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Post Congress Workshop 2009
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Spotlight On Large Scale Lighting Projects and Sustainability In Modern Lighting Design
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Jonathan Spiers, Partner¸ Speirs & Major Associates, UK
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A masterclass that highlighted issues arising from masterplanning large scale developments to the conceptual thinking behind the lighting of large scale award winning projects - by one of the leaders in the field from the award winning lighting architects - Speirs & Major Associates.
- Meeting design challenges - what you need to know about large lighting projects
- Practical considerations - lessons learnt from difficult experiences
- The art of lighting - externally and internally
- Masterplanning lighting designs
- Urban issues in lighting
- Lighting tall buildings
Projects to be studied in detail included:
- Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE
- Al Raha Beach Development Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark
- 30 St Mary Axe, London, UK (‘The Gherkin’)
- Barajas Airport, Madrid, Spain
- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, UK
- Armani Ginza Tower, Tokyo, Japan
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| Workshop Leader: Jonathan Speirs |
 Jonathan trained as an architect and developed a passion for working with light from early in his career. He co-founded Lighting Design Partnership in 1984, the first truly independent lighting design practice in the UK. In June 1992 he left to form Jonathan Speirs and Associates in Edinburgh. The following year he formed a working association with Mark Major which developed into Speirs and Major Associates. He is the Director responsible for running the day to day activities of the Edinburgh Studio. Jonathan has worked on a diverse range of projects all around the world from architectural lighting to urban master-planning and light art. His work has been honoured with multiple international and national lighting awards including the Lighting Dimensions International Architectural Lighting Designer of the Year Award in 1997. He has also worked on four RIBA Building of the Year Stirling-prize winning projects. SaMA were honoured to be awarded the Best Public Building Award and Lighting Design Project of the Year for the interior of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nayan Mosque, Abu Dhabi in the recent 2008 Middle East Lighting Design Awards programme. At this years International Association of Lighting Designers Awards in Las Vegas Speirs and Major Associates scooped one Award of Merit and three awards of Excellence plus their top Radiance award for Barajas International Airport. |
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