The first Guangzhou International Lighting Festival

Zhongzhao Lighting Engineering Design (Park Plaza Second Prize)

Project Name: The First Guangzhou International Lighting Festival

Reporting unit: Institute of Light Environment Design, Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning and Design Institute

The first Guangzhou International Lighting Festival was held from September 26th to October 15th, 2011 at Huacheng Square. The distance from the south to the north is nearly 2 kilometers, and it takes about 30 minutes to walk. The main viewing programs include Tree of Life - large-scale light sculpture, facade projection of museums, libraries and grand theatres, handicrafts of children's palaces and sand paintings, lantern walls, water trees, flower gardens of light, ancient lamps exhibitions, four great beasts More than 20 kinds of lighting art performances and sketches, such as drum lights and animal-shaped lighting.

The lighting festival of Tsinghua Planning Institute is the core design team. Louis Clair, a famous French lighting designer who participated in the Lyon Festival of Lights, is an overseas consultant. He also brings together professional graphic design, professional acoustic design and selection, and public safety design. Senior design team in various fields, such as tourism planning and design, architectural structure design.

As one of the strong supporters of the 12th Five-Year Culture, the projection of the theme of the shadow play, the special creation of the sand painting performance with the theme of Guangzhou urban construction, the facade projection performance of the Chinese classical culture story, and the ancient lighting exhibition, not only It reflects the traditional Chinese culture and also reflects the regional culture of Guangzhou.

The Festival of Lights supports the realization of Guangzhou as an “international city” goal, which enhances the city's popularity and public pride. The combination of lighting festivals and lighting exhibitions has enabled customized products to expand new applications for lighting fixtures and promote the lighting industry, especially The development of local lighting companies in Guangdong.

During the 20 days of the opening ceremony, the new central axis Huacheng Square, hosted by the Festival of Lights, received about 5 million visitors, which effectively boosted the tourism economy of Guangzhou. The Festival of Lights promotes the night activities of tourists and citizens, and is highly praised by the people, the government and all walks of life.

Aerial view of Haixinsha

Haixinsha projection

tree of Life

Water tree

Lighting corridor

Innovations in lighting design concepts, methods, etc.:

1. Concatenate each venue through a unified theme. The festival is designed with the theme of “the night is full of flowers and trees, and the lights are swaying.” The three different themes of history, city and nature run through the nodes, connecting ancient and modern, dynamic and static.

2. Integrate traditional Chinese imagery, Guangzhou elements and modern means. Such as the four great beasts, ancient lamps and Lingnan's unique kapok, big banyan and other images, combined with shadows, hand shadows, riddles and other folk favorite music viewing, play forms and popular sand paintings, anime images and other means.

3. Emphasize the fun and interaction of lighting. Such as interactive projection on the ground, hand-sharing performances, etc., to guide the audience to actively participate and become part of the performance, greatly enriching the interactive experience of the audience and light and shadow.

4. Co-authoring in various professional fields. In addition to lighting designers, it also brings together art teams, visual art directors, music designers and other multi-disciplinary teams, combining the form of sound and light, new technological expressions and artistic creation.

5. Combine the venue and adapt to local conditions. In view of the existing façades, garden roads, water features, etc. of the square, installations, ancient lamps and lanterns, water plants and other forms of equipment are installed to integrate light and organic into the architecture and landscape, and integrate with the environment. One.

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