How to find the value of light in lighting design? (two)

The author: in your design concept, light play what kind of role? Why?

Xu Dongliang: air, water and light are the primary elements of human existence. Light brings pleasure, comfort, and restlessness. For the building, the light can be shaped, the expression of the identification of space to guide life. In the design, looking for the value of the light, that light position, better manipulation of light for the people, should be the key point. Beyond the need to highlight the role of light, can only solve the temporary visual satisfaction, the environment in the community is not a long-term strategy in life.

Author: what is your general approach to the use of light treatment projects?

Xu Dongliang: light three-dimensional, architectural space, traffic organization is the general practice. Further enhance the quality of space texture is the sublimation of light. Lighting will generally follow the logic of the space environment, from the whole to the details start.

Author: do you think today's China's lighting design and lighting designers to the cognitive development of the light of what kind of stage?

Xu Dongliang: the understanding of light is mainly reflected in the progress of technology, lighting designers activities will also promote the development of technology. The lighting design is Chinese level rising stage, lighting designers are full of vitality, full of the spirit of innovation, in the world also show up, can not be ignored, to the same position in the country increased gradually.

Author: some time ago, you out of a book called "the ideal state of light", can you talk about the idea of writing this book?

Xu Dongliang: from the point of view of "everywhere pay attention to knowledge", I examine the light and landscape in the city of the world, to make a summary of this book, "the light of the ideal country - light exploration". Every step of our journey is related to the light, whether the airport, the airport, the train, the train, the railway station, the street, the shop, the coffee, and the hotel. The city has the culture, also has the bright culture, realizes the different city unique characteristic light night scene, the feeling city uses the light culture and the light taste, is the nourishment to the design.

World travel more and more simple. From the view of the light, the purpose of the notebook, camera, simple illumination data measurement instrument and other equipment back into the luggage on the line. Travel is the opportunity to compare online information and experience of real experience, the more you think, you can add more fun to the light journey. The photographs in the book are almost all recorded in the walk, such as a sketch rather than a professional photograph. Most pictures of the lighting is to explain the sketch intention or methodology explanation, content arrangement in accordance with the travel order of the city to examine the content classification with light angle, each column classification content from different city travel records, in order to achieve the light environment is a general sense of understanding, rather than the city light environment investigation different national tour. I hope you will be able to see the daily sightseeing light.

Author: if you allow you to do a project, you will analyze from what?

Xu Dongliang: light is a part of the environment, whether the first lighting design and environment integration as a whole, this is the primary design requirements; secondly whether or not the light of space level issues with the make up, volume is expressed; there is light on the city's contribution to landscape, street landscape expression and contribution in a harmonious environment ontology sense. As the use of space to meet the comfort of the user is the most important, and energy conservation should be the basic job requirements.

Author: who is your idol designer? What books can recommend.

Xu Dongliang: enduring famous designer Co Bush E, and other masters of the works of the master is our eternal example of learning, whether it is building, or the application of light, a few can not be expected that the. These masters set, have the opportunity to read the actual works. This is a "shadow of praise" humanities scholars on space and light, delicate taste.

The author: in a word to sum up your years of design career or design insights.

Xu Dongliang: light is a good medium, causing vast imagination to light, light, light to light in praise, explorers road.