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by Ulrike Brandi (Author)
In this planning guide, the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi documents the sum of her findings on the topics of lighting design, daylight, sustainability and healthy living spaces.
The implementation of holistic lighting design in times of advancing mechanisation is a challenge, but also the right step towards sustainability in the use of light and energy. This attitude is made clear by the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi with the sentence "It is better to plan well with daylight from the beginning than to add artificial light afterwards". The LIGHT NATURE ARCHITECTURE guide proves how important, but also how easy it is to integrate natural light into planning and thus into the design of healthy and beneficial living and working environments.The richly illustrated manual is structured according to the phenomena of natural light and combines the author s wealth of experience, theoretical principles and design methods to create a reference work and a diverse source of inspiration.
- Richly illustrated basic work for holistic lighting design
- Insight into the extensive practical experience of the renowned lighting designer Ulrike Brandi
- Source of inspiration for professional planners and laymen
- Available in English and German
Author Biography
Ulrike Brandi is an internationally active lighting designer based in Hamburg. Since 1987, she has realised more than 500 projects (indoor and outdoor spaces) with her office. She has published numerous books on the subject of light.
Born 1957 in Bad Bevensen, Germany
1984 - 1988 Studied Industrial Design in Hamburg, diploma with Dieter Rams
1987 Foundation: Ulrike Brandi Licht Lighting design and development
1995-1996 Lectureship, FH Düsseldorf, Faculty of Architecture - Interior Design
1998-1999 Visiting professorship, Braunschweig University of Fine Arts in the industrial design department
2013 Founded: Brandi Institute for Light and Design
