DLA member Till Roenneberg receives The Daylight Award 2024 for Daylight Research

Known as the creator of the term “social jetlag”, Till Roenneberg’s work in the field of chronobiology has been highly influential in moving the discipline forward, not just in terms of research but also in its subsequent application to medicine, public policy and architecture.

An Emeritus Professor of Chronobiology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, Till Roenneberg is further known for developing the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ) which enabled investigations of circadian entrainment in populations across the world. He is a member of the Daylight Academy.

Find out more about why he was selected by The Daylight Award jury here.

You can also watch Professor Roenneberg talk about his work in the video below, made by The Daylight Award team.

Congratulations also to Spanish architect and professor Alberto Campo Baeza, who received the Daylight Award in Architecture!

One of the most admired representatives of the contemporary minimalist orientation in architecture, Alberto Campo Baeza is known for designing several award-winning projects. According to The Daylight Award jury, “his buildings appear to attract daylight on their white surfaces and heighten the presence and healing power of natural light”.

A professor at the Escuela Technica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid from 1986 to 2017, he is also known for his passion for teaching which has led him to deliver lectures at numerous universities around the world.

The Daylight Award jury’s opinion on Alberto Campo Baeza can be found here.

The Spanish architect’s innovative use of daylight was also the subject of a DLA Blog written by guest contributor, Alejandro Díaz-Infante Rendón.

A video of Alberto Campo Baeza talking about his work is also available below.

The cross-disciplinary jury of The Daylight Award 2024 consisted of Finnish architect and writer, Juhani Pallasmaa (jury chair), British professor of circadian neuroscience Russell Foster, Danish architect and creative director, Dorte Mandrup, Dutch professor of environmental psychology, Yvonne de Kort, Swiss professor of pharmaceutical chemistry Gerd Folkers, Dutch architectural photographer Iwan Baan and American director of the Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden, Michael Balick.

The Daylight Award is established by the philanthropic foundations Villum Fonden, VELUX FONDEN, and Velux Stiftung, and is conferred biennially in two categories. It strives to raise a holistic understanding of daylight and increase its positive impact on life, by honouring and supporting daylight research and daylight in architecture.

It acknowledges and encourages scientific knowledge and practical application of daylight, which interlink disciplines that are usually addressed in separated, monocultural spheres, professional circles, or practices.