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Dr. Amardeep M Dugar analyses the role of the workshop in enhancing lighting education.
ANATOMY OF LIGHTING DESIGN WORKSHOPS
CASE STUDY 1
Lighting design workshops are an excellent opportunity to practically demonstrate several theoretical principles of lighting. They also provide an opportunity for active engagement and group interaction that enable lighting educators to connect the subject to the context of learners. This is important for the overall growth of the profession, as many lighting educators and practitioners are becoming increasingly isolated in their respective classroom and work environments. However, conducting practical lighting design workshops could become a herculean task due to several impeding issues such as budget, equipment and infrastructure. Consequently, these issues often tend to discourage workshop leaders and facilitators from conducting such workshops. As a lighting educator cum practitioner, I was actively involved in organising three different workshops that successfully dealt with similar issues. This paper uses these three workshops as case studies to describe solutions for dealing with such issues. In the process, it also lists certain characteristics as possible solutions for the sustenance of lighting design workshops.
CASE STUDY 1: Urban Lighting Masterplan workshop 2004 for the city of Ludwigslust, Germany
The city of Ludwigslust in Germany was undergoing a procedure of rehabilitation and urban development. The Ludwigslust
civic authority approached the Faculty of Architectural Lighting Design at the University of Wismar to propose a lighting masterplan. The tasks involved analysing and identifying certain specific landmarks and areas of public activity as workshop sites, and propose lighting solutions. The faculty comprising Prof. Dr. Thomas Roemhild and myself converted this project into a design studio exercise for the 40-odd masters’ students in architectural lighting design spanning an entire semester. It culminated into a two- day practical workshop where students practically executed their ideas in the form of temporary installations at the selected sites. The university lighting laboratory provided luminaires for the workshop and temporary installation. The civic authorities provided basic infrastructure such as accommodation, technicians, and electricity for powering these luminaires. The project, although implemented temporarily on an experimental basis, was given an event status and was well appreciated by the people of Ludwigslust. The workshop became an important learning exercise for the students and faculty and a precedent for several such events that have become an integral part of the current masters’ course syllabus.
CASE STUDY 2: Workshop on ‘Significance of Lighting Design 2012’ for the Chandigarh College of Architecture, Chandigarh, India The Research Cell of Chandigarh College of Architecture (CCA) as part of its bi-annual workshops programme in association with Lighting Research & Design organised a two-day practical workshop on the ‘Significance of Lighting Design’. The principal of CCA Prof. Pradeep Bhagat and myself headed the workshop comprising around 80 students of architecture. These students were divided into groups and given the exercise of selecting an area of architectural significance within the CCA campus to develop and realise a lighting design installation. The 50-year-old campus being an excellent example of modern architecture based on the plan, sections and elevations designed by Le Corbusier provided ample scope for experimenting with light. Narinder Electricals donated luminaires and technicians to help students realise the temporary installation. The CCA campus provided electricity for powering these luminaires. The faculty and students were both delighted with the results of lighting the architecture of a master architect like Le Corbusier and would like to make this a permanent feature in the course curriculum. For more info: Article in mondo*arc issue 68 (Aug/Sep 2012) p.130
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