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This topic may not directly concern the Lighting Detectives, but here’s what is on my mind. As a lighting design office and having to compete within this growing profession, I’d like to tell you about our recent staff workshop. As the creator of this workshop and after seeing the “serious faces” of my hardworking staff, I had to try out my new toy, a digital camera, to capture the moment. LPA`s two offices, Tokyo and Singapore have grown to a staff of 30 with the average age in the late twenties. During this daylong workshop, we used previous LPA projects and noteworthy mounting detail as a platform to discuss LPA`s responsibilities, perspectives, and rights when dealing with architects, designers, and builders. However the situation in recent years has been good for business, but not for the education of our younger staff. We, veterans, have been too busy to properly rely the tricks of the trade and communicate with our younger staff so I have decided to schedule these biannual staff workshops. I don’t plan to make the workshops a huge production, like at a big firm, but, in a relaxing atmosphere, create a meaningful opportunity to discuss relevant and important topics, things on the mind of the younger staff. But, take a look at these photos. The staff are very serious and poised! For my part of the presentation, I created a flow chart outlining the design process from start…

2003年12月22日 冬至 電気を消してスローな夜を 冬至の夜8時から10時の2時間だけ電気を消してスローな夜を過ごそう・・ということをテーマに面出団長の他、ライフスタイルプロデューサーの浜野安宏氏やキャンドルナイト呼びかけ人代表でもある竹村真一氏が監修したイベントが原宿キャットストリートで行われました。 これは、環境や省エネ、現代社会のライフスタイルについて考え直すとともに、人間的な時間のありかたを見つめるきっかけとして、昨年の夏至に行われたイベントの冬至版。夏至には、環境NGOが中心となって発案した”100万人のキャンドルナイト”にさまざまな分野のアーティスト、環境省や企業、自治体、各地の公共施設が賛同して、大きなうねりに発展し、全国で500万人（環境省推定）が参加して東京タワーや全国のランドマークの照明も消える、一大イベントとなりました。 原宿キャットストリートにキャンドルアートが出現 開催場所は、原宿キャットストリートが表参道と直行する旧渋谷川約700メートルほどの暗渠の遊歩道。この遊歩道に照明探偵団、武蔵野美大、多摩美大のチームが中心となって沿道にある店舗前6箇所でキャンドルアートを作成し、イベントの拠点となりました。波打つように成形したアルミパネル前にキャンドルを並べて鏡に映っているように見せたもの、異なる種類のスクリーンを透かしてあかりの表情を見せるもの、公園のジャングルジムを赤いトレーシングペーパーで囲い、中にキャンドルを入れた行灯・・などなど工夫を凝らしたキャンドルアートの数々が通りを彩りました。 街路灯を消灯したい… たった2時間のイベントでしたが、公共空間での火を使うイベントと言うことで行政や商店街との調整が難航を極めました。今回は準備期間も少なく見送りましたが、今後の大きな課題としてふたつ。『街路灯の消灯』と『縁石へのキャンドルの配置』です。当日やはり残念だったのが遊歩道沿いに白々と点灯したままだった街路灯。キャンドルのあたたかなあかりとの何ともミスマッチな光景でした。やはりキャンドルの繊細なあかりを見せるにはまずベースとなる闇をつくる必要があるでしょう。そして、今は暗渠となった川の流れを通りに配置した光で可視化する。または、通行人が携帯したキャンドルで光の川を再現する。 キャンドルでなくては伝えられないメッセージを込めたイベントを2004年の夏至にも行う予定です。乞うご期待下さい。 （田沼彩子）

Basel Architecture Week 2022 2022.05.10 & 05.13　Lisbeth Skindbjerg Kristensen+Kelly Bannwart+Michael Hübscher ■ At the Biegining In January 2022, Kelly Bannwart and Michael Hübscher from the Basel Lighting Design office HÛBSCHER GESTALTET contacted the Lighting Detectives to ask if it would be possible to do a col laboration during the upcoming Basel Architecture week. It was quickly agreed that Lighting Detective core member Lisbeth Skindbjerg Kristensen, who currently lives in Basel, would participate. The theme of this year’s Architecture week was “Reale Räume” (Real Spaces) of three current development sites: Dreispitz Münchenstein), Bachgraben (Allschwil) and lybeck (Basel). The AWB uses various formats to promote dialogue between experts and local protagonists. The Forum offered an opportunity to discover these sites and exchange views on the urban transformation process with the various stakeholders. For the night walks Hübscher Gestaltet had chosen to focus on the areas of Dreispitz and Klybeck. Both areas are currently undergoing transformations from mainly industrial to mixed use and residential neighbourhoods. Michael Hübscher and Lisbeth Kristensen welcome the group and introduce the route and purpose of the night walk Discussing the value of lighting as a wayfinding and informative tool Hero: An evenly lit passageway where public and private lighting elements supplement each other Hero: The illumination of the plaza creates a nice ambience with paths illuminated for safe passage across the space. Villain: Observing the abrupt threshold between light and dark waiting to see if glary security lighting…

City Survey in Qatar/Azerbaijan 2018/02/12-02/17　　Masahiro Iwata + Hikaru Kimura We went to Qatar and Azerbaijan from 12th to 17th February for 6 days for lighting survey. Both of countries are oil producers, and have been developed with oil money. Qatar and Azerbaijan are located on similar longitude, however each urban landscape has been developed in different ways according to their history. Qatar is an emergent country, which benefits from oil money. High-rise buildings has been built on vacant huge desert, and the gulf coast has been developed for attracting wealthy class in around the world. On the other hand, Azerbaijan still faces a problem which a lots of refugees by the past war have hard lives, even it is in bubble boom and it benefits from oil money as much as Qatar. They have redeveloped the old town, which is world heritage. We surveyed lighting in these two countries, where electricity expenses are free by benefit of oil money. Sketch of the road lighting ■Qatar, Capital city Doha Doha used to be described as “the most boring city in the world”, where there were no accommodation and entertainment facilities according to its closed policy. Today luxury hotels and huge shopping malls has been built, and it has become a bustling city. There are lots of buildings painted the current president’s face on the façade. These buildings are by pocket money of president or owned by the government. The buildings along…

Interviewer:　Motoyo Ogawa Mende　Some kids just really love Disneyland. Ogawa　Yes. I am one of them. Mende　At what age did you start to really like Disney? Ogawa　 I first went to Disneyland when I was in Kindergarten.  When I started elementary school I was in love.  I went with my family every year until I was in the 8th grade.  The first time my parents took me to the park we watched the electric parade and they said the look on my face was the best they had ever seen and they decided they needed to bring me to the park every year. Mende　 Yes, I have also seen the electrical parade.  That type of sparkling and twinkling lights are very typical of Disneyland. Ogawa　 Yes, very much.  I have been wondering about something…Do you like sparkling and twinkling lights?  Or maybe it’s not your style? Mende　 Well, I really like the flash and fizzle of fireworks.  Although it is part of the job, I don’t really think I like the illuminations that many people find uplifting and exciting. Ogawa　Yes, I think many at LPA feel the same way.  However, I don’t mind illuminations at all.  Illuminations are just one expression of many in lighting and I find it very charming. Mende　Regardless of thoughts and beliefs,  I appreciate the image produced by sparkling effects and  I don’t mind sparkle or twinkle in the dark night.   Thirty years ago when I saw the illumination of…