The diamond shapes and colours of the logo are an ornamental representation of some of the philosophical and architectural elements of Buddhism in Thailand. They also represent the triple elements of the Thai nation, Buddhism and the King.

Contact: luxpacifica2013@gmail.com

Call for papers

Papers are invited from both member and non-member countries of Lux Pacifica and can be either oral or poster presentations. The conference language is English. Papers can cover the following fields: light and culture, fundamental of lighting and daylighting, vision and colour, energy efficiency, outdoor and indoor lighting, light and health, light and architecture, lighting design, lighting fixtures, sources of light and control systems, LEDs and their application, irradiation systems, light measurements, standards of lighting, optical devices, sensors and displays, and radiometric of optical properties of materials.

Abstracts, in English, of about 250 words are invited. A template can be downloaded from www.tieathai.org/luxpacifica2013. Abstracts must be sent via email to luxpacifica2013@gmail.com. Important dates are:

• deadline of abstract submission 31 August, 2012 – deadline has now been extended until 31 October 2012
• notifcation of abstract acceptance 30 September, 2012
• deadline for full paper submission 30 November, 2012
• notifcation of full paper acceptance 15 December, 2012

Indicative registration fees

The following are the indicative registration fees for registration before 20^th January 2013, after which they will be USD50 higher:

• Full conference registration USD450, covers program items, welcome and farewell receptions, conference dinner, conference kit, coffee breaks, and lunches
• Conference only registration USD350, covers program items, conference kit, coffee breaks and lunches
• Accompanying person registration USD200, covers welcome and farewell receptions and the conference dinner.

Sustainable Lighting for Cultural Heritage and People
Bangkok, Thailand, 1 – 5 February 2012

Prayurawongsawas Waraviharn

In early February a seminar and workshop was held in Bangkok. Students and staff from the School of Architecture & Design at King Mongkutt University in Bangkok, from the College of Architecture & Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai, from the QUT Science & Engineering Faculty and from the Illumination Design Program in the Faculty of Architecture Design & Planning at the University of Sydney participated. The basis of the workshop was to provide an intensive course for exterior lighting design divided into 2 parts: 3 days of lectures followed by a 2-day, practical workshop. A site on the Chao Phraya River was selected and some mock-up lighting prepared. One of the major themes of the workshop was sustainable, urban lighting and the workshop results might be incorporated into a proposed river route that will make up a “Bangkok Night Map”.

Chao Praya River

]]> http://www.luxpacifica.org/news/relighting-an-historic-chedi-in-the-chao-praya-river/feed/ 0 http://www.luxpacifica.org/news/lux-pacifica-expands-again/ http://www.luxpacifica.org/news/lux-pacifica-expands-again/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:23:35 +0000 admin http://www.luxpacifica.org/?p=851 We are pleased to announce that in October 2011 Lux Pacifica welcomed the Korean Institute of Illumination and Electrical Installation Engineers as its most recent member.

Professor Woojin Jang from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Seoul National University of Science & Technology, will be the representative  board member. He is also the current chair of KIIEE.

Dr (Victor) Tzeng-Yow LIN will be the representative  board member. He advised that the latest seminar called “2010 CIE Lecture on Colour Science and Photometry for LED Lighting”, staged by TWCIE, gathered more than 150 experts worldwide to exchange experiences and information related to global trends in illumination.

The Commission Internationale de l´Eclairage, the CIE , is devoted to worldwide cooperation and the exchange of information on all matters relating to the science and art of light and lighting, colour and vision, photobiology and image technology.

In 2013, 100 years of the CIE will be celebrated in Paris at the CIE Midterm Session from April 12-19. The theme of the session is Towards a New Century of Lights and some of the topics to be addressed are:

* The Rhythm of Light

* Intelligent Lighting and

* Urban Nightscapes

The main venue will be the CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers) that is located in the 3rd arrondissement on the Right Bank near Métro: Reaumur Sebastopol.

If you love Paris or have never visited this special city, put these dates on your 2013 calendar now!

10 – 14 July 2011

INVITATION TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa is one of the most diverse and enchanting countries in the world. Exotic combinations of landscapes, people, history and culture offer a unique and inspiring experience. The country is located on the southern tip of the African continent and, flanked by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and the Indian Ocean on the east, boasts spectacular biodiversity.

The country enjoys a temperate and pleasant climate, with lovely warm sunny days most of the year. Winters are generally mild and dry.

You'll never be bored!

THE HOST SOCIETY

The IESSA (Illumination Engineering Society of South Africa) was established in January 2004. IESSA supports the practical implementation of internationally recognised lighting practices for the direct and indirect enjoyment and benefit of the general public.

For all details about the CIE session in South Africa please visit the website of IESSA: www.iessa.org.za (CIE page).

The Chennai Centre of Indian Society of Lighting Engineers will stage the LIGHT INDIA INTERNATIONAL 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, India, from 4-7 March 2011.

Be there will bells on

The 1.5 billion dollar lighting Industry in India has witnessed double-digit growth in the last three years, thanks to the emphasis on infrastructure development by the Central and State Governments. With increased investment in Infrastructure, the lighting industry is poised for rapid development. The lighting industry in India is now providing the Indian consumers a variety of lighting products sourced domestically as well as from overseas. In the context of the reduced import duty regime in India, the globalization drive is gaining momentum. The increasing living standards in India are finding diverse expressions in the lighting industry. The Light India International 2011 will publicise developments taking place in the lighting industry and provide excellent marketing opportunities for all the products and services embraced by the lighting industry.

