An Analysis of the Effect of Daylight on Visual Comfort and Health in Residential Spaces of the City (Case Study of Tabriz)

Subject Areas : Urbanism- Architecture

Reza Fathipour ¹ , Shahab Kariminia ² , Elham Nazemi ³ , Amir Hossein Shabani ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Student of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad Universtiy, Najaf Abad, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Najaf Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najaf Abad, Iran

Received: 2021-08-22 Accepted : 2021-09-14 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: "perception of visual comfort", "health", "well-being", "Daylight",

Abstract :

Daylight is rich in short wavelengths, and during daylight hours, it seems to play the most important role in human biological regulation. Advances in science over the past few years, with fundamental studies on the status of architecture and the health effects of daylight and windows, have led to rapidly changing research in daylight. With this approach, the present article tries to investigate the factors affecting perception, visual comfort and health in residential spaces in relation to daylight in the city of Tabriz. The present study is currently an applied goal, and currently a descriptive-analytical method. To achieve this goal, environmental parameters, both mentally and objectively, were presented for factor analysis of the main components. Analysis was performed using SPSS descriptive statistics. The results show that the amount of brightness of daylight can affect the quality of our perception. In addition, daily access to daylight, in addition to the sky, can also affect the shape, size and position of the window. Daylight as a research topic, establishes itself as a link between psychological and environmental factors.