The project team produced proposals for lighting scenes based on the natural course of daylight as well as current sky conditions. By exploring how a responsive lighting technology that reacts to and complements daylight inflow can reconnect man and nature.

In a unique collaborative project, partners from the fields of lighting technology and solutions, including iGuzzini, Fagerhult, Tridonic and Zumtobel, have been working with Aalborg University for the past three years.

The research team led by Prof. Ellen Katharine Hansen has explored the combination of dynamic daylight and artificial light in a spatial context and opened up a new dimension for architects and lighting experts in supporting individual needs and different working requirements.

The findings can help to form a future more holistic design approach. A combination of biological, aesthetic and functional aspects will form the basis for the design process.

Patrick Lüth managing director of the Innsbruck studio of the internationally active architectural office Snøhetta:

"In our designs light is always an essential ingredient [...]. Geometry, Material and Light are actually the three main aspects in the perception of architecture [...]. We actually believe that the integration between directional daylight and the perception of the weather conditions from outside will contribute to great working environment, being connected to the outside in a symbiosis between the building and the natural surroundings."

Listen to the entire press conference with the presentations by Patrick Lüth, Angela Woo Scott, Prof. Dr. Ellen Kathrine Hansen and the research partners, by clicking here: