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Courtyard Kitchen

Location
Concept study
Type
Residential
Year
2026

A furnished lighting concept explored through angled Blender renders and matching calculated amber heatmaps. Revised layouts include enclosed service rooms, practical circulation and carefully oriented furniture.

Scope
Kitchen and garden lounge
Systems
Nuordic N55 10 W / 3000 K / 50 degree measured IES for interior downlights. Generic 1000 lm / 60 degree outdoor downlights where shown.
Targets
Concept studies, not for construction. Flat tables: empty 2.5 ft horizontal workplane, 0.25 ft grid, MF 0.90; opaque walls and closed privacy doors. Upper stair voids excluded; lower stair-void lights at 19 ft. Furnished amber views: direct electric light on upward-facing surfaces with modeled furniture shadows; neutral vertical faces are unmeasured. Both calculations exclude daylight, reflections and interlevel transfer. Appearance renders use daylight. Walls are sectioned for visibility.

Furnished in 3D

The space, and the light within it.

Explore each furnished floor from above. Drag the handle to compare the material view with its amber illuminance heatmap, including furniture shadows. Material views are appearance visualizations.

Courtyard Kitchen, Kitchen and garden lounge: matching angled Blender view with calculated amber direct electric illuminance on furnished surfaces.
Courtyard Kitchen, Kitchen and garden lounge: angled whole-floor Blender Cycles render with furnished interiors, modeled planting, windows and doors.
3D viewHeatmap
Kitchen and garden lounge / Furnished architectural cutaway

Calculated results

Every room against its target.

Calculated on the empty workplane specified in each row. Furnished 3D heatmaps show light on visible surfaces, so their values can differ from these workplane results.

Calculated maintained illuminance by room, in footcandles
RoomPlaneTarget fcAverage fcMinimum fcUniformity
Kitchen and garden lounge: KitchenHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component204112.20.298
Kitchen and garden lounge: DiningHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component1024.46.30.258
Kitchen and garden lounge: Garden loungeHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component10210.60.03
Kitchen and garden lounge: GalleryHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component527.960.214
Kitchen and garden lounge: PantryHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component1025.460.235
Kitchen and garden lounge: BathHorizontal plane, 2.5 ft above floor; direct component203412.20.36
Maintained values from the issued calculation report. Uniformity is minimum over average.

In the package

  • Kitchen and garden lounge lighting layoutRCP-01
  • Kitchen and garden lounge direct illuminanceFC-01
  • Calculation results and assumptionsCALC
RCPIlluminanceRendersCalc report

Supporting drawings

Flat plans and heatmaps.

Footcandles
01020406080+
Courtyard Kitchen, Kitchen and garden lounge: recalculated amber direct illuminance on the empty 2.5 ft workplane.
Courtyard Kitchen, Kitchen and garden lounge: revised concept lighting layout.
LayoutFootcandles
Kitchen and garden loungeDrag the handle to compare the layout with its footcandle study

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