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Philips/LUCI city.people.light award 2009: 20 cities from four continents enter the competition
On Thursday 3rd September 2009, the international jury met in Lyon (France) to decide on the winning lighting projects of the Philips/LUCI city.people.light award 2009.
2009 entries were proposed by 20 cities covering four continents:
Bilbao (Spain), Cluj – Napoca (Romania), Copenhagen (Denmark), Couvin (Belgium), Gimhae (South Korea), Glasgow (Scotland), Hangzhou (PR China), Jvaskyla (Finland), Lachen (Switzerland), Lyon (France), Moers (Germany), Montreal (Canada), Moscow (Russia), Nove Zamky (Slovakia), Riga (Latvia), Sant Cugat des Valles (Spain), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina), Taxco de Alarcon (Mexico), Manaus (Brazil) and Seoul (South Korea).
This year’s jury members consisted of: Erich Petuelli, Architect, City of Vienna; Roger Narboni, Lighting Designer, Concepto, Paris; Philippe Chapuis, Public Lighting Manager, Le Havre; Iris Dijkstra, Lighting Designer, Rotterdam; Florence Colace, Lighting Architect, City of Geneva and Jørn Snorre Andersen, Public Lighting Manager, Stavanger.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Monday October 19th 2009, in the frame of the LUCI Annual General Meeting, and with the participation of Park Gwang-Tae, Mayor of Gwangju.
The city.people.light award recompenses the city that best integrates an appreciation of the needs of contemporary urban living and the concepts of ‘city’, ‘people’ and ‘light’ in a coherent lighting strategy. The award aims to raise awareness amongst city authorities and urban architects of the advantages that sustainable urban lighting brings to a city.
Since its creation in 2003, city.people.light has received 150 entries from cities all over the world for permanent urban lighting projects.
Previous winners of city.people.light include:
2008: 1st prize – Seoul (South Korea), 2nd prize - Riga (Latvia), 3rd prize – St Gallen (Switzerland)
2007: 1st prize – Heinsberg (Germany), 2nd prize – Geneva (Switzerland), 3rd prize – Sao Carlo (Brazil)
Photo: St Gallen (Switzerland)