Publication
This paper presents a preliminary model for relating the optical characteristics of different dynamic shading systems to the visibility of the view through these systems. View visibility is dependent on the optical properties of the façade, the incident lighting, and the view beyond which makes it challenging to measure and quantify how well a view can be seen through different façade layers. In turn, this makes it difficult to understand how the benefits of a view through a window are preserved or diminished by partially occluding façade layers. Instead of relying on human subjects to confirm the fundamental attributes of human visual perception across a large and diverse range of façade and view scenarios, existing vision models can be leveraged to synthetically analyze these scenarios. Such analysis, which is piloted in this paper, can help link the optical properties of façade systems to what will be visible through these systems. This study finds that one such model, the HDR-VDP-3, appears to correctly respond to the scenarios tested which should help guide future research into criteria for preserving the qualities of a view (whatever they may be) when viewed through façade shading systems.