Christina Catharina Friis Blach Petersen

My project, LYS, embodies the idea of personal lighting and I am suggesting that artificial lighting in the future will be connected to the human rather than to architecture.

One of the most important external factors influencing human wellbeing is the colour and intensity of light. Scientific research shows that exposure to the wrong colour and intensity of light at the wrong time of day has harmful effects on health. Our biological system requires a rhythmical change from cool/blue light during the day to warm/orange light in the evening. However, this is not how our modern urban environments are illuminated. Instead of following this natural rhythm, our indoor modern urban environments are lit by static standard light. As everyone has different individual circadian rhythms, as well as different needs and preferences, my project proposes a tailored and individual lighting solution.

LYS embody a machine learning system and takes the form of a light sphere. According to external inputs, the light sphere decides and emits a light-regime suitable for the user.

The final project featured in the show will represent ways of experiencing the physiological and behavioural changes that occur from different intensities and wavelengths of artificial light. To make users the objective of the project is to make users aware that the light they take in through their eyes has a direct effect on their internal system and the philosophy behind LYS is to regard light as a diet.