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Mende\u3000<\/strong>Water and lighting design are deeply rooted.\u00a0\u00a0 In terms of urban lighting, the most prominent cities that underwent development long ago were surrounded by water.\u00a0\u00a0 In terms of Bangkok, the lighting along the waterscapes is not especially good, but the illumination of Wat Arun and the elevation along the riverside reflects beautifully in the water.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Upon reflecting in the water the lighting then becomes beautiful.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>In lighting design glass and water are two very important materials.\u00a0 Their properties are also very similar.\u00a0 Both are not very easy to work with, but very interesting.\u00a0 Frosted glass or textured glass is very good at replicating light, but clear glass is not.\u00a0 It doesn’t reflect light at all.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Glass will uniformly receive and transmit light, but the surface of water simmers, creating dark sports.\u00a0 I think this gives more depth to waterscapes.\u00a0 Glass does not move, but water can.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>Yes, glass and water are very similar, but the biggest difference is whether it moves or doesn`t move.\u00a0\u00a0 Because water is difficult to deal with, it takes the know-how of a sorcerer of light.\u00a0 I live in a high-rise condominium along the Sumidagawa River in Tokyo and draw great solace from the various expressions of light on the water, morning, day, and night.\u00a0 It must be the light reflecting on the simmering surface, or something.\u00a0 Just watching the river idly can make all of life`s noise just seem to fade into the background.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>The river is blacked out at night.\u00a0\u00a0 Hopefully, the comfort found in the river during the day can be transformed into something different with light.\u00a0\u00a0 However, I think it needs to be more than just a reflection of the immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>Yes, it is a good idea to want the nightscape to be even better than the daytime waterscape, but the river during the day is so very relaxing!\u00a0\u00a0 I think it is because there are more expressions of light during the day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The flow of the water, the angle of the sun, the color of the sky.\u00a0 There are so many factors!!<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>That is probably right.\u00a0 There is no way to compete with natural light.\u00a0\u00a0 In terms of fixtures, we always try to select glare-free fixtures, but when reflecting on the surface of the water, these fixtures actually might be very pretty.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>Getting back to Bangkok, my friend is a photographer and he prefers the city on rainy days.\u00a0\u00a0 He especially recommends the lively area of Khaosan Road on rainy days.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Oh, yes.\u00a0 The reflection from neon signage must be spectacular.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>When we did a light-up project at the Edo-Tokyo Open-air Architectural Museum we sprayed the pavement with water.\u00a0\u00a0 The result was spectacular.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>I think a\u00a0 sparkle from below really adds a sense of animation.<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>Why do you think that?<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Well..<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>Well, I don’t think positioning is the concern, instead, the increase of lighting elements in that space has more emphasis.\u00a0 Also, it is not a perfect mirror, so slightly different elements are reflected back compared to the lighting above.\u00a0 This might be a very important factor.\u00a0\u00a0 Light is not only increased, but the reflection from above is warped.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Well, it sounds like something different really came alive.\u00a0\u00a0 Lighting is very controlled, but sometimes unpredicted elements appear and it is very beautiful<\/p>\n Mende\u3000<\/strong>The possibilities are infinite in terms of water and light.\u00a0 This is a very interesting point.\u00a0 However, we as a people seem to have a longing for the sea or Mother Sea, so there is a familiarity, physically and visually, with bodies of water.\u00a0\u00a0 Some people find water scary, but water shows us so many different expressions.\u00a0 I really find it interesting.\u00a0 Sunlight during the day is also diverse and the reflections are equally diverse.\u00a0 It really surprises me how the expressions of water can change.\u00a0 As a lighting designer,\u00a0 I really miss these expressions of water after dark.\u00a0\u00a0 So, when water meets up with a light fixture, not sunlight, we have an opportunity to create more expressions that are again varied and diverse.<\/p>\n Nakamura\u3000<\/strong>Yes.\u00a0 We should not just recreate reflections of sunlight, but use fixtures to create expressions of light only experienced at night.\u00a0\u00a0 You have given me a lot to think about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interviewer:\u3000Misuzu Nakamura Thme\uff1aWaterscapes with Light Nakamura\u3000Ok.\u00a0 So, today I thought we could talk about waterscapes with light.\u00a0 I just got back from a trip to survey the urban lightscape of Bangkok.\u00a0\u00a0 The scenery along the rivers an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"684","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[1286],"class_list":["post-25087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coffeebreak","category-note","tag-architecture-light","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n