Vaulted Family Residence — Interiors

A double-height room is a lighting problem before it is a modelling problem. Light entering high clerestory glazing arrives at a completely different angle from what comes through the doors at floor level, and the two have to coexist without either blowing out. We resolved the daylight first with no artificial sources at all, then added the chandelier and sconces only where the design actually places them. The arched shelving niches were modelled with real returns so their shadow depth reads correctly — flat-mapped niches look like wallpaper. Continuity mattered across the four views: the entry and stair share a volume with the living room, so we used one lighting solution for all four cameras rather than optimising each in isolation. That is a slower way to work and the reason the set holds together as one house instead of four separate renders.