This study aims to analyze daylight performance in educational buildings and its effect on students, focusing on classrooms in the interior architecture and environmental design department. The classrooms of the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department at Afyon Kocatepe University’s Faculty of Fine Arts were examined as part of the research. The study evaluates daylight performance through visual comfort metrics (DF, lux) and students’ visual comfort, perception, and satisfaction related to natural lighting (survey). The study’s findings reveal that user perception is strongly related to daylight performance, and that visual comfort should be addressed not only by sufficient light levels but also by balanced light distribution and glare control. The results indicate that daylight performance should be evaluated based on both user perception and technical indicators.
Çoban et al. (Wed,) studied this question.