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Tomorrow is now.
Towards a culture of sustainability

Light for Future is a three-year program of architectural and urban enhancement, territorial promotion and cultural welfare which aims, through innovative applications of architectural and creative light, to make citizens and visitors aware about the issue of environmental sustainability.
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Light for Future initiative is promoted by the Municipality of Recanati and by iGuzzini illuminazione with the sponsorship of the International Association of Lighting Design IALD, in collaboration with the Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata and the Adriatic Electricity Company DEA, and under the artistic direction of production designer Giancarlo Basili. The projected images are the result of a call to action launched by IALD and iGuzzini to four of the most important international lighting design studios - Arup, Licht Kunst Licht, Light Bureau and Speirs Major - on the use of light as a tool for social innovation and urban redevelopment.

 
Arup
Light Bureau
Licht Kunst Licht
Speirs+Major
2021 Edition

Creativity and Humanity
Arup

Arup is keen to expand awareness of climate change, encourage social interaction and cohesion in communities and communicate the value of nature to urban communities precisely through the use of light, thereby seeking to inspire individuals to make personal commitments to drive change for the environment and a sustainable future. Arup uses light as an educational aspect to invite the public at large to think about the consequences of certain activities for our environment by progressively expanding the areas of reference: from the suburb to the city, the country and hence the world.

The team chose four topics interpreted as natural aspects which in turn were adopted as the basis for the gobo projects. Air represents atmospheric pollution, bees symbolize the loss of biodiversity, water as an increasingly scarce resource and, lastly, carbon - the combustion of which generates the energy needed for human activities but, at the same time, is harmful for the environment

Humanity

Water

 

Carbon

 

Bees

Air

Celebrating Flows
Licht Kunst Licht

The "Celebrating Flows" concept developed by Licht Kunst Licht is based on a single assumption: light is associated with positive values; so, rather than emphasizing problematic environmental issues, Licht Kunst Licht worked to improve awareness of nature and sustainability and thereby develop good and positive solutions. Starting from an analysis of the cities where it operates, Licht Kunst Licht chose Berlin because, as the Mayor of the City, Klaus Wowereit, once said, "Berlin is poor but sexy". The city's charm derives from overlapping time, nature and freedom and, based on these aspects, they identified the site for an installation: Oberbaumbrücke - a bridge that embodies the intersection of these three elements to the full. In particular, inspired by movement and the sense of flowing, they focused on the element air. The idea was to set up a canvas to project the gobos by creating a layer of fog: the combination of air and fog gave shape to the installation itself.

The air element is expressed as the movement of a fabric in the wind or as a graphic element inspired by nature, as a volume with details of the clouds, as colors with the projection of a sunset or as filtered and geometric light.

Air as Movement
Linear

Air as Volume
Detail 3D

Air as colour
Filler

 

Air as light
Geometrical pattern

 

Air as Movement
Natural pattern

Biophilic Design
Speirs Major

Many research projects have illustrated the positive impact of nature on people's well-being. The Speirs Major study investigated whether using light projected with images of plants on to urban spaces that otherwise become unpleasant in the dark could provide some of the positive benefits that arise from exposure to genuine natural environments. The “Grow of Light” images of plants onto hard urban spaces to reconnect people with the natural environment,There could well be many other editions of the Grow Light series with different plants depending on the season and the specific location. This could be a marvellousopportunity for collaboration with botanical gardens, seed banks and plant specialists or even to promote awareness of endangered plant species and our responsibility to care for our natural world so that it can also take care of us.

The “Grow Light” series of images involves five types of plant growth that could be easily applied to many locations in built-up settings: sprout, climb, trail, cover and bloom.

