[Build] reposition lights at 2169

[jim]

   waiting to see what and where people do stuff is 
a good idea. 
   having dark (dimly illuminated) areas thought out 
wrt display glare is a good idea. 

   from the installation and get-it-done point of 
view, getting the pipes and circuits up should be 
done asap. seems we can distribute junction boxes 
throughout the ceiling so's to accommodate future 
repositioning, though we'll have to place switches 
asap and hope there's not a lot of re-wiring or 
goofiness. 
   seems to me the "dirty workshop" and classrooms 
are a known quantity and we can reposition lights 
for them. 
   i'm not as sure of the electronics workplaces 
(south wall, west portion between the "electrical 
storage" room and the windows): if that's the 
location, then positioning lights seems doable 
(mainly, position the ceiling junction boxes and 
light switches and figure we can adjust exact 
locations of lights between the columns and the 
walls as we see fit). 

   that was a helpful shot, john; i'm hoping for 
more wrt above from you and others. again: the main 
thing is to get the pipe and junction box locations 
thought out so we can put them up now and still be 
flexible wrt future use. 



On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 10:35 -0700, John Magolske wrote:
> * jim <jim at well.com> [090905 10:04]:
> >    we should think about light placement
> 
> One thing I'm thinking about is illumination with respect to where
> folks sit and use laptops -- it would be nice to have darkish areas
> directly behind the screens. Not sure how much we can do at this
> point...maybe we'll need to wait a bit to see where people tend to
> congregate with their personal computers. Or, maybe we can make a
> first pass at guess-picking these areas and fold that into any
> re-configuration of the lighting?
> 
> A thought that comes to mind is perhaps the large open space to the
> West could be flexibly populated with a variety of scootable seating
> thingies like Foof's, chair + small-table combos, couches on wheels,
> alternate-universe-school-desks and the like for folks to plop down
> with their machines.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> John
> 
>