Chapter 7Lessons Learnt from Design Projects
INTRODUCTION Light is fundamental to all social life, yet public realm lighting can often focus on prescriptive design standards rather than designing with social relevance for the way that humans interact in a modern, 24-hour city. In addition, creative design is an organic process that is informed by the ever-changing urban context, the experience and understanding of the design and client team, and the individual social, economic and environmental constraints of the site. This chapter presents authors’ subjective observations and objective assessments from practice of how people interact with the urban environment after dark with a focus on how designers can revisit projects ...
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