Young designers are “Shaping the Night”
After a decade of exciting and awe-inspiring practical lighting workshops, the town of Alingsås set itself the challenge of embarking on a new era.
PLDA workshops offer host towns and cities the opportunity to allow qualified designers to experiment in their public spaces. Within the workshop week, teams of lighting designers headed by experienced professionals develop and realise a concept on a real project.
In 2010, Alingsås will be looking at the theme of “Setting scenes in the urban landscape”. The projects are examples of typical urban situations and once the workshop week is over the realised installations remain in place for a further four to five weeks for the enjoyment of the inhabitants and other visitors, as well as for groups of urban planners, political decision-makers and other professional people involved with urban lighting to view and learn from.
The theme of this year’s workshop and conference is “Setting the Scene – shaping the night”. One of the selected projects is to our speaker:
The river bend: Emrah Baki Ulas, Design Member of PLDA/AUS. Natural landscape is always a relief in any urban situation. Some natural settings are too dark for people to enjoy, but can be further enhanced by designed lighting or some sensitive light art. An empty canvas…
Emrah Baki Ulaş is a Sydney based “light” enthusiast. His career with “light” began working for the International Istanbul Biennial, and numerous other international events organised by “Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts”, where he worked during his university years.
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