Undergraduate Course: Lighting Design for Spaces (ARCH10053)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will investigate lighting fundamentals for spaces in relation to interior and architectural design contexts. Through a series of case studies and practical lighting workshops, students will explore how lighting affects spaces and learn how to design and specify their own lighting strategies for a design project. |
| Course description |
This course involves students attending a series of lectures/seminars and building visits where the fundamentals of lighting design are explained and explored, using relevant case studies from the built environment. Supplementary workshops will engage students in practical lighting studies and demonstration of lighting techniques.
Students will be tasked with applying the skills taught to a series of design problems, looking at existing building scenarios and further application of an aspect of lighting design to a project of their choice. Students will gain first-hand experience of working with different lighting scenarios using both daylight and artificial light through the creation and representation of their own lighting strategies.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course requires additional costs to be met by the Student.
Travel and Accommodation: There are required travel costs associated with course-related field-trips and site visits.
Students will be expected to support the cost of local travel by public transport for required visits.
Equipment and software: Most equipment and software required will be provided by the School, but student will be expected to provide some specialist equipment including a personal laptop capable of running and processing Adobe Suite, & CAD (AutoCAD & Sketch-up). Students will require to purchase an annual licence to run Sketch-up from Year 2 onwards.
Materials: Students will be expected to fund the purchase of general art and design materials, such as sketchbooks, paper and pens. Students will be expected to fund purchase of some specialist materials required by their course (e.g. drawing equipment and materials, such as scale ruler, scalpel, cutting rule, tape, paper & card). You will find a detailed equipment and materials list published for each course on Learn. Course Organisers will support you in meeting intended learning outcomes while keeping material costs to a minimum, encouraging sustainable, responsible sourcing through Free Use Hub but students will be expected to fund optional material costs as necessary for their own project work.
Printing: Students are expected to fund printing of A4-A3 prints for interim reviews, tutorials & presentations.
To fully participate in this course students are recommended to budget a minimum of £10-20.00 (this does not include purchase of laptop or software). |
| Additional Costs | Sketch book, travel to local buildings for case study visits, basic model making materials, general printing for interim presentations and printing of final submission document (approximately £40 max.) |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 37,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
159 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% weighting for portfolio to include:
Sketchbook detailing ideas and research.
Booklet (A3) containing responses to workshop tasks and lecture course work of own lighting scheme.
Relationship between Assessment and Learning Outcomes:
All three Learning Outcomes are assessed, and are equally weighted in the assessment of, all assessed components. |
| Feedback |
Formative feedback and Assessment:
Group presentations, tutorials and crits will include verbal feedback from peers and staff on a weekly basis.
Mid-semester, students will submit a self-evaluation form, and be given written formative feedback on their work to date.
Summative Feedback and Assessment:
Following the final portfolio submission at the end of semester 1, each student will submit a self-evaluation form and be given written feedback and grades on their summative work. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles and contemporary core theories of lighting design.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the application of lighting design terminology and lighting design strategy in regard to a specific design project.
- Apply taught professional skills to the successful resolution and representation of a lighting design scheme.
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Reading List
Innes, Malcolm. Lighting Design for Interior Design. Laurence King (Portfolio Skills Series), 2012
Descottes, Herve and Ramos, Cecilia. Architectural Lighting - Designing with Light and Space. Princeton Architectural Press, 2011
Entwistle, Jil. Detail in Contemporary Lighting Design. Laurence King, 2012
Tanizaki, Jun'ichiro. In Praise of Shadows. Vintage Classics, 2001 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Design and specification of lighting scheme related to a design project. |
| Keywords | lighting,specification,atmosphere,drawing,daylight,built environment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Gillian Treacy
Tel:
Email: Gillian.Treacy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr John Ethcuit
Tel:
Email: jethcuit@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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