Workshop Report 2015
The 2nd International Lighting Design Workshop – ILDW "Rethink the night!" has finished, offering to all the participants the experience of designing nightscapes in accordance with the natural lighting levels of night sky by participating in the above illustrated projects of Holy Trinity, Sts. Anthony & Minas and Archangel Michael. The participants from Germany, India, USA, Denmark, Italy, Cyprus, Colombia, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Mexico etc. attended lectures on Contrast Oriented Lighting Design and Darkness Minded Concepts (Dr. -Ing. Georgios Paissidis), Darkness in Art, Literature and Architecture (Ruairi O’Brien), Authentic Night Experiences - Theory + presentation of SQM Technology (Dr. Günther Wuchterl), Towards a more natural light (Lara Elbaz), Projection Mapping in Lighting projects (Christoph Drews) and Exterior Lighting Design for Sacred Spaces (Iva Vassileva). A first report about the results of the Workshop has been published in the architectural magazine DOMES (s. here). The 3rd ILDW will take place again on the island of Kea from 10th to 14th of October 2016 under the auspices of the Holy Metropolis of Syros.