Lighting Design Workshop | Sau-Paulo, Brazil August 2018 A partnership in between AsBAI, Brazilian Association of Lighting Architects, and LEDforum, the major lighting design conference in Brazil, has developed a series of annual workshops regarding lighting in urban contexts, with a growing complexity from year to year. In 2018, it was time to go in-depth in understanding the social and environmental impacts of light from a multidisciplinary perspective. To address such comp

This post is a brief review of the development of street lighting from medieval times to the present, introducing the technologies and characteristics of each and every period. In order to better understand the state of street lighting in our streets today. I had to figure out where it all began and how we evolved to the current situation. To understand the field I had to learn of its roots and so comprehend the problems that developed over the years. I also wanted to know w

Presenting at LEDforum Brazil 17-18 August 2017 Collaboration with Diana Joels & Norah Imaz The starting point for this presentation is a shared question between the three independent lighting designers: how can light contribute to make our nocturnal cities better? In addressing this questions - regardless of the specific cities of urban settings in Israel, Spain and Brazil - all three designers share also a similar belief: the necessity of the development of human centric de

A suggestion for urban lighting design method to enhance the urban nocturnal experience. This Methodology begins with the desire to design street lighting in a comprehensive approach, claiming that we should understand the complexity of things and look at them as one, as a whole. Traditionally, street lighting has been the basic component of public outdoor lighting. In urban setting, it is the street lighting, along with traffic signals and signs that organize and define the