KINERJA PENCAHAYAAN APARTEMEN SEDERHANA DALAM PERSPEKTIF NEW NORMAL

The spread of the Coronavirus gave rise to lockdown regulations, and people were asked to work from home. Home instantly becomes a place to work, school and socialize. Having a healthy and comfortable residential unit is the desire of every occupant, especially with more various functions of the house. The achievement of a healthy home is influenced by adequate lighting in the unit. However, in reality, in more affordable vertical units there are still many problems, including, the unit room is too dark due to lack of daylighting in the unit and other factors. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether unit lighting in an affordable apartment can meet the dynamics of the function needs of the house in the new normal perspective. Applying a qualitative-descriptive method with a case study approach at Graha Aparna Siwalankerto, this research shows that sample 4, even though the illumination number is still below the minimum standard, but the spread of illumination is the most evenly distributed compared to other floors. This is due to the open and flexible layout of the room and its position at the toppest level of the building which makes the area get a larger portion of sunlight