Natural Light Architects London – Neuroarchitecture & Light-Filled Home Design

Human-centric lighting

Our circadian rhythms, also known as our ‘inner clocks’, are hugely influenced by natural light. During the day, these rhythms rely on as much exposure to natural light as possible to function optimally, with appropriate artificial light playing a huge role in helping us unwind during the evenings.

The best solution to align home lighting with our circadian rhythms comes in the form of human-centric lighting (HCL). HCL is a system that sensitively utilises artificial light in controlling the temperature and intensity of your home’s lighting throughout the day. This can be achieved via innovations such as LED lights and digital control systems, designed to mimic natural light as much as possible – adaptable to all seasons throughout the year.

For example, this could involve illuminating cooler-toned artificial lights in the morning to mimic a sunrise, and warmer-toned lights in the evening to replicate a sunset.

Tilted, custom skylights

Curated to maximise the ingress of light, skylights can be a major contributor to unlocking the wellbeing benefits of natural lighting within the home.

We have incorporated skylights into many of our transformation projects, including tilted skylights designed to maximise the flow of natural light within the space. We have also utilised angled skylights. Serving a dual purpose of both design and function, this specific shape successfully draws natural light directly into the centre portion of the home. This was done to counteract what would otherwise be a much darker environment, fully illuminating the entire space from the outside in.

In other projects, we have used elliptical or cone-shaped skylights to allow more light to enter and create captivating patterns throughout the space.

Continuous strips of glass

Utilising glass as a functional link between different parts of the home can instantly illuminate large areas. One of our extension-focused projects involved installing a continuous strip of glass to detach the extension from the main house.

This not only provided a convenient connection between the two, but also brought significantly more natural light to deeper spaces where it would otherwise fail to reach.