For all details of the fair please visit the Lii website: www.lii2011.in/contact.htm

As with the previous symposia in Beijing and Sapporo in 2008 and 2009 respectively, this 2010’s Seoul Symposium will be jointly hosted by The Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers(KIIEE), The Chinese Illuminating Engineering Society(CIES), and The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan(IEIJ). This event should encourage more energetic research and dedication to the development of industrial lighting technology.

Note: Registration fee is US$ 150. For student it is US$ 75. Advanced registration on internet is not now available

You can make an on-site registration on the morning of the day you arrive at the reception desk that is located outside the conference room.

E-mail: lighting@lightingfair.co.kr

Sustainable Lighting for Cultural Heritage and People
Ayutthaya, Thailand, 28 – 31 January 2008

Three very large chedis (pagodas) on the main site. The people give a sense of scale.

A unique heritage lighting design workshop was organised by colleagues, Drs Chanyaporn Chuntamara and Acharawan Chutarat from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). The programme included two days in Bangkok to explore the cultural aspects of light, comparing the eastern and western significances; the historical development of Buddhist cities in South-East Asia, particularly the relationship between the palace and the temple (and monastery); the history of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya, the capitals of Thailand before Bangkok; and the principles of lighting master planning.  That was followed by three days in Ayutthaya, examining that large World Heritage site, before concentrating on one self-contained site for which the lighting would be planned and executed. It was the last part that had a special resonance because it is expensive, time-consuming and difficult to get a good range of lighting equipment to “play on site”.

A moment of humour during the design presentations

They had invited Dr Thomas Römhild, from Wismar University’s lighting programme, to run the lighting design part of the workshop and Dr Yandan Lin, from Fudan University, to talk on the changing role of outdoor lighting in China. As we’ll there were archaeologists and two lighting practitioners who made contributions. Philips and We-ef loaned about 50 luminaires for the practical part. Each flood and spot was provided with a base, so that the luminaries could be located and aimed without having to use bags, pieces of timber or broken bricks, as is commonly the case. Four or five electricians were employed each night to install wiring and control cables. KMUTT School of Architecture and Design also had a photographer to document the whole event.

I enrolled (as a student) and turned up at KMUTT on 26th January, along with 12 other students who were mainly from Thailand but there were three from Laos and one from China. The two days of classroom teaching in Bangkok concluded with a late afternoon tour around the Grand Palace and dinner overlooking the Chao Phraya River and Wat Arun (Figure 1).

Trialling lots of equipment in one of the tunnels.

Day three began with the 80km trip to Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya is also on the Chao Phraya where a major tributary joins it. The first stop was at a museum containing artefacts from Ayutthaya’s past. The museum’s floodlighting also gave some opportunities to explain how floodlights redirect light and how they can easily fill with insects.

After the museum we visited the site chosen for the lighting design exercise — a fort on the junction of the two rivers at Pom Phet, part of the Ayutthaya complex. The choice was good: it was relatively small; it was used by locals by day for picnics and by night for various activities, some more private than others; it was at a commanding position on the river. Thousands of photographs were taken, along with notes on master planning from Dr Römhild’s discussion of the site and the fort.

After lunch, the main Ayutthaya site was visited, firstly to a museum and then a walking tour. Whilst Ayutthaya is nowhere near the size of Angkor in Cambodia, it is both large and impressive, with a number of intact structures as well as many ruins. In the main historical area, new road lighting luminaries have been installed. They are beautiful, ineffectual for road lighting but excellent for lighting building façades and producing glare from their bare high-pressure sodium lamp.

One of the colour sequences in the tunnel, a little washed out with the use of a flash.

Ayutthaya day 2 involved the application of the first three day’s work to set a brief for the master plan of the Pom Phet site and to produce rendered sketches of the proposed lighting effects. That was done until about 4pm when we walked to the site to inspect the luminaries that were delivered by Philips and We-ef. Staff from each described the luminaries.

For the next five hours the preliminary designs were implemented by the two teams, one handling the river view and the other the interior. The fort was punctuated by tunnels that were seen as major features. The battlements proved to be difficult, since they appeared two dimensional when floodlit. Colour-changing LED uplighter strips were used on the interior walls, requiring controllers, control cabling and computer programming.

The end of the first night’s on site efforts, seen from the riverside

The fifth day started in the studio with a post mortem on the mock-ups done the previous night. A general conclusion was that more is often achieved with less: less light, fewer luminaries and fewer colours and colour changes. Feedback from nearby residences and businesses was positive, except that green and blue light was associated with ghosts and seen as alienating people from the site. Refinements were determined and the problem of lighting the battlements seemed to be solved.

Around 4pm, again, it was back to the site for the final mock-up. Note the exterior, as it was finally lit by the team responsible. It can be seen that separate lighting was not used on the rendered parts of the wall: the higher reflectance and colour difference made them conspicuous without extra light. However, it was decided to try to light the “moat” or ha-ha (without a fence) that surrounded (part of) the fort. The interior and its open space were treated as being moonlit while the walls and tunnels were less dramatically lit than the night before.

The final solution for part of the exterior. Note the “moat” lighting.

Feedback the following morning showed that everyone — students, teachers and consultant — all learnt a lot from the five days. Certificates were presented and then it was back to Bangkok in the KMUTT faculty bus.

So, was it worthwhile? Definitely. My only regret is that it wasn’t better publicised because I’m certain that many from Australia and other Lux Pacifica countries would have wished to join it. The universities involved (Fudan, Sydney, Wismar and Laos) all said that they would try to repeat the exercise in their own countries, inviting students from the other countries. I hope that can happen but I would like to do a repeat in Ayutthaya with a group from Australia. The huge effort involved by the staff of KMUTT, the suppliers and participating consultants cannot be under-estimated in the success of an event such as this. To them I give my gratitude and congratulations.

Warren Julian