Display
This category was incorporated in the previous book by Shops/Display
and Art Galleries, but is now amalgamated into a single category, since,
while the functions of a project may differ widely, the criteria demanded
are not dissimilar.
There may be little similarity between the interior of the Sainsbury
Supermarket in Greenwich, and the lighting of the Charioteer statue in
Delphi; but the object, that of emphasis on the one hand, of the goods on
display, and on the other, the folds in the stone statue’s garments, are
both derived successfully from overhead daylighting. The difference in
the case of Sainsbury, being the additional artificial lighting to highlight
the gondolas with their display of goods for sale.
Transport
Whilst above ground transport buildings were generally designed for the
economic use of daylight, with airports and railway stations leading the
field, the concepts had rarely been applied to underground stations, so
this is an area ripe for development.
The Jubilee Line stations are a good example, where daylighting has
been considered an important part of the brief, carrying on the tradition
of good design of the original underground stations, but with the
addition of daylight (Case Study, pp 180–187).
Industrial
Some industrial installations require high levels of lighting for manu-
facture and assembly which cannot be provided by daylight alone;
however daylight can be used successfully to provide the overall
environmental light, whilst artificial light can supplement this where
required. Many factories were built for various reasons in the twentieth
century to exclude the natural source.
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