Friday, 23 May 2025
from 10:30 to 12:30
Lead
Prof. em. Gerd Folkers, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Description
The Daylight Award, the premier international award for daylight in architecture and daylight research, is newly being organised and presented by the Daylight Academy (DLA). This is a significant opportunity for both the DLA and the award itself to increase knowledge and awareness of the cross-disciplinary importance of daylight among the public and wider science/research community.
There are still many researchers out there who are not aware that their research is eligible for a daylight award, nor, indeed, that there is a community of daylight experts. Our goal is also to find ways to reach them and raise awareness of the daylight community.
This parallel session will explore how The Daylight Award can be developed into the future to bolster its status among scientific and architectural awards. The primary aim is to set-up an interdisciplinary working group that will create a list of recommendations for the next edition of the Award. These recommendations will include ideas on how to leverage the daylight community’s potential among its scientific networks as well as refining the award’s nominations and laureate selection process. Other, outside-the-box ideas are also welcome.
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