PLDA conference on "Snow and Ice" in Notodden/N
Date: 30. January, 2009

Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA), Notodden municipality, Telemark, Buskerud and Vestfold county councils, National and local partners in lighting and spatial planning invite you to an international lighting conference in Telemark, Norway on the occasion of the PLDA's  practical lighting workshop in Notodden 2009.

Venue: Telemarksgalleriet in Notodden.

The theme of the conference is “Lighting design in the winter townscape.”

Winter lights in Telemark is an event with a local, regional and international perspective addressing the crossover between lighting design and creative urban planning. Lighting design can be an important tool to support urban life in a rugged winter climate. Attractive social and cultural meeting places in townscapes are essential to keep the town alive during the dark months of the year. At the same time attention must be paid to finding sustainable solutions.

Professional lighting designers who have participated in the lighting projects during the workshop week, together with key speakers from the specialist field of planning and lighting will be addressing issues of interest and importance to lighting designers, architects, town planners, landscape designers, cultural and business officers, and politicians.

The conference will be held in English.

Moderator: Joachim Ritter, FPLDA/D

Programme

10.00
Introduction to the conference:
Terje Malm from Notodden,  Lise Wiik-Chairman,Notodden and Paul Traynor, President PLDA,

10.15
Gudjon Sigurdsson, PLDA/IS
“Shifting daylight as a source of reference for creative lighting design"
The main source of inspiration for the architectural lighting designer is daylight. How is this inspiration interpreted and applied in townscapes?

11.00
Al Borden, IALD, PLDA/USA
“Little light for big impact"
Lighting designers work with darkness and shadow as much as with light. For the design of a dark-sky park, Al Borden and his team have become involved in research and discussion about nature conservation versus public safety and security.

11.45
Lunch

13.30
Niklas Ödmann, PLDA/S
"Winter meeting places"
How good lighting design can transform ordinary urban locations into exciting meeting places.

14.15
Philip Rose, PLDA/UK 
“The Call of the Wild”: why a lighting designer from the City of London felt drawn to heading a workshop team in Norway in January at –20°?!

15.00
Coffee break

15 30 – 16 30
Workshop presentations given by the workshop teams:
The Power Station, team headed by Gudjon L. Sigurdsson, PLDA, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Church, team headed by Alfred Borden, PLDA, IALD, Philadelphia, USA
The Villa, team headed by Peter List, Hamburg, Germany
The Museum Square, team headed by Cinzia Ferrara, PLDA, Milan, Italy
The Waterfront, team headed by Philip Rose, PLDA, London, UK
The Bridge and Pylons, team headed by Niklas Ödman, PLDA, Stockholm, Sweden

16 30
Gunn Marit Helgesen, Telemark County Counsel
Conclusion
Telemark and Lighting design and the grand opening of Winterlights in Telemark

Short break before the tour of the sites in Notodden.

 

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Number of participants
300

Target group  
urban planners, architects, landscape designers, lighting designers, building owners, students of Lighting Design and related disciplines

Time                          
Friday 30. January 2009

Place              
Telemarksgalleriet in Notodden, Telemark, Norway

Prices             
Conference fee NOK 1500 incl. tax

Student price: NOK 750 incl. tax
Includes tea/coffee, lunch, guided tour of lighting installations

Conference fee with get-together buffet/party NOK 2300 incl. tax
Student price: NOK 1.150 incl. tax
Includes tea/coffee, lunch, guided tour of light installations
and an evening get-together buffet/party

10% discount for PLDA members

Transport        
Buses and trains are available to Notodden……Look to links in www.winterlightintelemark.no

Registration    
www.winterlightintelemark.no
E-Mail: ranheid.saga(at)notodden.kommune.no
Tlf.: 35015000

Last call         
26. January 2009

Hotels             
Bolkesjø hotel
email: bolkesjohotel@bolkesjo.no  - minibus to the conference.
Norlandia hotel
Brattrein hotel

Look to links on the website www.winterlightintelemark.no

Prices             
Conference fee NOK 1500 incl. tax

Student price: NOK 750 incl. tax
Includes tea/coffee, lunch, guided tour of light installations

Conference fee with get-together buffet/party NOK 2300 incl. tax
Student price: NOK 1.150 incl. tax
Includes tea/coffee, lunch, guided tour of light installations
and an evening get-together buffet/party

10% discount for PLDA members

Contact person
Ingebjørg Sperre, Terje Malm tlf:  35015000

The workshop takes place just before the conference and opening on Friday 30. January 2009 in Telemarksgalleriet, and the exhibition will be available in town every evening the next month together with different arrangements.

For further information www.winterlightsintelemark.no and www.vinterlysitelemark.no