Abstract:
According to the survey of the lighting design in the Chinese shrine, several problems with the lighting system were found such as insufficient lighting and inconsistent with the shrine activities, the installation of lantern which did not concealed light source or light direction. Discomfort glare condition was found as well as the Chinese shrines image was not promoted. Therefore this research aims to study the impact of luminaire arrangements and luminance distribution on the perception of Chinese shrines image. This study data was collected from 120 research participants by using 3-D modeling of 9 pictures. The results revealed that high complexity light condition (L3) affected the highest average perception of aesthetic, tranquility, attractive and unique at significant. Moreover, ascending light distribution affected the highest average perception of tranquility, attractive and unique at significant. However, the study about interaction effect between light distribution and complexity light condition gave different best combination based on perception topic. For perception of aesthetic, the picture of shrine with conventional light distribution together with high or low complexity light condition (L2, L3) receives highest average score at 5.07 and 5.03 respectively. For perception of tranquility, the picture of shrine with ascending light distribution with low complexity light condition (L1) receives highest average score from research participants. Regarding perception of attractive and unique, the picture of shrine with conventional light distribution with high complexity light condition (L3) receives highest average score from research participants. This research gives guidelines to lighting design for the Chinese shrine that can influence perception of Chinese shrines image in perception of aesthetic, tranquility, attractive and unique. Lighting designer and related parties can apply these findings to relevant time situations and activities.