Workshop "The Erection of a Full-scale Laboratory at the University of Florence"

Abstract

The planning work erection of a full-scale and light laboratory principally is to be regarded rather a prototypical matter. The workshop was aimed at defining the basics regarding the many questions arising as well as those not even properly identified, thus issuing a pool for ideas to carry on with and consequently to be made available to those concerned with the erection. The more open-minded the thinking tank the more potentials would be furnished to the “next generation”. The interactions of space, light and color could be finally studied and checked in full-scale within realistic conditions. The participants to the conference all of which being well-acquainted with the work in and at such a lab inevitably concentrated on the question as to the planned focus of work and subject scope. The cooperation between a lighting company and the university seems to narrow down the subject matter from the very beginning. As the prime interest is the work with light the proportion dedicated to building as such would bound to be lower . But what is light without the accompanying room. The language of light certainly requires the “paper” where the plot is to be written.