Trends, strategies and perspectives of modern illumination and lighting of towns on the example of Lyons

Magdalena Zienowicz, Ewa Podhajska

doi:10.5277/arc140207

Abstract

From the stage of artistic illumination of buildings came art which became a part of comprehensive planning studies. Spontaneous and unrestrained illumination of single objects, popular at the turn of the 20th century, has been replaced with legislation procedures for developing illumination plans for cities and even whole regions with an additional requirement of implementing energy-saving technologies and observing rules of environmental protection. Its artistic expression has also changed – careful engineering transformed into ephemeral solutions, full of creative virtuosity and mysticism.

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