LIGHT FOLLOWS BEHAVIOUR is an independent lighting design practice with a fresh approach to lighting design: more inclusive, more meaningful, more engaging. Light is the powerful tool we use to change spaces and cities. The practice offers consultancy and design services across various areas of lighting design including: Masterplanning, Public Realm, Exterior Spaces, Social Spaces, Light Art and Events. Our approach is based on the use of light to engage, to re-qualify, to surprise, to stimulate social interaction, to enhance and complement architecture. We are constantly looking at social and cultural local dynamics. We strive to make spaces become places. Light Follows Behaviour combine strategic thinking with a critical understanding of how urban design and architecture flourish through light. We recognise that transforming cities and spaces needs collective, radical approaches; so through our work we weave the disciplines of social researchers, urban planners, architects, brand designers, as well as (other) lighting designers. Their knowledge, skills and experiences allow us to deliver the strategies that build unique and sustainable experiences of light.
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Today, Elettra Bordonaro from our project partner The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is presenting at the 10th Light Symposium taking place at the University of South-Eastern Norway. She talks about the Multidisciplinary Approach to Public Lighting adopted by the ENLIGHTENme Project. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ei-5_Zgd #urbanlighting #horizoneurope European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
We are proud to collaborate with Studio Gil and Pedro Gil ARB RIBA on this forward-thinking project, a new public space for teenage girls at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Thanks to the team Black Females In Architecture, Untitled Practice, Simple Works and the Client London Legacy Development Corporation, with the input of Make Space for Girls and Mayor of London GLA.
Founder + Director of Studio Gil Ltd, and Associate Professor at the Bartlett, UCL
Pleased to share that our public realm project in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, has been announced. We have been commissioned to design a public space specifically for teenage girls. A first for the UK. Working alongside a stellar team of Black Females In Architecture, Untitled Practice, Light Follows Behaviour , and Simple Works . Link to article in the Architects’ Journal: https://lnkd.in/ebq6vK7f A collaborative approach has been embraced by our client London Legacy Development Corporation - the first local authority to adopt policy specifically for the safety and autonomy of women, girls, and gender diverse people. Empowerment of female voices such as Elevate along with teenage girls and young women local to the area has been a priority, evidenced through meaningful Co-Design sessions. An innovative approach to Co-Clienting was also developed with the input of Make Space for Girls and the Mayor of London GLA. It is a real privilege for Studio Gil to be a part of this exemplary project. Watch this space for further developments.
Last week we led a nightwalk around Lancaster West Estate to delve deeper into safety after dark and the role lighting can play. Three ambassadors of the estate, young women living in and around LW, shared vital knowledge on what they envision for the future of the estate. This sparked some discussions among fellow residents who attended about similar concerns and what other opportunities existed for adults and elderly residents who also call Lancaster West home. After a short introduction to the basics of lighting the group took a walk to some key 'problem areas' raised by attendees. Some vital insight for us to address as we move the design of the lighting forward. We're extremely grateful for all who took time on a Friday evening to attend. Our great team members who helped organise the event with Social Place and Make Space for Girls leading engagement with the local ambassadors and Turkington Martin designing the future public realm and landscape design to help address existing issues. And of course the amazing team at Lancaster West. #WeAreW11
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🎉 We are excited to welcome Luciana Martinez as our new Part-Time Lecturer in the Lighting Design Lab at the AAU CREATE Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology at Aalborg Universitet Copenhagen! 🎉 Luciana is an Associate Lighting Designer at Light Follows Behaviour and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Associate. She will bring a wealth of experience and expertise to enrich our program and inspire the next generation of lighting designers. 💡✨ Luciana´s expertise lies in external and public lighting projects, including lighting masterplans and night-time strategies. Her focus on how lighting interacts with urban environments and communities will undoubtedly inspire our students and enrich our program. 📚✨ Many of you might already know her since she previously organized the "Night Light Walks" in some of Copenhagen´s districts, an incredible experience where we played with lights to transform outdoor spaces. This was a great opportunity to explore how lighting can enhance public spaces, focusing on human needs and social behaviour, all while discussing the importance of lighting in the public realm. 🌃💡. Starting today, she will also support LiD7 students in supervising the newly launched Semester Project, "Space transformation through lighting design: An Investigation in how light can optimise space and learning environments", offering guidance and sharing her deep insights into lighting design. 👩🏫 In this semester project, we therefore seek to investigate: "How can daylight and lighting transform unused space to meet needs for innovative study environments, and thereby contribute to a sustainable transition" 🔄 The Lighting Design Lab, Mette Hvass, here, along with Luciana, are thrilled to have her on board and look forward to the incredible contributions she will make to the department and our talented students! 🙌 #LightingDesign #NewBeginnings #Welcome #Mentorship #OutdoorLighting #PublicSpaces #NightTimeStrategies #Education #SemesterProject #AAU #aalborguniversity
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Principal and Creative Director at Light Follows Behaviour / Senior Research Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Dear all, if you are in London on the 10th of October you can't miss this interesting conversation! Please sign up! Thanks, Marina Milosev and Jennie Savage FRSA for organising it and involving us @ Light Follows Behaviour #ourstreets #genderequality #nightequality #nofear #betterlightingdesign
Studio Jennie Savage. Collaborative strategies for change. Research, design and co-production.
