1st Edition

Urban Lighting for People Evidence-Based Lighting Design for the Built Environment

Edited By Navaz Davoudian Copyright 2019
    208 Pages
    by RIBA Publishing

    Book Award Finalist for Urban Design Group Awards 2020

    Lighting has the power to illuminate and enhance our experience within the built environment. The light that enables people to travel around their neighbourhood or their city; the light which they see themselves and their neighbourhood under. Research into the effects of urban lighting on behaviour, environmental psychology and social interaction is developing at a rapid rate. Yet, despite the affect it has on our daily lives, the practical application of this research is a relatively untapped resource.

    This book explores the needs and experiences of people at night and how these can be addressed by public lighting. It will give readers the confidence to develop more sophisticated lighting plans and add value to their projects. Case studies provide in-depth analysis of real-life projects and will help the reader to understand lighting designers’ own experiences, including post-installation observations. Written in an accessible style by an array of experts, this is an essential book for practitioners, academics and students alike, that will enable you to put the research in to practice and develop better lighting for better places.

    Part 1: Night, City, Society

    1. The Social Study of Urban Lighting

    Dr Elettra Bordonaro, Dr Don Slater and Dr Joanne Entwistle

    2. Urban Lighting Masterplan - Definitions, Methodologies, Collaboration

    Dr Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska

    3. Older People and Urban Lighting

    Dr Navaz Davoudian

    Part 2: Exploring the Night City

    4. Lighting for Reassurance

    Dr Jemima Unwin

    5. Wayfinding and the Hierarchy of Urban Elements at Night

    Dr Navaz Davoudian

    6. The Interaction of People, Light and Public Space: The Changing Role of Light

    Isabel Kelly and Dr Navaz Davoudian

    Part 3: Lighting Practitioners’ Post Evaluation

    7. Learned Lessons from Design Projects

    Dan Lister and Emily Dufner

    Biography

    Navaz Davoudian is a senior researcher at UCL’s Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering.