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Berlin >>> Singapore >>> Hong Kong >>> Tokyo
by Lighting Planners Associates (LPA)
What is this Exhibition for?
The emphasis on light and lighting now is more than ever and this is evident from the global initiative by UNESCO to declare and celebrate 2015 as the International Year of Light. With this in mind, Nightscape 2050 is a unique exhibition dedicated to Lighting and is aimed to explore a completely new horizon of lighting design.
This exhibition aims to explore the interactions between people, light, and cities in the year 2050. “Nightscape” does not just mean the evening view; to us “nightscape = humans and cities at night.”
The emergence of new light sources such as LEDs, OLEDs, and lasers as well as the evolution of lighting-control technology in the 21st century may dramatically change our living environment. At the same time, numerous natural disasters, manmade disasters, and environmental changes have forced a discussion on how to approach energy con-sumption including how to power lighting.
There have been both optimistic and pessimistic views on the interactions between humans and the use of light. Endlessly evolving optical technologies have provided us not only the convenience but also the pleasure of freely ma-nipulating light and shadow. On the other hand, the use of artificial light has greatly impacted the circadian rhythm of humans and animals, and we now face the problem of light pollution nearly everywhere.
How can lighting design contribute to the creation of “wonderful light enjoyed by all people”? What can we expect our lighting environment in 2050 to be?
Nightscape 2050 — this is a message from Lighting Planners Associates, a leading architectural lighting design com-pany that is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015.
This exhibition begins at Aedes Gallery in Berlin from August 7 2015, and then travels to the cities where LPA has of-fices: Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
Travelling Exhibition
“Nightscape 2050 -A dialogue between Cities-Light-People in future”
Exhibition Contents
The Exhibition’s 7 Components
1. Learning from Nature
The fundamental principle of LPA’s lighting design is rooted in Nature. All of their design efforts are to get closer to skillful light and shadow created by the two natural light sources available to us, the sun and fire. In addition to this, Fireflies, Starry Skies and other natural phenomena that enchant us also provide inspiration and are essential to LPA’s unique design language of light.
2. Learning from World Nightscapes LPA has accumulated a massive collection of nightscape pictures through countless lighting surveys conducted around the world over the past 25 years. Each nightscape has its own unique living culture. Although modern technology is rapidly spreading on a global scale, nightscapes still can be viewed as inherent to the local culture represented in these images.
3. Scenes from Nightscape 2050
The visitors will be shown proposed future interactions with lighting, shown in five different settings: Urban, Street, Park, Home, and People. LPA have strived to make this highly cre-ative section very enjoyable, experiential, and educational.
4. Learning from Masters
Interviews of 5 experts in design/art and technology about their visions for lighting in the future will be presented. Their ideas are thought-provoking.
5. Learning from Children
Workshops with children between the ages of 9 and 14 were conducted in different cities to learn who their heroes and vil-lains of light are, by taking walks in the evening and astutely observing the nightscape. Their observations are pure yet sharp, even dangerous. What can adults learn from them?
6. Workshops and Symposiums in the Four Cities
Workshops and Symposiums that are contextual to the respec-tive cities will be conducted. Stimulating discussions in each of the four locations together with the exhibitions are expected and engagement with the public will be encouraged.
7. Who are we?
A section of the exhibition also shows a chronological chart of architectural lighting design and the projects of LPA as well as their latest monograph, “LPA 1990–2015.”.
Traveling Schedule
24th October – 21st November 2015
8th January – 30th January 2016
13th May – 10th June 2016
07th August – 1st October 2015
Organized by: Aedes, Lighting Planners Associates
Supported by:
ModuleX Inc. ALTO CO., Ltd., KOIZUMI LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORP. , DAIKO ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.,
Lutron Electronics, ENDO LIGHTING CORPORATION , TOKI CORPORATION, ERCO Lighting Pte. Ltd.,
iGuzzini, Zumtobel Lighting GmbH, Color Kinetics, Panasonic Corporation, WE-EF LIGHTING, Lumenpulse
Co-operation: First Design System
Berlin : Aedes GalleryChristinenstr. 18-19 D-10119 BerlinPhone +49 (0)30 282 70 15http://www.aedes-arc.de/
The Architecture Forum Aedes has become one of the most successful institutions internationally for communicating architectural culture, urban design and similar topics. Aedes is associated world-wide with the great names of the architectural avant-garde and offers an excellent platform for new generations of architects in a global context. With its continuous work, Aedes has evolved into a unique cultural brand which enjoys an outstanding reputation.
