International Display Workshops General Incorporated Association

10:50 〜 11:10

[PRJ2-1(Invited)] The Impression of an Artificial Skylight at the Hospital

*Sorida Im1、Mayuka Kitaguchi1、Yukio Akashi1、Ikko Kuzuhara2、Takuya Yamashita2、Yuumi Fujiwara2、Mitsuo Yakuchi2、Tatsukio Uchida2 (1.University of Fukui (Japan)、2.Panasonic Corporation (Japan))

Artificial skylight, Hospital’ spatial impression, Mood alleviation

https://doi.org/10.36463/idw.2021.0627

This study is to verify the psychological effect of an artificial skylight on visitors at the hospital. The results showed that people were livelier and they felt more connected to nature and the exterior in the hospital’s waiting room with the artificial skylight than in a windowless space.