Abstract

The ephemeral qualities of lighting are explored best as part of lived experiences. For students at the baccalaureate level, this is difficult and requires developing ideas that become realized through modelling by studying what happens when light, colour and material intersect with form. This process uses design thinking and hands-on experiences to show students how a dynamic interplay of design elements within a project occurs through learning and discussion. While creative processes require some form of abstract thinking and when ephemeral qualities aspects of light and colour contribute to the purpose for a particular use, the material aspects of a luminaire design using found materials recycled and used in new and unique ways adds context to proposed design solutions. This paper examines what happens when dynamic design elements such as light and colour are explored through learning activities of an interactive/international workshop. Two professors on different continents facilitate a series of learning experiences in interior spaces, confronting the immaterial ephemeral qualities of light as these intersect with found materials and cultural senses. Through a series of distance and local problem-setting exercises of proposal models, students work through possible ideas set in context and grounded in creative abstract thinking that are then transformed into a potential Solution.

Keywords

Lighting design, education, internationalization, ICT, learning-bydoing, sustainable design, colour and light, design process.

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Exploring Colour and Light as Dynamic Elements of Space Through the Activities of an International Workshop

The ephemeral qualities of lighting are explored best as part of lived experiences. For students at the baccalaureate level, this is difficult and requires developing ideas that become realized through modelling by studying what happens when light, colour and material intersect with form. This process uses design thinking and hands-on experiences to show students how a dynamic interplay of design elements within a project occurs through learning and discussion. While creative processes require some form of abstract thinking and when ephemeral qualities aspects of light and colour contribute to the purpose for a particular use, the material aspects of a luminaire design using found materials recycled and used in new and unique ways adds context to proposed design solutions. This paper examines what happens when dynamic design elements such as light and colour are explored through learning activities of an interactive/international workshop. Two professors on different continents facilitate a series of learning experiences in interior spaces, confronting the immaterial ephemeral qualities of light as these intersect with found materials and cultural senses. Through a series of distance and local problem-setting exercises of proposal models, students work through possible ideas set in context and grounded in creative abstract thinking that are then transformed into a potential Solution.

 

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