親子住宅燈光設計：讓光回應一家四口的日常需求
這是一個由一對年幼兒女與父母共同生活的家。業主夫妻對生活有清楚的想像，也願意在設計初期明確說出需求，因此我們得以將住宅燈光設計更完整地融入日常：從孩子的夜間安全、室內植栽照明，到父母的休息時光，每一道光都服務於真實的生活場景。
將窗邊陽光延伸至室內綠意
進入客廳，整面窗景串連客廳與大型書桌，成為家人閱讀、工作與陪伴孩子的重要區域。我們預先思考書桌後方展示層架未來可能擺放的室內植栽，因此以接近日光感受的光色，將窗邊自然採光向室內中心延伸。
光線灑落在層板與櫃體之間，不僅創造如天井般明亮通透的空間感，也為耐陰植物補足所需的人工照明。燈光不只是照亮物件，而是讓女主人希望「把綠意帶進家中」的期待，能夠長久落實在生活裡。 當然，我們不會忽略夜間，所以燈光設計上分屬白天與夜間可以使用不同的色溫。
以精準光線呈現木格柵質感
面向客廳，背牆以紋理鮮明的木格柵構成視覺焦點。我們沒有使用大量洗牆光去鋪滿整面牆，而是透過一盞精準配置的燈具，在表面勾勒格柵的立體層次與材質細節。
這樣的照明手法保留空間的安靜與留白，同時兼顧電視櫃下方的實用照度。對於重視光源舒適度的男主人而言，減少不必要的眩光、雜亂光點與螢幕反射，也讓客廳在使用影音設備時更舒適。
中島照明兼顧亮度與操作安全
餐廳的長型中島，是備餐、用餐與家庭互動的核心。為了避免檯面產生過多陰影，我們微調燈具的配光與位置，使單一燈具便能均勻覆蓋中島工作面。
充足且均勻的中島照明，讓料理、備餐與親子共食更安全，也讓空間在不堆疊過多燈具的前提下，維持簡潔俐落的設計語言。讓整個天花呈現該竟俐落的留白。
親子夜燈設計，守護夜間動線
通往房間的廊道，以完整木紋牆面整合收納不同的隱形門，形成乾淨一致的畫面。我們將小夜燈埋設於各個門片之中，回應孩子夜間休息與起床前往洗手間的需求。
當夜燈開啟時，它同時提供房內微光、廊道導引與低照度安全照明，避免突然開啟主燈造成刺眼與睡意中斷。光線成為孩子安心行走的引導，也讓父母不必因夜間照顧而打亂全家的睡眠節奏。
為父母保留溫柔的 ME TIME
夜燈系統不只屬於孩子。當孩子入睡後，廊道微光搭配電視前可調光的小茶几下照燈，便能轉換成柔和的家庭影院情境。父母可以擁有安靜放鬆的 ME TIME，同時仍能輕易觀察孩子的狀態。
好的住宅燈光設計，從來不只是選擇燈具或滿足亮度標準，而是理解每一位家庭成員的使用習慣。這個家以光串連安全、植物、材質與陪伴，讓設計真正成為日常生活中一片細緻而溫柔的光。
空間設計: Marvelous Studio 馬福樂思工作室
燈光設計: UnderLiight
窗簾軟裝: Fabutic
空間攝影: Studio Millspace
家具燈具協力:
Family-Centered Residential Lighting Design: Letting Light Respond to Everyday Life for a Family of Four
This home is shared by a couple and their two young children. The homeowners have a clear vision of how they want to live and were able to articulate their needs from the very beginning. This allowed us to integrate residential lighting design more fully into their daily routines—from nighttime safety for the children and lighting for indoor greenery to moments of rest for the parents. Every layer of light serves a real-life scenario.
Extending Daylight into the Heart of the Home
Upon entering the living area, a full expanse of windows connects the living room with a large desk, creating an important space for reading, working, and spending time together as a family. Anticipating that the display shelving behind the desk may eventually hold indoor plants, we extended the daylight-inspired color tone from the windows further into the center of the home.
The light falls across the shelving and cabinetry, creating a bright, open atmosphere reminiscent of a skylight while providing supplementary illumination for shade-tolerant plants. Here, lighting does more than reveal objects—it supports the homeowner’s wish to bring greenery into the home and make it a lasting part of everyday life. We also considered nighttime use, allowing different color temperatures to be used for daytime and evening settings.
Using Precise Light to Reveal the Texture of Timber Slats
The living room’s feature wall is composed of richly textured timber slats. Rather than flooding the entire wall with extensive wall-washing light, we used a precisely positioned fixture to outline the slats’ depth, material character, and three-dimensional texture.
This lighting approach preserves a sense of calm and visual restraint while also providing practical illumination beneath the TV console. For the homeowner who values visual comfort, reducing unnecessary glare, visual clutter, and screen reflections creates a more comfortable environment for watching television and enjoying other media.
Island Lighting for Brightness and Safe Use
The long kitchen island is the center of food preparation, dining, and family interaction. To minimise shadows across the worktop, we refined the fixture’s beam distribution and placement so that a single fixture could provide even illumination across the entire island surface.
Adequate, uniform lighting makes cooking, food preparation, and family meals safer and more comfortable. It also preserves a clean and minimal ceiling plane without relying on an excessive number of fixtures.
Family Night Lighting for Safer Movement
The corridor leading to the bedrooms features a continuous timber-grain wall that integrates storage and multiple concealed doors into one cohesive composition. We recessed night lights into each door panel to support children when resting at night or walking to the bathroom.
When activated, these night lights provide gentle illumination within the bedrooms, guide movement through the corridor, and offer low-level safety lighting. This avoids the harshness of switching on the main lights and disrupting sleep. The light becomes a reassuring guide for children, while allowing parents to care for them at night without disturbing the household’s sleep rhythm.
Creating Gentle ME TIME for Parents
The night-light system is not only for the children. After they fall asleep, the soft corridor lighting can be paired with a dimmable downlight beneath the small coffee table in front of the TV, transforming the living room into a gentle home cinema setting.
Parents can enjoy quiet and restorative ME TIME while still being able to easily observe their children’s condition. Good residential lighting design is never only about selecting fixtures or meeting target illuminance levels—it is about understanding the habits and needs of every member of the household. In this home, light connects safety, greenery, materiality, and family companionship, becoming a refined and gentle presence in everyday life.