Light for Boisbuchet

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As a lighting designer, I would like to develop exemplary designs for several rooms in Boisbuchet together with the participants. We will study the spaces and we will design luminaires for these rooms. We will then build the individual luminaires in the workshop, partly using existing technical components.

The luminaires consist of a light source, possible lamp fittings, parts for mounting the light source on wall, ceiling, or floor, the body and as well as reflectors, shades, and filters. Before constructing the luminaire body as an “object“, we will study the light it emanates : How much light do we need to be able to see, how much does it take to blind us? What happens in a room when it is lit? Is the light warm or cold? Directional, diffuse, soft or harsh? Which lighting devices are suited to which light and what activities? We will discuss these and similar questions. I hope that the luminaire bodies we will design and build, will result from our observations of light phenomena.

Every morning of the workshop will start with a beamer lecture to illustrate the various aspects of lighting design, such as the different qualities of light, the different types of light for different ambiences, the re-evaluation of common usage of light and the technical basics of lighting design, followed by discussions and questions. We will then go through the brief and work in groups.

As time is limited – and I like the idea of auctioning the finished objects on the last day – I will define the light sources in advance.

Ulrike Brandi (DE)

“When I decided on light planning nearly 20 years ago coming from the field of industrial design, I thought to myself: Doing only that, for a whole lifetime? Today I’m convinced that a lifetime isn’t enough to exhaust all the possibilities.”

Ulrike Brandi was born in 1957. After studying Romance languages and literature in Hamburg, she began to study design in 1984. Four years later, she received her degree from the Hamburg College of Fine Arts. In 1987, she founded her practice “Ulrike Brandi Licht”, which has executed over 300 projects in Germany and abroad to date. In addition to areas that have long relied on light planners, such as in the design of museums or department stores, Ulrike Brandi’s repertoire now also covers the light planning of master plans and public spaces. Exemplary projects of hers include the British Museum in London, the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, White City Mall in London, the facade of Town Hall in Hamburg, the town centre in Bremen, EXPO 2000 or the Pudong 2 Airport in Shanghai. Since 1990, Ulrike Brandi has led workshops and given lectures. She was an instructor at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences and taught from 1998-1999 as a guest professor at the Braunschweig School of Art. Her work has been treated in numerous magazines and journals and she has published many articles and books. In 2002, she was responsible for the conception and realisation of the exhibition “Light and Shadow” at the Deutsches Architektur Museum.