Light Up – The Potential of Light in Museum Architecture

In galleries and museums, one’s perception of art, space, and atmosphere is largely determined by lighting. But which light settings should art and museum experts and exhibition designers choose, and on what basis are those choices made? Pioneering LED technologies make customized lighting scenarios possible, turning artificial light into an interactive material in museum architecture – not only in terms of design practice, but also in terms of real-time spatial experiences.
 
Computer-controlled lighting technologies are breaking boundaries, allowing the individual to take full control of lighting design. Light Up explores the potential of dynamic artificial lighting technologies in museum architecture, offering new insights into the use of light in exhibition spaces.
 
  • How LED technologies can be used to develop customized lighting scenarios
  • Studies in the real context of art institutions as well as programming of interactive light simulations
  • Documents the research project “White Cube Teleporter”

Author information
Andrea Graser, architect and civil engineer, CEO and chief designer of the architecture and lighting design firm Studio Okular, Vienna

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Photos of the book presentation on Tuesday, 30 May at AIL

 
Light Up – The Potential of Light in Museum Architecture
ISBN: 9783035627053
Editor/s: Andrea Graser
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Pages: 224
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Language: English
Price: EUR 42
Dynamic artificial light in museums
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Friedrich Biedermann, Andrea Graser © Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Foto: Fanny Holter Download
Moderatorin Julia Grillmayr, Gerald Bast © Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Foto: Fanny Holter Download
Gerald Bast © Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Foto: Fanny Holter Download
Friedrich Biedermann © Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Foto: Fanny Holter Download
Moderatorin Julia Grillmayr © Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Foto: Fanny Holter Download
v.l.n.r.: Friedrich Biedermann, Andrea Graser, Julia Grillmayr, Gerald Bast Download
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