Configuring Light

Light is fundamental to our lives. All social life happens in some degree of light and darkness. Light structures the kinds of social practices and interactions we enter into at home or on the street, how safe we feel and how well we can navigate through social spaces.

Configuring Light Roundtables

In 2016, Configuring Light has received LSE HEIF5 funding to establish an expert working group to develop an actionable agenda for tackling social inequalities in public lighting.

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ESRC Seminar Series

The Configuring Light ESRC seminars bring together lighting (design) practitioners with academics from a range of disciplines in a series of seminars to enable dialogue and debate on issues around light and lighting.

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International Workshop Series with iGuzzini

Funded by iGuzzini, Dr Elettra Bordonaro has joined Configuring Light to host a series of international workshops to explore how social research can be integrated in design processes.

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Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes Muscat

The second workshop in the iGuzzini-supported workshop series was a collaboration with the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) and took place 25-28 April 2016 in Muscat, Oman. Students of the Urban Planning and Architecture Department worked in Souq al Seeb for four days on social research and lighting design.

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Urban Lightscapes/Social Nightscapes Acland Burghley School

CL kicked off a series of six international light workshops in collaboration with iGuzzini-funded LSE Visiting Fellow Dr Elettra Bordonaro at Acland Burghley comprehensive school on 26th January 2016. The workshop culminated in a public lighting event on 27th January from 6.30-8.30pm at Acland Burghley comprehensive school.

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