The second course of the program in focused on outdoor space, Urban Lighting, using the city of Stockholm as a living lighting laboratory for observation and analysis. In "Light and Space” in the Outdoor context, you’ll explore how lighting contributes in urban morphology, influences social interactions, and impacts both the environment and non-human life. With a focus on creating balanced, responsible lighting solutions, the course addresses public spaces, from streets and facades to pedestrian pathways.
You will work at various scales to harmonize darkness and illumination, designing with sustainability, social responsibility and technological progress in mind.
Additionally, the KTH campus functions as a hands-on site, where you will install a real-scale lighting installation, giving you the opportunity to turn theory into practice and see the transformative power of light in the built environment first-hand.
Apart from the Lighting Design Division teachers and tutors, you will meet as part of your educational journey some of the regular guests that take part on this course like the lighting design practitioners Kaoru Mende, Clara Fraenkel and Thomas Schielke.
Sustainability, darkness, technology, full-scale application.
KTH Campus
33%
50439
Normal Daytime
English
Min: 5
Mandatory for TLODM
Foteini Kyriakidou (foteini.kyriakidou@arch.kth.se)
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus HS2008 (Autumn 2019–)Content’s structure:
Design Methodology I
(Approach and Methods)
Technology I
(Light sources, luminaires)
Sustainability and Ecology
(People, Energy, Environment)
Urban Space Theory
(Landscape and City Scale)
Urban Lighting Design
(Full scale application)
The eligibility as required for the programme, or the equivalent knowledge in Architecture or related field.
Armengaud, Marc, et al. (2009) Land & Scape Series: Nightscapes. GG.
DiLaura, DAvid et al. (2011) Lighting Handbook, 10th ed, IES.
Gehl, Jan (1987) Life between Buildings: Using Public Space. Chapman & Hall.
Jacobs, Jane (2011) The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Modern Library.
Lynch, Kevin. (1960) The Image of the City.
M. Rea, Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., IESNA, NY, 2000
Millet, Marietta. (1996) Light revealing architecture.
Narboni, Roger. (2004) Lighting the Landscape.
Schwalbach, Gerrit. (2009) Basics urban Planning.
Rapoport, Amos (1977) Human Aspect of Urban Form. Pergamon Press.
Zardini, Mirko (2005) Sense of the City and alternate approach to urbanism.
Plus recommended and mandatory literature presented during the course.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
The course has four examination modules: an exercise (INLA), a workbook (INLB), Main project (PROA) and a Project Revision (PROB).
The course evaluation is a combination of analysis, examination, design task and workbook grades, which reflect teamwork and individual achievements.
The design task evaluation is divided in two parts and includes: Vision and Concept, Process, End result, Presentation and Revision.
The personal learning process is assessed through the workbook in relation to these critera: Completeness, Structure, Depth of reflections and Research.
Detailed description of assessment methodology is provided at the beginning of each course.
To receive a final grade for this course, grade E or higher on the workbook (report of lectures, process and reflections) and the project (process and seminars) is required, as well as 80 % attendance.
Overall course grade is based on grading scale A-F.
