Eleven winners and three special awards
Fourteen Distinctions at the 2022 German Lighting Design Awards
© Simon Menges
On 30 June, the German Lighting Design Awards celebrated the significance of lighting design in architecture. The event took place at the Hanover Congress Centre. For the first time in two years, the awards have again been conferred in person, before an audience of around 400. Thirty-five projects selected from 85 submissions had been nominated in the eleven categories of the competition.
For the challenging renewal of the lighting at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie – which has been modernized by David Chipperfield Architects after nearly 50 years of use, Arup Germany won the prize in the Education category. This lighting project represented such a challenge because the lighting had to remain concealed as much as possible. Around 2400 existing luminaires required painstaking restoration; they have remained in their original positions in the ceiling layout.
© Simon Menges
In the Museum category, the prize went to Belzner Holmes und Partner Light-Design for their effective staging of the exhibits in the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet, which is located in the Swiss village of Le Brassus. Audemars Piguet, a renowned watchmaker, has expanded its historical production building with a spectacular, spiral-shaped new building by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).
In the scenography designed by Atelier Brückner, architecture and light come together in perfect symbiosis. In order to display the watches in a fitting manner, Belzner Holmes developed a system that highlights each individual piece. Every watch is illuminated from the left and right from the edges of the display cases with warm and cool-white light at an angle ranging from 30 to 45°. This allows visitors to see the incredibly detailed exhibits up close without any disturbing shadow effects.
© Iwan Baan
The jury’s special award went to postdoctorate electrical engineer Harald Hofmann for his work in practice, research and teaching. The Young Talent award for offices established fewer than three years ago was won by studioteilchenwelle. Licht01 was distinguished as Light Designer of the Year. Founder and owner Katja Winkelmann, along with her international team of six – comprising architects, engineers, designers and lighting designers – made the shortlists for three different projects. For their delicate lighting planning for Haller Haus Hamburg, a building under historical protection, Licht01 won the award in the Public Areas | Interiors category.
© Johanna Klier
© Johanna Klier
Projects for the 2023 German Lighting Design Prize can be submitted until 30 October.
Further information: www.lichtdesign-preis.de
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