Date: August 29th, 2003 Program: Symposium Venue: Haninge Centrum The Transnational Tanteidan Forum 2003 was held in Stockholm on August 29th, 2003 at the Kulturhuset Haninge, approximately 30 minutes by train from the city center. The forum was a great success. To our delight, the number of attendees exceeded our expectations and a change of site was necessary in the preceding days. Almost 200 people attended and enjoyed the afternoon forum. The forum’s theme was “Residential Neighborhood Lighting.” Core members from Tokyo, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Singapore, Washington and Stockholm reported results of their research into Residential Lighting. The difference between the international cities is very interesting and offers a unique window on the life of each nation. Most spend daily life without any notice of the lighting around us. But think one minute to change your life with lighting at your home. It might be very interesting to investigate lighting around you once again in order to create something special.

It was 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945 when the first of two bombs dropped on Hiroshima then Nagasaki. Sixty-one years have passed since this memorable day and every year victims are remembered in a peace memorial ceremony attended by 50,000 people. On this night thousands of lanterns are placed in the Motoyasu River near the Hiroshima Peace Memorial as part of the remembrance and prayer for peace. As the main part of our lighting survey we wanted to see how these lanterns changed the face of city on this one night. We also visited Itsukushima Shinto Shrine and downtown Hiroshima. One of the World Cultural Heritage sites, Itsukushima Shinto Shrine. Unfortunately, the lighting is not the most faltering and lacks punch that could emphasis great architectural detail. However, looking from the bow of a boat past the large shrine gate, the main hall floats elusively in the surrounding darkness. This is the angle for a truly spiritual approach. Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a World Cultural Heritage site and the remains of a symbol of sacrifice and crime committed against humanity. Nearly buried by the surrounding city lights, but this dim gloom cast over the rubble suits its history and expresses it in the present day for all to remember. Full of prayers for peace and a symbol of remembrance, softly lit lanterns were set afloat, creating a new river of light. The lightscape created by the lanterns floating…

Interviewer: Hikaru Kawata Kawata：Today’s topic is automatic mannerisms and involuntary habits.  I would especially like to talk about the habits we have that we like and those we want to change. One habit I have that I am really fond of is the bodily position I find relaxing.  Ever since I was little, whenever I wanted a quick nap or just to relax for a moment, I would sit in a cross-legged position and bend my upper body over into a round ball.  Mende：That sounds really painful, anything but relaxing.  I don’t think most bodies bend that way.  Kawata： I find it really calming.  I get really cold hands and feet so I tuck them around my torso, in a very revolutionary style.  Not many people can copy this habit, so I really like it.  Mende：Yes, it is very unique.  Any bad habits? Kawata：I get nervous in front of people and under the pressure I bite my tongue.  I can’t seem to relax, it is a very bad habit.  Mende：So, speaking of physical habits,  lately when I am working at my computer, my wife will suddenly say, “Turtle!.”  I realized that while working at my computer over long periods of time I gradually start to hunch over.  Bad habit! Kawata：How about a good habit? Mende：I like to play a lot of different sports.  When I am trying something new, I always do research beforehand so I can perform better.  I think…

Workshop to think about ideal way of light and future way of “Forest of Ueno”2017/10/16,11/13-11/14　　Haruka Takano + Toru Mori + Nobuyo Sato + Masara Akiyama + Koki Iwanaga Lighting workshop at Tokyo National Museum. It was very precious experience to try out lighting plans January and February of this year, we held a city walking workshop named “Ueno-Night-Park”. This is the second one of it. We carried out a workshop in Tokyo National Museum experimenting ideal way of light that we considered at field work last time. Illumination experiment was carried out during “The second Tokyo Suki-Festival”, and this workshop enabled not only participants but also citizens to rediscover the potential and its value of Ueno Park. (Koki Iwanaga) ■The first night: Lighting experiment and making of proposalThis time, we took 3 days to make a lighting proposal for Tokyo National Museum by bringing ideas from lighting professionals to students, house wives, and a wide range of people. Content was to set up the lighting fixture at the Japanese Gallery, Hyokeikan Building and an approach to Horyuji Treasures and illuminate and give presentation on the last day.October 16th was the first night which was raining unfortunately. We started at 6 pm in Kuroda Memorial Hall, and moved to Tokyo National Museum and actually lit up the lighting fixture that was going to be used on performance. We confirmed each lighting fixture’s ability and characteristics by lighting from the second floor…

Orange lights brighten the plains and continue on towards the horizon, creating the Chicago nightscape. Notorious for cold winds, the Chicago nightscape was unified early on with high-pressure sodium streetlights. For crime prevention, the amount of light slowly increased with each passing decade, but outdoor lighting technology in Chicago is considered very progressive. Orange axes of light extend toward the horizon. High pressure sodium streetlamps are used beautifully throughout the citystreets of Chicago. The highmast lighting pole at the base of the John Hancock building is functional and glareless. Highly efficient streetlights illuminate State Street, creating a unified environment.