BIP - Lighting and Information Technologies for vision and perception quality and wellbeing

Course description

Light design is a complex, interdisciplinary process involving engineering, architecture, psychology, history and the humanities. The recent increase in the use of LED sources, combined with Visible Light Communication (VLC/OLC) systems, enables precise control over the colour, intensity and temperature of light. This enhances the quality and communicative potential of lighting projects, while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact. Modern lighting design focuses on visual comfort, perceptive quality, human health and sustainable development.

This course combines theoretical lectures with practical activities in significant environments, such as museums and workplaces, to develop students' skills in integrating light with space and perception. The use of colour, materials, control technologies, and non-verbal communication is emphasised. Light is explored as a universal expressive medium that can convey meaning across cultural and sensory domains.   Students will learn how to assess and redesign the 'light climate' of a space to create dynamic, sustainable environments that promote well-being, environmental awareness and strategic responses to climate change.

The course leads students to  design in the perspective of sustainable human centric lighting and the environment control (thermal and light especially in work environments). The student will be able to know and deal with the issues of environmental energy sustainability connected to sustainable, resilient, adaptive and conscious lighting design with a view to identifying strategic solutions that aim at climate change mitigation.