HERITAGE LIGHT: History Illuminated with Charles Stone

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Lecture Description:
The illumination of historic or heritage buildings provides both opportunity and obligation to the lighting designer. Thoughtful and sensitive application of light to historic façades and interiors has the power to transport us back in time and amplify our appreciation of the architecture. Lighting can reify and restore beauty of a heritage building and enhance civic appreciation and pride. Indeed, illuminating history obliges us to consider the role of memory in design.

Basic architectural and lighting vocabulary will help the attendees understand the content. However, the presentation is not technical.

Learning Objectives

• Examine the architectural and civic context of an historic or heritage building before beginning a Lighting design process.
• Analyze the architectural hierarchy with respect to the areas to be illuminated, such as a facade or interior space.
• Familiarity with important variables that affect visual understanding such as color, temperature and relative brightness.
• Consider the importance of memory in design, respecting heritage, and the triumphant return of white light.

Speaker Profile:
Charles Stone, President and Founder of Fisher Marantz Stone

Charles joined architectural lighting designers, Jules Fisher & Paul Marantz, Inc. in 1983, and helped found FMS in 1997. From studios in New York, Seattle, and Austin, FMS has received 300 awards and completed 5000 successful projects on six continents, including Carnegie Hall, the Washington Monument, the Tribute in Light, the Hong Kong International Airport, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, the Peninsula Hotel in Paris, 41 buildings on the Shanghai Bund, the world’s tallest building – the Burj Kalifa, and the 2nd tallest – Merdeka Tower in Kuala Lumpur. Projects in Japan include the Japan Post Tower, The New National Theater, the Miho Institute of Aesthetics Chapel, and The Miho Museum. Mr. Stone is a graduate of Princeton University, a Certified Lighting Designer, LEED and NCQLP accredited, a Fellow and Past President of the International Association of Lighting Designers, and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Edison Report and the ILAS (Mumbai). Charles’s Traveling Light lecture tour features explorations of light and culture and has visited 25 countries. Mr. Stone is active in education and research as a member the Advisory Board for the Architectural Lighting program at Oregon State University, the IESNA Lighting for Outdoor Nighttime Environment Committee, and the Lighting Detectives (Tokyo).