the darden school of business at the university of virginia in charlottesville, va. this photographs below include the main building, saunders hall and the classroom space.
when you walk into saunders hall, you enter a rotunda like space called the pepsico forum. at the top of the space is an occular window which allows daylight to enter and fill the space (as pictured to the right and below).
this photograph shows how the light from the cupola above is diffused throughout the forum space to provide a bright area for gathering. the lighter paint colors allow warm light to illuminate off of the walls as it filters from the ceiling to the floor.
down the hall from the forum is the main classroom hallway. this hallway is where all of the case classrooms are located off of. it is light in color and lit by large pendant lights as well as ample windows which allow daylight into the hallway to keep it bright.
this is a typical case classroom. there are no windows and no natural light enters the room unless the doors are propped open. in this photograph, the only light used are the overhead lights. all things considered the space is well lit, but it is a cool diffused light and not the warmer glowing light provided by natural sunlight.
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