Lighting in the urban age: an integrated approach

This paper will offer a unique approach to exterior lighting by focusing on the integration of urban and lighting design, as well as the key drivers shaping our cities today. The audience will leave with an understanding of the ways in which lighting can have a real impact on the way people experience our cities.

Emily Dufner, PLDA trained as an architectural engineer with a special focus on lighting design. After completing her studies, she moved to work for a small design studio, Hollands Licht, in Amsterdam, and from there moved to London to join Arup’s lighting practice. While working, she completed her master’s degree in City Design and Social Science.

Vasiliki graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a Diploma in Architecture and she is a registered architect in Greece. Lighting design started as an area of interest and soon gave her a new academic and professional direction. Vasiliki completed the MSc Light and Lighting course in UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, in London. Vasiliki is a practicing lighting designer since 2005 and is currently part of the Arup Lighting team in London. Her contribution spans from concept lighting studies for urban master planning, to detailed design, development and site implementation of customized lighting solutions.Vasiliki is currently working on the Tate Modern Extension in London with Herzog & de Meuron Architects and on the new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens with Renzo Piano Building Workshop. 

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