Color, light & materials selection based upon maintenance, life cycle cost, existing conditions, external weather &/or environmental choices.  
(e.g., sustainable flooring choice for high traffic area)

PRAGMATICS

Research

1. Cool colors and high brightness levels could help people be orientated in a space (Hidayetoglu et al., 2012) 

2. Natural light and views in classrooms needs easy to use daylight control (Theodorson, 2018)

3. Natural light reduced from architectural and cultural decisions, education needed about benefits of natural light (Koranteng & Simons, 2012)

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References 

Hidayetoglu, M. L., Yildirim, K., & Akalin, A. (2012). The effects of color and light on indoor wayfinding and the evaluation of the perceived environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 32(1), 50–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.09.001

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Koranteng, C., & Simons, B. (2012). Pelagia Research Library An evaluation of natural lighting levels in students ’ hostels in a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana. Advances in Applied Science Research, 3(1), 548–554.

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Theodorson, J. (2018). North v. South: The impact of orientation in daylighting school classrooms. SOLAR 2008: Catch the Clean Energy Wave. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/8568609/North_V._South_The_Impact_of_Orientation_in_Daylighting_School_Classrooms