Philips Office Lighting manual offices for the people, creating an inviting work environment

creating an inviting work environment

offices for the people

Office workers today spend as much time interacting with

clients, colleagues and computers as they do on traditional

office work involving reading and writing. Each task has

specific visual requirements.

As the marketplace becomes increasingly competitive, there is growing awareness of the need for our working environment to evolve and keep pace with the changing dynamics of the organization.This means providing, for example, quiet zones for reflection and concentration, and zones for communication. It also means offering a positive and constructive ambience - an attractive working environment for the people.

Light at work

Office lighting plays a key role in creating a working environment that empowers, allowing people to function to the very best of their abilities. Lighting as a discreet presence that integrates seamlessly with the architectural framework to deliver multiple-lighting effects that help to bring people’s working environment to life.We at Philips believe in this concept, as it focuses on people.

As every company differs in structure and organization, so does the emphasis put on each specific activity.The result is that individual workstations have to meet different requirements. Conversely, irrespective of the requirements, a number of basic human needs have to be taken into account in the design of office workstations.

These human needs reflect a person’s desire for:

•Orientation in space and time

•Privacy and communication

•Information and familiarity

•Variation and surprise

These needs can be incorporated into a scheme for lighting designers i.e. the seven guiding principles of lighting design:

1The lighting should facilitate orientation

and definition of a person’s location in space and time.

2Lighting should be an integral part of the architecture and interior design, planned from the beginning and not added as an afterthought Through the choice of form, colour and material and in its design and details, lighting should support the intentions of the architecture and interior design rather than function independently

3Lighting should create a mood and atmosphere that meets people’s demands and expectation

4Lighting should facilitate and promote communication among people.

5Lighting should make a statement and convey a message over and above mere brightness.

6Lighting should be original in its basic forms of expression; it should not be a mass product that simply reproduces what already exists.

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7Last but not least, lighting should also facilitate perception and recognition of people’s surroundings.