Posted by in PROJECTS Abstract The traditional idea of urban public lighting is based on a double approach: on one side, economical savings and technical performances based on quantitative data, on the other side, the creative contribution of lighting practitioners focuses on enhancing urban amenity and strengthening the night-time experience of the city. This dual position is also well…Read more »
Posted by in PROJECTS Urban lighting for people and by people in the city of Milan: a participatory approach to the exploration and rethinking of the urban lighting starting from a conscious and collective reflexion of its inhabitants. SEETY MILANO is http://seety.altervista.org a collective invitation to observe the night-time of the city and reflect on its lighting in a…Read more »
Posted by in EXPERIMENTS Concept Life and identity of the cities all over the world are shaped by light in different ways. As a consequence cities are lived and experienced by people in different ways because the nocturnal lit cityscape affect people’s behaviours, feelings, thoughts, attitudes. Today, the night in the public realm of the city, has been deeply…Read more »
Posted by in ISSUES Urban spaces are full of artificial lights that make the space generally visible, legible and sometimes very crowded of information and lighting signals. Urban lighting is not only about functional luminaries and lighting fixtures but also lighting signs for street information and navigation and communication billboards for commercial advertisements are available. More than this, several…Read more »
