Dr Natalia Sokół is a lighting designer and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture, Gdańsk University of Technology. Her research focuses on daylighting, human-centred lighting, healthy architecture, window-view quality, environmental behaviour, and the effects of the built environment on health and well-being. She combines architectural research, lighting science, environmental psychology, simulation, field measurements, and occupant-centred evaluation. She received her PhD in Architecture, summa cum laude, from Gdańsk University of Technology for her dissertation on daylight evaluation in multi-family housing. She holds an MSc in Light and Lighting from University College London and MA degrees in Interior Architecture and Art Education from the University of the Arts Poznań. She initiated the NLITED grant network and co-created its free educational platform. This European project delivered four international summer schools and one winter school on daylight education. She is a member of the Daylight Academy and contributes to IEA SHC Tasks, CIE technical committees, and research projects on daylight, window views, ageing, neurodiversity, early childhood, health, and sustainable development. She co-leads the project Social and Cultural Aspects of the Right to Daylight: Context Matters! Keywords: daylighting; human-centred lighting; healthy buildings; visual comfort; non-visual effects of light; window view quality; occupant perception
Gdańsk University of Technology
Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland
Architecture