Blooming

Climbing

Covering

 

Sprouting

 

Trailing

Save Our Planet
Light Bureau

Light Bureau put forward a concept based specifically on the topic of climate change, seen both as a realdanger as well as denied by certain members of society; the very fact that it is such a divisive topic makes it all the more interesting. The study identified the four elements - earth, fire, water and air - as the key points in the ecological balance and the foundation for all living species, depicting them in their harshest versions should humanity continue to ignore Climate Change: earth will become merely bare rock because the increase in greenhouse gases will eliminate plants and animals from the surface of the planet; water will take the shape of a tsunami; air will increasingly generate hurricanes; flames will catch fire so easily because of the aridity caused by higher temperatures.

Focusing attention on these 4 basic elements, turning them into the protagonists underlying the concept behind the gobo collection, seeks to raise awareness of the phenomenon that is rapidly transforming our entire planet.

Air
Detail 3D

Earth

Fire

 

Water

 

Air
Linear

 
Creativity is a strategic factor in sustainable urban development: it inspires empathy, sensations and relationships.
Recanati, thanks to this project, becomes a creative city through light, as well as being already a city known for poetry, music, history and immersed in a stunning nature, between land and sea. From here, now, a strong message starts to preserve our planet, to save our future.

Giancarlo Basili
Light for Future Artistic Director

Internationally renowned film, music and theater production designer. He designed the light path in Recanati, taking care of the Artistic Direction of the Light for Future project.

Light for Future involves some of the town's most significant locations - the Cloister of Sant'Agostino, the Cloister of Palazzo Venieri, the Civic Aqueduct, Porta San Filippo, the Multisala Sabbatini and the Convent of the Poor Clares -, stages for architectural and creative light installations (described along the way by information panels and the Light for Future app) using high-efficiency luminaires and perfectly integrated into the environments thanks to the minimal, compact design.

Light installations map

1 / San Agostino Cloister

Carbon_Creativity and Humanity by Arup
Aria_Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
Carbon_Creativity and Humanity by Arup
Geometric representations of Carbon. Greehouse gases and global emissions are attributed to the use of fossil fuels for energy production.

Aria_Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
Environmental pollution has a direct impact on climate change, on the health of humans, flora and fauna, and on water and soil quality.
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">1 / San Agostino Cloister</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">1 / San Agostino Cloister</div>

2 / Water Tower

Climbing & Sprouting_ Biophilic Design, by Speirs Major
Humanity_Creativity and Humanity, by Arup
Climbing & Sprouting_ Biophilic Design, by Speirs Major
Projecting plants with light on urban spaces to reconnect people with nature aims at reproducing some of the psychological benefits from being exposed to real plants and nature.

Humanity_Creativity and Humanity, by Arup
The single carbon atom is difficult to see in daily life, but this is the base element for all living creatures on earth, including human beings.
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">2 / Water Tower</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">2 / Water Tower</div>

3 / Palazzo Venieri

Water_Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
Water_Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
If humanity continues to ignore climate change, water will rise up as tsunamis and the sea level will rise causing catastrophic flooding.
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">3 / Palazzo Venieri</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">3 / Palazzo Venieri</div>

4 / Sabbatini Cinema

Fire_ Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
Fire_ Save Our Planet, by Light Bureau
Climate change is a key factor in the increasing risk of spontaneous fires. If humanity continues to ignore climate change, powerful forest fires caused by drought from rising temperatures will become more and more common.
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">4 / Sabbatini Cinema</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">4 / Sabbatini Cinema</div>

5 / San Filippo Gate

Bees_Creativity and Humanity, by Arup
Bees_Creativity and Humanity, by Arup
Bees are a symbol of biodiversity. Their disappearance would severely damage our ecosystem. “If bees disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live” (Maurice Maeterlinck).
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">5 / San Filippo Gate</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">5 / San Filippo Gate</div>

6 / Clarisse Convent

Clouds_Celebrating Flows, by Licht Kunst Licht
Clouds_Celebrating Flows, by Licht Kunst Licht
Movement and the feeling of flow led to the choice of the air element for the installation. Air as volume, with details of clouds, brings a lightness, consistency and a sense of transition to the nocturnal landscape.
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">6 / Clarisse Convent</div>
<div class="text-green font-size-l helvetica-bold">6 / Clarisse Convent</div>

The Lighting Design Project
The various light installations use iGuzzini Palco InOut Framer projectors using gobos. These are high-performance luminaires that harmoniously integrate into architecture and landscape with multiple optical accessories allowing for tailored and dynamic lighting scenarios. By inserting a specific gobo (metallic disc or dichroic glass, with coloured filters or geometric shapes), the light is able to define new expressions for a creative city, projecting images and ideas that interact with people in the urban context, from the centre to the periphery.

