ENG: Researchers are exploring possibilities of Responsive Public Lighting

On two central squares in Aalborg, researchers has been testing design Methodologies and new technologies in exploration of new energy efficient lighting strategies  while giving city residents a beautiful and engaging experience…

 

A teenage girl catwalker energetic forward me with swinging arms and hips. Around her turn lights on and off as she moves further forward on stage. She attracts attention, for the young girl the city becomes a scene not a runway for a fashion show, but a public square in the old town square in Aalborg. The reason that she catwalker behave as she does is the same, that makes a group of young boys run and play as if they were children’s  and for the same reason people stop up and chatter at the edge of the square.

Light. It is alive. In any case, almost. The lampposts dim up and down, as a person moves from place to place…