The heart of architecture is abstract and imagistic, and it‘s difficult to express it in a more direct way.
The space of the building relies on the light to be visualized. The subject to be represented by the architectural lighting is the building itself obviously.
The lighting through the art of lighting design to externalize the building's internal abstract emotions.
There need to be a perfect fit between them.
Location：BeiJing Cafe 27
Date&Time：14:00-18:00 JAN 18th
Topic：Emotional component in architecture& lighting design.
Activity process：
14:00 Guest registration
15:30 Welcome speech
15:40 Speech by guest speakers
16:20 Coffee break
16:50 Speech by guest speakers
17:30 interactive session
18:00 Video of UOZU CEO-Antonio
Speakers
1. Francesco Giordani
Architect Francesco Giordani, chief architect in Archea’s office of Beijing Graduating from the University of Florence with top marks, Giordani became a registered architect in Class A in 2000. In the same year he starts working for Archea Associati in Florence where he has focused about the management of the design, overall in the construction design phase.
From 2006 until the opening in 2012 has been the project manager of the head-quarter of Antinori Winery in Bargino (Florence).
From 2013 he moved in China where he has been the project manager of the Liling ceramic center in Hunan (China) and from October of the same year he is the chief architect of Archea Beijing. In this period he has focued in different designs of different scales, overall for the restoration of Youchou Building in Shanghai’s Campus of Tongji University (2017) and Hope Square’s Building in Taipei, Taiwan (under process).
2. ARCHEA ASSOCIATI.
The main business partner of UOZU is the Italian architectural firm ARCHEA ASSOCIATI.
Founded in Florence in 1988, Archea is today a network of more than 80 architects operating in six different cities-in Milan, Rome, Beijing, Dubai, Sao Paolo as well as in the headquarter office in Florence. The International associates studio has won numerous international recognitions and has participated, with their built works, in several editions of the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
3. Xin Zhang
Associate professor, PhD, assistant dean, IALD professional member, tsinghua university
Visiting scholar at the Martin center of Cambridge university
Secretary general of the interior lighting committee of the China lighting society
Secretary general of architecture and technology special committee of Chinese architecture society
Deputy editor of lighting design (Chinese version)
Direction: architectural optics
Main research directions:
(1) design and theory of architectural light environment
(2) protection of traditional Chinese architectural lighting environment
(3) non-visual effects of natural light and green lighting
