On Wednesday, March 25, at 7 p.m., we look forward to welcoming you to the UPC School (c/Badajoz 73-77, Barcelona) for a new session of our lecture series on architectural lighting. On this occasion, we will be joined by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Lorite, a renowned specialist in lighting and historic heritage.
The lighting of historic buildings must be understood as another form of intervention in heritage, subject to internationally accepted criteria and current legislation. In the current context of climate emergency, the carbon footprint associated with certain practices is becoming increasingly difficult to justify. Traditional floodlighting, which fails to consider these sustainability aspects, is a practice that should disappear. Today, more effective alternatives exist to enhance monuments: more creative solutions, with a clear message and greater respect for urban planning and the environment. ¡It is time to break with tradition!
The speaker
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Lorite, expert in historic heritage lighting
He holds a degree in Physics from the UCM and completed postgraduate studies in Lighting at the ETSII of the UPC and in Architectural Lighting at the ETSAM of the UPM. Between 1986 and 2005, he developed the lighting area within the Department of Preventive Conservation of Cultural Heritage at the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (Ministry of Culture).
From 2005 to 2019, he served as director of the company Intervento, founded in 1993 and dedicated to museography and historic heritage lighting. In these fields, he has also delivered lectures and published several reference books and articles. He has been an honorary member of the APDI since its foundation and currently works as an independent consultant.
LIGHTING DESIGN LECTURE SERIES
This lecture is part of the annual lecture series of the Master’s Degree in Lighting Design. Architectural Lighting Design at UPC School, sponsored by iGuzzini, Lutron and Lluria, leading companies in residential lighting.
