Abstract

any studies concentrated on the lighting subject in interior spaces.
Some of these studies considered lighting as an artistic factor in the public
interior space, but it didn’t present a clear picture about achieving artistic
articulation of interior lighting in public reception spaces specifically hotels
lobby. This study is trying to explore building principles of artistic
articulation of interior lighting in public reception spaces (hotel lobby).
The research hypothesis that an artistic articulation building
influenced by structural and meaningful principles of interior lighting in
public reception spaces of hotels lobby.
To tackle research problem, it crystallized a conceptual model,
represented by lighting elements, art, and articulation in public reception
spaces in hotels lobby, secondary and main assumption types have been built,
included four major types of Artistic assumption modes to the lighting which
are as follows:
Dramatic, spacious or restful, dramatic spacious and spacious
dramatic type.
The semi-empirical research depended on surveying descriptive method and
observational check list as experimental tool. Intentional sample was selected,
including (5) interior spaces as research settings. Perspective shot was used as
analytical unit. Data was gathered through 4 surveying phases that lasted for
(3) months approximately. T-test and was used to treat data statistically using
(SPSS) program.
The results proved, the importance and activity of artistic articulation
types which are represented by restful dramatic, spacious or restful dramatic
restful, and dramatic in public reception spaces of hotels lobby.
Final conclusion revealed that potentiality of varied usage of artistic
articulation representing by dramatic, spacious and others being result out
from the reaction of there two types represented by spacious dramatic and
dramatic spacious in public reception spaces in hotel lobby. Finally,
recommendation was discussed.