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In landscape design, light is a counterpoint
Andreas Kipar, one of the best-known Italian and European landscape architects, explains his relationship with the lighting of green spaces. Yesterday’s ideas and today’s ideas and the decisive role of technology, which makes it possible today to enhance the symphony of nature. Landschaftsarchitekt Dr. Andreas Kipar auf Zeche Zollverein photo ©D. Asbach He is Andreas …
Franco Raggi. For me, light is all about shadow
For LUCE, I met Franco Raggi, the gentle master of Italian architecture and design. We talked about light, design and human relationships. And of Milan, his city of birth and life Franco Raggi photo© Giovanni Gastel Irony is a very useful and serious way of not taking yourself too seriously. It is a positive attitude that will …
Pietro Palladino: the professional (of light) is a must
Light is a creation material, the most eternal and universal. Designing the light means to establish a relationship between man and environment through the definition of scenes made of light and shadow For Pietro Palladino, light is not just lighting.Lighting engineering was born at the beginning of the century with only two purposes: ensure good …
ROGER NARBONI: MAKING THE CITY A LIVELIER PLACE
I do not look for a peculiar meaning when I want to use colours. I try to find and match the colours I like and that will be, in my opinion, the most suitable for the ongoing lighting project. CONCEPTO has managed from its creation to differentiate itself and to be characterized by theoretical input …
Through courage, research and visions. An interview with Alexander Bellman
Since the market request for lighting design is growing remarkably, it is the task of those who carry out this specific profession to raise general awareness about the theme Mr. Bellman, you say that you are “moved by the will to draw light”, and in this way you inspire an approach to the project that …
Gio Ponti and Jean Michel Wilmotte in Paris
Restore the simplicity of memory and re-establish the right order of things Jean Michel Wilmotte Jean Michel Wilmotte is an architect, urban planner, designer, and a keen collector, with an infinite number of won competitions, completed projects, and open construction sites. We met him in his studio in Paris, on the occasion of the great retrospective …
You can call them emotions, if you like. Interview with Dean Skira
In your opinion, what is the relationship between artificial light and the human being? In terms of well-being, visual comfort and quality of life.Light is not important for architecture, but for the people who live in it. This sentence concludes all my lectures, because the true value of light is the value of human experience. …
Vittorio Storaro’s Language of Light
I would like to begin our conversation by distilling one idea of yours, in which you often talk of “energy that transmigrates”, a concept very close to that of Light as a physical, mathematical, and philosophical entity, rather than being an aesthetic entity. In reality, it is one of the most important aspects of our lives. …
Tu chiamale se vuoi, emozioni
Intervista a Dean Skira Secondo lei, qual è il rapporto tra luce artificiale e essere umano?In termini di benessere, comfort visivo e qualità della vita.La luce non è importante per l’architettura, ma per le persone che la abitano. Questa frase conclude tutte le mie lezioni, perché il vero valore della luce è il valore dell’esperienza …
Il linguaggio della Luce secondo Vittorio Storaro
Vorrei iniziare la nostra conversazione distillando un pensiero dai suoi scritti, in cui spesso parla di “energia che trasmigra”, un concetto molto vicino alla Luce in quanto entità fisica, matematica e filosofica, ancor prima che estetica.In realtà è uno degli aspetti più importanti della nostra vita. È la nostra vita! Da giovani non ci si …
