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Illumination‐Guided Furniture Layout Optimization
Author(s) -
Vitsas N.,
Papaioannou G.,
Gkaravelis A.,
Vasilakis A. A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
computer graphics forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1467-8659
pISSN - 0167-7055
DOI - 10.1111/cgf.13930
Subject(s) - computer science , daylighting , task (project management) , glare , global illumination , computer vision , artificial intelligence , architectural engineering , engineering , systems engineering , rendering (computer graphics) , chemistry , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
Lighting plays a very important role in interior design. However, in the specific problem of furniture layout recommendation, illumination has been either neglected or addressed with empirical or very simplified solutions. The effectiveness of a particular layout in its expected task performance can be greatly affected by daylighting and artificial illumination in a non‐trivial manner. In this paper, we introduce a robust method for furniture layout optimization guided by illumination constraints. The method takes into account all dominant light sources, such as sun light, skylighting and fixtures, while also being able to handle movable light emitters. For this task, the method introduces multiple generic illumination constraints and physically‐based light transport estimators, operating alongside typical geometric design guidelines, in a unified manner. We demonstrate how to produce furniture arrangements that comply with important safety, comfort and efficiency illumination criteria, such as glare suppression, under complex light‐environment interactions, which are very hard to handle using empirical or simplified models.