This paper presents an experimental research study intended to evaluate daylight perception in work environments. The current metrics for assessing daylight in work environments involve quantifying daylight and do not provide insight into the actual appearance of the space, thus overlooking the qualitative aspects of light and their effect on occupants. Conceptual content cognitive mapping (3CM), a mixed methodology, was used to obtain participants' hierarchical knowledge structure and mental model of daylight in work environments. This method was selected to understand the end users' perception of an environment rather than measuring the physical environment. A cognitive map of 50 participants, half architects and half non-architects, was created using 3CM. The results present a list of daylight lexicon and a vast selection of concepts related to physical and psychological comfort among all participants. This experiment reveals that connectivity and emotional reactions are the two dominant underlying dimensions describing daylight in work environments. The results illustrate both similarities and disjunctions between two groups of participants regarding the selected daylight terms and characterizations. The results also indicate the need to augment current planning practices with a qualitative multi-disciplinary approach to create more pleasant working environments.

本文提出了一项旨在评估工作环境中日光感知的实验研究。当前用于评估工作环境中日光的度量标准涉及量化日光，并且无法深入了解空间的实际外观，因此忽略了光的质性方面及其对居住者的影响。概念内容认知映射（3CM）是一种混合方法，用于获取参与者在工作环境中的层次知识结构和日光心理模型。选择该方法是为了了解最终用户对环境的感知，而不是测量物理环境。使用3CM创建了一个由50名参与者组成的认知地图，其中一半是建筑师，一半是非建筑师。结果显示了所有参与者中的日光词典列表以及与身心舒适有关的大量概念。该实验表明连通性和情感反应是描述工作环境中日光的两个主要基本维度。结果说明了两组参与者在选定的日光术语和特征方面的相似性和分离性。结果还表明，有必要采用定性的多学科方法来扩展当前的计划实践，以创建更愉快的工作环境。