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This image The DJI flagship store, Shenzhen, China, by Grant Sight Design International. Rather than a conventional solution, a cylindrical four-storey light-emitting wall ingeniously resolves the challenge of a highly reflective interior
Given that professional lighting
designers only design the lighting for a fraction of our buildings, the purpose of LG23 is to give all those who may develop lighting schemes – architects, interior designers, landscape architects, electrical engineers, manufacturers and contractors – robust guidance on a creative rather than target-driven approach to lighting design. Crucially, the guide outlines the sorts of situations where a designer may justifiably choose to depart from the standards, with due care and consideration (as well as with a risk assessment).
It also aims to support the
improvement of the quality of lighting design carried out throughout the built environment by all involved. Of course, good lighting design is
not only about displaying a high degree of creative flair. A wide range of skills, talents and simple common sense contribute to creating high-quality outcomes for projects. While the reading of standards may lead some to believe that there is a ‘right answer’ to a design problem, there is generally no single solution. It is the role of the designer to best apply his or her abilities to work with the project team to develop a solution that fits the requirements and stakeholders’ aspirations.
Good lighting design also goes beyond just minimising the carbon footprint. An extremely low-energy scheme may be technically compliant with standards, but if not considered more holistically may be deemed inadequate by users who, as a result, may not use the space or be comfortable in it. A truly sustainable lighting scheme is ‘energy-effective’ – delivering a useful, comfortable space that people will use, which can require a little more energy use than the absolute minimum, but which therefore has longevity.
Overall, good lighting design is about balancing the meeting of functional and energy requirements with lighting’s effect on people’s comfort, safety, health, well-being, sense of place and orientation; and there can be wider social impacts and implications for local ecology and dark skies. All design is about compromise, and responsible lighting design is about balancing all requirements to maximise the effectiveness of the result. Tis guide is timely in the sense that the lighting profession has been subject to significant change over recent years, including an ever-growing recognition of the importance of lighting in the built environment. Over the past two decades we have seen the takeover of LEDs as the primary source that, by their nature, opens a much wider range of design possibilities than we had in the past.
We are also subject to more significant pressure than ever in the drive for sustainability. And there is a greater awareness that our designs need to be inclusive, along with more understanding of
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