Our City, Our Streets Women, design and the built environment. LSE Women’s Library, 10th October, 6-8pm. Can design make you feel safe? What role does the built environment play in replicating gender inequality? Why does so little data reflect the experience of women and girls in public spaces? Where are our stories and who is telling them? And why it is important to think about the design of our streets and public spaces through the lens of gender? During this panel discussion and break out sessions we will imagine a more inclusive world and discuss how women, girls and non-binary people can have a greater impact shaping our cities and streets to make better places for everyone. The event will be chaired by: Dena Qaddumi, Fellow in City Design and Social Science, Department of Sociology, LSE Panelists: Manijeh Verghese, Mayor’s Design Advocate, Head of public engagement at the Architectural Association and co-curator of the 2021 British Pavilion and the Venice Architecture Biennale Dr May East, Urbanist, UNITAR Fellow and author of ‘What if women designed the city?’ Anna Rose, Director, Space Syntax Rhiannon Jones, Futurist. Breakout sessions led by: Elettra Bordonaro, Principle and creative director of the lighting design studio, Light Follows Behaviour. Carly Dickson, access and inclusion consultant, Arup Natalya P., Plan making manager at London Borough Tower Hamlets Plan and RTPI's George Pepler award for her research on Gender Mainstreaming. Susannah Walker, Co- founder of Make Space For Girls and Author of ‘The Hard Way’. This event is organised by Landscape Architect Marina Milosev and writer, community researcher and urbanist, Jennie Savage
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Principal and Creative Director at Light Follows Behaviour / Senior Research Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
We are incredibly happy to share the news that the project "Lighting for Genoa" won the first prize Cities & Lighting Awards LUCI Association !!!! Congratulations to the entire team and us! The first collaborative project ever realized with the support of ten female lighting designers for the regeneration of the historical city-centre of Genoa, Italy, under the direction of CONDIVISO and Stefania Toro Thanks to all the designers involved! Together WE CAN! CONDIVISO, Stefania Toro Giorgia Brusemini LUCI Association #WomeninLighting #lightingequalities #urbanmatters #afterdark #regeneration #sustainablecities #inclusivecities
🎉 After much anticipation, we are pleased to announce the winners of the LUCI Cities & Lighting Awards 2024! 🏆 🥇1st place: City of Genoa 🇮🇹 for its project “Lighting for Genoa” Transforming 10 "non-places" in the historic centre into accessible and safe gathering spaces for the local community, through a creative approach of lighting. 🥈2nd place: City of Eskilstuna 🇸🇪 for “Hamgatan and MDU Plaza” Dealing with challenges of urban scale. A remarkable composition creating calming and intimate spaces fostering social connection. 🥉 3rd place: City of Bologna 🇮🇹 for “New light for the Arcades, Gates, and Historic Centre” Celebrating its heritage, the unique UNESCO-protected ensemble of arcades, covering a total stretch of 62 km, forming a sheltered landscape to walk day and night. 👏 Congratulations to these three cities for transforming urban spaces with high impact lighting projects! More about the winners >>> https://lnkd.in/eUDW3tgG ✨Join us for the awards ceremony at the Lyon Light Festival Forum on Dec 5-6 >>> https://lnkd.in/e7HtPEdC #LUCInetwork #urbanlighting #LUCIdeclaration #LUCIawards #inclusivecities #communityengagement #socialcohesion #Placemaking #citiesforpeople #walkability #safety #wellbeing #sustainability #lightpollution #SustainableCities #PublicLighting #LightingDesign #LLFF2024 #LyonLightFestivalForum #WomenInLighting
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It’s been a busy summer and was a great joy to speak alongside Sighte Studio, LLC at both the IALD Lighting Conference in London in June and the IES Lighting Conference in New York a few weeks back. Thank you to all those who attended, asked questions and sent follow up emails. It’s always a pleasure to continue to meet like minded people in this industry. And of course fellow presenters Francesca Bastianini, Iris Ahn, LC, Elettra Bordonaro Looking forward to the next round of events coming up this winter!
