The Daylight Award Community

The Daylight Award Community is a network of professionals from different disciplines, researchers, architects, educators and students who are bringing new knowledge, innovation and applications of daylight, leading to an increased benefit and appreciation of its importance for people and the environment. 

Want to join? Connect via our LinkedIn group, explore the profiles of other members and be the first to find out about the next daylight conversations!

 

 

Video38 min 34 sec

A conversation about human biology and built environment, between neuroscientist Russell Foster and architect Isak Foged

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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DAYLIGHT

The Daylight Award aims to raise a holistic understanding of the importance of daylight. To further support cross-disciplinarity, The Daylight Award launches a series of video conversations about daylight.

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A conversation between architect Nanet Mathiasen and ethnobotanist Michael J. Balick – about PEOPLE, NATURE, and DAYLIGHT

NANET MATHIASEN, Phd, Architect and Researcher at the Institute of the Built Enfironment, Aalborg University
MICHAEL J. BALICK, Vice President, Director and Senior Philecology Curator, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden

video36 min 51 sec

A conversation between a physicist and architect, about CROSSDISCIPLINARITY and the benefits of synergy between professions

MARILYNE ANDERSEN, Professor, LIPID, EPFL, Lausanne, CH, The Daylight Award 2016 laureate for daylight research
LARS COURAGE, Architect, Founder of Courage Architects, Dutch Daylight Award 2012 laureate, Chair of Dutch Daylight Award, NL

video29 min 33 sec

A conversation about ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS – an architect and a researcher in conversation about how to build smarter in the future

MERETE MADSEN, Light designer, architect, partner For the Love of Light, Denmark
MORTEZA HOSSEINI, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark

video1 min 33 sec

A conversation about WORKING TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE – an architect and a researcher sharing different perspectives of daylight

ALDÍS GÍSLADÓTTIR, Architect Founding Partner, Studio Heima, Denmark
NIKO GENTILE, Associate Senior Lecturer, Division of Energy and Building Design, Lund University, Sweden

video57 sec.

A conversation about BUILDING BRIDGES – a chronobiologist and an architect in conversation about science, architecture and regulations

SELMA TIR, DPhil Candidate, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
MATHIAS SØNDERSKOV SCHALTZ, Computational Design Specialist, LINK Arkitektur, Denmark

video1 min. 25 sec.

A conversation about DAYLIGHT IMPACT – two researchers meet for the first time and talk about the impact daylight has on people

NATALIA GIRALDO VASQUEZ, Postdoc, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, DTU, Denmark
NANET MATHIASEN, Senior advisor, PhD, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Denmark

video1 min. 27 sec.

A conversation about CROSSING BOUNDARIES AND ENGAGING – Two professionals think outside their professional and geographical borders

ISAK FOGED WORRE, Architect, Professor, Royal Danish Academy, Partner Pasgold Foged Architects, Denmark
FLORENCIA COLLO, Co-founder of Atmos Lab, MSc. AA, PLEA associate, United Kingdom

video1 min. 37 sec.

The Daylight Award Community

SELECTED DAYLIGHT TESTIMONIALS

Find out about the work with daylight, from the members of The Daylight Award Community. Read about what daylight means to them, how did they start working with the subject and what insights they share from their daylight research.

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The following reflections are shared by people in our daylight community.

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DAYLIGHT REFLECTIONS

The Daylight Award Posters

The Daylight Award posters bring community reflections on
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