AnnualReport_2016

LPA 2015 Activities & 2016 Goals
Travelling exhibition on lighting is still ongoing...
2015 is a special year for LPA. To commemorate LPA’s 25th anniversary this year, we organized an exhibition
“Nightscape 2050 – a Dialogue between CitiesLightPeople in the Future”. It started in Berlin in last August,
moved to Singapore in October , and then to Hong Kong this January. Finally it will travel to Tokyo in May. The
exhibition is not just about lighting design, it is an experience composed of numerous programs such as a lighting
experiential booth, showcase of world nightscapes, interview with masters and innovators, workshops with children
and symposiums. The exhibition conducted in the three cities so far received positive feedback from the visitors
as well as from the media. Each city has its own local context of light and this helped to create a platform for
discussing Nightscape of the City in the year 2050. Our final destination, the exhibition in Tokyo will be held at
“Temporary Contemporary” gallery in Tsukishima, Chuo-ku in May. We look forward to seeing you there!
New monograph “LPA 1990-2015 Tide of Architectural Lighting Design” published
Our new monograph “LPA 1990-2015 Tide of Architectural Lighting Design” was published in English and Japanese
from Rikuyosha publishing in June 2015. The book looks into LPA’s selected 101 projects within the last 25 years.
It is divided into 5 phases. Architectural/lighting design has matured rapidly with the various social phenomena
and development of architectural/lighting technologies. This 400 page book looks forward to our future with light
by reminiscing the starting point of architectural lighting design. You can see how lighting design has evolved by
browsing through the 8 page-long architectural lighting design chronology attached at the end of the book.
Numerous lighting design award
“Otemachi Tower”, “Aman Tokyo”, “Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall” and “d’Leedon” projects received awards
from the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). And Otemachi Tower project also received
Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan, Award of Excellence. Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan
lighting design award programs have revised their award standards and criteria two years ago, and we look
forward to more active lighting design criticism.
TNT forum goes around the world
TNT (Transnational Tanteidan -Lighting Detectives) forum was held in Madrid, Spain in 2014 , and was organized
again on a grand scale in Mexico city in November 2015. 2015 was dedicated as the year of light by UNESCO
and the four day workshop was fully supported by the the Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico, Museo de
la Luz and Palacio de Medecine. We have not yet determined the venue for the 2016 forum, we are looking at
several places in Asia.
Working towards next 25 years
The role and responsibility of the lighting designer surely evolves as time goes by. We at LPA as a professional
group of lighting designers will always strive to innovate lighting design through our years of experience and
teamwork. Our new journey for the next 25 years has begun.