A Bluetooth-DALI interface is used to easily manage the luminaire with the iGuzzini Smart Light Control app and activate Smart Services systems to amplify the visual experience with The Light for Future app.

 

“I find the idea of talking about sustainability in a city like Recanati and in a region like Le Marche, two excellences of our country, extraordinary. For a set designer, space is fundamental because when we create the image for the story we look for spaces that can blend with the story itself. I often find myself working in contaminated cities, and Recanati is a source of inspiration for me”.
Giancarlo Basili / Art director of Light for Future
 

“Light for Future is a strategic project for the company - which has always been harmoniously integrated in the territory - because it is strongly in line with its DNA and with the will to spread the culture of light in the world. For this reason iGuzzini, aware of the importance of the initiative, has put its solutions and expertise at the disposal of the professionalism of the partners with whom it has had the pleasure to collaborate and whom I would like to thank once again, to reiterate in a strong and creative way the importance of a sustainable approach that we are all called to adopt, both in our private and professional lives”.
Cristiano Venturini / Chief Executive Officer of iGuzzini illuminazione
 

“Light for Future is perfectly in line with the goal iGuzzini has set since our foundation, to spread the culture of light throughout the world in pursuit of our vision, social innovation through lighting. It is a source of great pride for us that IALD and the other partners have participated enthusiastically in this project, a project which we really believed in and promoted, to contribute to the social wellbeing of the community. The architectural and artistic light of Light for Future has added positively to the historic centre of the city and to tourism in Recanati, a city destined to become a laboratory of lighting experimentation and innovation.”.
Massimiliano Guzzini / Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of iGuzzini illuminazione
 

 
 

Light for Future is a lighting design project to promote social well-being and enhancing Recanati's historic centre, the Light for Future Scientific Advisory Committee is chaired by Giancarlo Basili and includes Italian sociologist and academic Domenico De Masi, an expert in creativity and communication; the internationally renowned architect, designer and academic Mario Cucinella, founder of the School of Sustainability; the Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, the Municipality of Recanati, IALD, and iGuzzini.
The Light for Future initiative, incorporated into the three-year Culture 2021-2023 plan to develop a special project directed by the region:phase 1 of the Light for Future project was presented on 8 July 2021 while the following 2 phases will continue in 2022 and 2023 with the installations extended to other areas of the historic centre and the implementation of new creative solutions developed through an international competition promoted by IALD and aimed at young lighting designers from all over the world, which will be selected by the Scientific Advisory Committee. The goal is to make Recanati a research and innovation laboratory for urban lighting and a cultural reference point at a national and international level, including in sustainability.
The students of the Light Design course of the Academy of Fine Arts of Macerata, led by professor and lighting designer Francesca Cecarini, will be directly involved in the evaluation of the proposals and in the implementation of the winning solutions, supporting locally the phases of design and installation of the same. This is a further positive element of the project that aims to put future lighting designers in contact with current professionals, to offer the former an opportunity to better understand the profession of lighting designers.
This initiative is a further stage in the enhancement of Recanati's architectural and environmental heritage with the aim of increasing its attraction, including for tourists, and enhancing its cultural identity. This process continues the path that began in 2013 when the Municipality of Recanati, one of the first in Italy, developed a Plan of Light drawn up by the architect Corrado Terzi for high quality functional and monumental lighting.

Light for Future App is available on Google Play and App Store:

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