Megan Danell, M.Arch candidate (expected graduation in 2020) wins an AIA Northwest and Pacific Region Student Design Award for her final studio project at the University of Idaho before joining the UO as a grad student. Help us in congratulating Megan!
Eugene, OR (August 12, 2019) – Today, the University of Oregon published a new white paper, “The Impact of Lighting and Views in the Workplace of the Future.” The paper concludes that daylit spaces with controlled lighting and views can improve occupant well-being, workplace productivity, and satisfaction by positively influencing various physiological and psychological processes. Lighting and views also impact property value and employee recruitment and retention.
“The Impact of Lighting and Views in the Workplace of the Future” white paper, which was sponsored by Lutron Electronics, was presented at the Illuminating Engineering Society Annual Conference in Louisville, August 2019.
Baker Lighting Lab, under the supervision of Assistant Professor Siobhan Rockcastle, has secured a grant from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to study the perceptual accuracy of solid state lighting in an array of virtual displays, including HDR and VR screens. This research will include a pilot study on the U of O campus this summer. Please contact us if you’re interested in learning more about this project.
A peer-reviewed paper, titled “The case for occupant-centric daylight analytics: a comparison of horizontal illumination and immersive view” had been accepted to the proceedings for Building Simulation 2019 in Rome. Siobhan Rockcastle co-authored this paper with Marilyne Andersen from the EPFL in Switzerland and Maria Amundadottir from OCULIGHT analytics in Iceland.
As General Chair of SimAUD 2019, Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle worked with Dr. Tarek Rakha, Program Chair to organize the 10th anniversary of SimAUD in Atlanta, Georgia. Working with our Scientific Chairs, Dr. Tea Zakula, Dr. Dimitris Papanikolaou, and Dr. Carlos Davila, the organizing team welcomed over 40 authors from 18 countries who presented original peer-reviewed research papers. Kicking off the symposium with a welcome address, Siobhan recapped 10-years of SimAUD and the growing impacts of this community on simulation in architecture and urban design. To read the proceedings, please visit the SimAUD site and download here.
Assistant Professor of Architecture, Siobhan Rockcastle, visited MIT on March 21 as an invited speaker in the Spring Building Technology Lecture series. She shared her research from the Baker lighting Lab at the University of Oregon as well as recent software updates from OCULIGHT dynamics.
The first edition of Virtual Lighting Design has ended! We are grateful for the hard work and innovation shown by our students and guest speakers! A special thank you to Outer Realm VR, Azadeh O. Sawyer, ZGF, and Nathaniel Jones for your live demos! Stay tuned for the next edition, coming soon!
Dr. Siobhan Rockcastle and Dr. Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg were invited to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) on Wednesday, Dec 5th to present IHBE’s research on ‘Designing Health in the Built Environment.’ Attended by medical researchers in sleep medicine and occupational health, UO faculty are working to set-up ongoing collaborations with scientists doing clinical and preventative research on the effects of indoor environments on human health.
Professor Rockcastle is teaching a new course on Virtual Lighting Design next term (Winter 2019). Supported by a Nuckolls Fund Grant, this course will introduce students to state-of-the-art techniques in lighting simulation and visualization for use in Virtual Reality. Registration starts on Monday!
This past weekend, Professor Siobhan Rockcastle and James Carpenter from JCDA led a 3-day workshop exploring the effects of daylight on perception. Students in the School of Architecture & Environment captured instances of light phenomena and then produced physical constructs through which they attempted to re-create the perceptual effect. Explorations included a study of color, reflectivity, projected light, transposed light, and caustic dynamics. Funding for this workshop was provided by the Edward Allen Fund for Technical Teaching.
