulation |
| Class 4 | Procedures for daylight design | Understanding methods for daylighting design |
| Class 5 | Examples of daylighting design | Obtaining knowledge of real daylighting design |
| Class 6 | Procedures for electrical lighting | Understanding method for electrical lighting design |
| Class 7 | Examples of electrical lighting design | Obtaining knowledge of real lighting design |
| Class 8 | Color design and lighting design | Understanding relation between color design and lighting design |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Yoshiki Nakamura: Introduction of visual environment design, suri-kogakusya (2020)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluated on all reports submitted in every lesson.
Related courses
- UDE.E401 ： Basics of Design Theory of Visual Environment
- UDE.E503 ： Design Theory of Urban Visual Environment
Prerequisites
Students had better to take credit of ‘Basics of Design Theory of Visual Environment’ beforehand.