New construction lighting planning and implementation

I also thought that two spots above the tub were a great idea. Separately switched and RGB LEDs inside for relaxation.

Let me put it this way... the idea was good, but not where the head is. You get so blinded in the tub that it’s no longer nice. So the lamp was taken out again immediately.

I had also specifically asked about the lights above the bed. He said it was well thought out and we should trust him. The things wouldn’t shine downwards but would have a beam angle.

But it can’t be changed now. The planning was finished at the last minute (supposedly the lighting planner is very busy) and at least the filigree concrete ceiling for the ground floor is already ordered. The upper floor might still be “saved” by involving another lighting planner. I shouldn’t have saved money and ordered a 3D visualized plan.

What does my mentioned shadow casting have to do with the glare now?

In the meantime, another lighting planner took a look at it, who happened to be at the electrician's, and he practically threw his hands over his head.

I can understand him well. I don’t see a proper concept there, rather all the lamps he likes have been added to the shopping list with a lot of incense waving. But no panic, it will be bright enough in all rooms – only the expense for the "planner" was luxury / tuition fees. For makeup, even, color-neutral light without nose shadows is helpful, and for the nighttime trip to the toilet, in my opinion, it is a blessing not to be dazzled wide awake. Light should preferably be placed at those spots at certain times of day which no longer get enough from the windows. That means, in my opinion, the job of the lighting planner is to avoid “patchiness” rather than to reinforce it. Ideally, artificial light after sunset substitutes for the sun during vacation. THAT is the art of the lighting planner; in my perception, here he saw his job as a ride straight through the lamp catalog.

THIS is the art of the lighting designer, here he has, in my perception, seen his job as a ride through the lamp catalog.

I fear that too. I had specifically tried to avoid that by initially commissioning only a lighting plan on a fee basis and not a full contract right away.

I am actually really a fan of fee agreements for planning services. Unfortunately, that often doesn’t work out.

The lighting designer yesterday said he had put a lot more emotion into it. And he says we will definitely be dazzled under the spots above the bathtub and the bed. It will be bright enough; he thinks too bright.

The fact that a downlight with 25-40 degrees does not dazzle is not entirely wrong, but only when you move normally in the room. For example, with lights suitable for screen workstations, one goes up to 60 degrees to avoid glare on the monitor.

I don't want to lie under those things. With this small emission angle, the lens really focuses the light downwards. Are the downlights at least dimmable?

Did the lighting designer just “throw in” the lights like that? I would expect a DIALux calculation from a lighting designer.