Light Series 4 - Flourescent

A. This space is a kitchen which is attached to a laundry room and hallway.
B. The purpose of lighting is for ambient use. It lights the room as a whole.
C. The luminaires are recessed ceiling panels of fluorescent lighting. It hangs down a few inches from the finished ceiling and creates an overhead glow lighting up the whole kitchen.
D. The effect of the light source is clean and clear. It creates a nicely spread lighted work surface on the counters and center island.
E. The effect of light on colors is pretty accurate. There are mainly neutral colors in the kitchen so it isn't hard to establish one tone from another. The browns are still clear, as well as the beiges and blacks and whites.
F. The illumination level in the kitchen is appropriate. There are no harsh shadows or contrasts between the surface or work plane and cabinets. Although there is a little bit of a glare on the back cabinets which might have actually happened due to the flash in the camera.
G. Observations for improving the lighting environment:

• Add some task lighting
• Add some under cabinet lighting to reduce the small contrast made from the shadow of the upper cabinet.
• Make the most of natural lighting.
• Reduce the cabinet glare by either using a different finish on the wood or a lower intensity fluorescent.