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Somers Orchard, Horatia and Leamington Houses Site achieves planning approval Pleased to share that our scheme Somers Orchard located in Somerstown in Portsmouth, Hampshire has achieved planning. The project is an ambitious and pioneering community-led renewal of the estate that previously housed the two structurally unsound, 1960s high-rise buildings, Horatia House and Leamington House. The development will provide 566 mixed tenure homes alongside wider public realm improvements which will meaningfully repair the urban fabric and reconnect the neighbourhood to its surroundings. The site borders King Street Conservation Area to the south and the Terraces Conservation Area to the northwest, both of which showcase original Victorian and Georgian character. Placemaking, amenity and diverse uses have been developed through inclusive community engagement that seeks to enhance the existing social infrastructure and stimulate a local jobs economy through inclusion of affordable workspace, retail units and spaces for community use. Link to project > https://lnkd.in/e9WYQ-en Design Team Multidisciplinary Lead / Project Management - Karakusevic Carson Architects Architect / Masterplanning - Karakusevic Carson Architects Landscape and public realm - Studio ONB Studio ONB Planning - jennifer Ross Cost / Viability – Arcadis Structures / Transport / Sustainability / Geotechnical - Ridge and Partners LLP M&E / Environmental / Sustainability / Acoustics - XCO2 Passivhaus - Inside Outside Engineering, Collective Energy Bertie Dixon Civils - Lewis Hubbard Fire engineer - BB7 Lighting - Light Follows Behaviour Accessibility - David Bonnett Associates Arboriculturalist - Landmark Trees Ecology - Temple Health Impact - Volterra Partners LLP Heritage - Gareth Jones Waste - Velocity
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Turkington Martin are excited to have been appointed to develop landscape proposals for the Lancaster West Estate, with the aim to help realise the ambition of it becoming a 21st Century Garden Estate. Working closely with the resident community and Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team, we will be learning about issues affecting the community, talking about ideas and aspirations and developing proposals that make meaningful change for the residents as part of our co-design approach. The purpose of our engagement and co-design process is to ensure the right design is being proposed for the right place as well as developing and promoting ownership over the emerging landscape proposals and interventions, empowering the resident community to feel they have the ability to positively change the place they call home. Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team Turkington Martin Light Follows Behaviour Civic Engineers James Rand MRICS Tyler Grange | B Corp™
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Principal and Creative Director at Light Follows Behaviour / Senior Research Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Thanks Marina Milosev. It has been great working with you all @ London Legacy Development Corporation. Tackling gender inequality in urban design and lighting is our mission. Hopefully, this is the first step towards a more inclusive future. Light Follows Behaviour Configuring Light #genderinequality #lightinginequality #safety #afterdark #inclusion
In 2021, London Legacy Development Corporation committed to tackling gender inequality in urban design and planning; to ensure the places we design, manage, and approve are equitable for everyone, including women and girls. Over three years, we engaged with over 600 women, girls, and gender-diverse people to co-create solutions. We tested principles on live projects, spoke with other cities and experts, learned from failures, and engaged again to refine processes to mainstream gender-informed approaches into design and planning. The result is our Handbook, offering step-by-step solutions for local authorities, developers, design teams, and other stakeholders to create places that work for women and girls. Join us on 11 July for the launch of the Handbook “Creating Places that Work for Women and Girls.” Livestream the event to learn about our findings, real-life project trials, and hear a panel of experts including Jules Pipe, Jamie Kerr, Jennie Savage FRSA Sara Dawes, and Olivia Chester, chaired by Anne Ogundiya. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ePNuebNY Well done to everyone who delivered and supported the project Mark Camley Ruth Lin Wong Holmes Kuljeet Sibia Olufunmi Adeoye Layla Conway Renea Henry-Kemp Kerri Blyberg Anthony Hollingsworth Uzma R. Naz Begum #Arup Mei-Yee Man Oram Bettisabel Lamelo Viña Tejal Patel Kim Power - and many others who have supported us including Make Space for Girls Anna Barker Elettra Bordonaro Don Slater Julia King Amanprit Arnold Elin Andersdotter Fabre