Exhibition Venues
Singapore : National Design Centre 111 Middle Road Singapore 188969Phone +65 6333 3737http://www.designsingapore.org/ndc/
The National Design Centre (NDC) is the nexus for all things design. This is where designers and businesses congregate to exchange ideas, conduct business, use its facilities and obtain assistance from the national agency for design, the DesignSingapore Council. Centrally located in the arts, cultural, learning and entertainment district in the Bras Basah-Bugis area, it is well placed to invite the public to learn about design through its exhibitions and programmes.
Hong Kong : ArtisTree1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, Island East, Hong KongTel: (852) 2284-4877http://www.islandeast.com/eng/events/venue/artistree.htm
TaiKoo Place has been a long-time patron of art and culture and a diversified range of visual and performing art events are held year-round in the past decade. To raise the bar and be able to bring world-class art events to Hong Kong, a 20,000 sq ft multi-purpose venue ArtisTree located at Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place was launched in December 2008. The inaugural event was the Vivienne Westwood A Life in Fashion exhibition, a collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Tokyo : Temporary Contemporary Asahi warehouse 2F 1-14-7 Tsukishima, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan 104-0052Phone +81 3-3533-0880http://www.space-tc.com/
Close from Ginza area, Temporary Contemporary had been renovated from a warehouse to a contemporary art gallery and has continued to send out art culture for last 10 years.
Company Introduction
Lighting Planners Associates
Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) is an organization of lighting specialists established in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan by acclaimed lighting designer
Kaoru Mende. The goal of LPA is to design and build outstanding lighting environments that enrich our architectural and lighting culture.
LPA has been collaborating with internationally renowned architects and have participated in over 500 projects, largely in Asia. The firm handles
wide range of projects from residential, hotel, commercial, public spaces, landscape to full scape urban lighting projects, and have received
numerous international lighting design awards.
LPA is also very active in promoting the appreciation of lighting culture and awareness of good lighting among public with talks, workshop through
its non-profit wing, The Lighting Detectives.
to create awareness of light ( either it is good or bad, pleasant or unpleasant ) by engaging public.
The lighting detectives have been organizing numerous workshops, exhibitions, public forum. Its annual workshop and forum- Transnational
Lighting Detectives have been organized over 10 cities including Tokyo, New York, Stockholm, Singapore, Beijing, Madrid and so on.
Today, LPA is recognized as a leading lighting design firm in the world and it is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an ambitious travelling exhibition
called Nightscape 2050, starting from August 2015 to June 2016. The exhibition will commence in Berlin and end in Tokyo, with Singapore and
Hong Kong included. This exhibition is intended to be one of its kind for Light and Lighting, in which visions of the future of lighting and the way we
imagine to use this light are shared with the visitors.
Kaoru Mende
Kaoru Mende was born in Tokyo in 1950. In 1990, he founded Lighting Planners Associates Inc. The scope of his design and planning activities
ranges widely from residential and architectural lighting design to urban and environmental lighting. Mende is also the acting chief of the “Lighting
Detectives”, a citizens’ group that specializes in the study of the culture of lighting.
Mende has been involved in such superb projects as Tokyo International Forum, JR Kyoto Station, Singapore City Center Lighting Master Plan, Alila
Villas Uluwatu, Aman New Delhi and Façade lighting for Tokyo station.
Lighting Planners Associates Inc.http://www.lighting.co.jp 5-28-10, Jingumae, Shibuya - ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 150-0001 Tel:( 81 ) 3 5469 1022 / Fax:( 81 ) 3 5469 1023Email: [email protected]
Lighting Planners Associates (S) Pte.Ltd.51B Neil Road Singapore 088829 Tel:( 65 ) 6734 3086 / Fax:( 65 ) 6734-2786Email: [email protected] Lighting Planners Associates (HK) Ltd.Unit D 16/F, Wah Ha Factory Building, No. 8 Shipyard Lane, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong Tel:( 852 ) 2578-9007 / Fax:( 852 ) 2578-9116Email: [email protected]
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