This Architectural Lighting Design competition offers 'young professional lighting designers' the chance to demonstrate their lighting design skills and creativity and to have their work reviewed by a respected international jury. If selected for the shortlist, the lighting designers will receive remuneration (1000 EUR) to develop a temporary lighting design scheme for the building. The winning design will be realized, and the winning designer awarded a further 9000 EUR and given the opportunity to present his/her project at the PLDA Celebration of Light in Frankfurt on 13. April, 2010.

The brief:
The brief is to design a temporary exterior architectural lighting scheme for St. Peter’s Church in Frankfurt-on-Main. The project would be part of the Luminale exhibition run in the city of Frankfurt during Light+Building.

Conditions for entries:
Lighting designers under the age of 35 are invited to forward an Expression of Interest to PLDA Head Office. The EOI should give reasons why the respective designer should be selected to design the temporary scheme and include a short CV. The deadline for entries is 12. February, 2010.

A respected international jury will select up to four designers from the Expressions of Interest submitted. These designers will be announced on 22. February, 2010. They will be provided with a ground plan with dimensions + elevations + images and asked to develop a temporary lighting design scheme for the building. The design submitted must be the respective designers’ original work.

On receipt of the design concepts the jury will further select an Overall Winner. The designs will be judged against a number of criteria including the creativity of the scheme, the response to the context and architecture of building, the potential energy use and the feasibility/practicality of realizing the design as a temporary installation (ideally it should be installed within one day).

The winning design will be realized on/around 9. April, 2010. The winning designer will be expected to assist the installation team in realizing the design proposal using luminaires from Philips or on loan from the PLDA workshop stock. The installation will remain in place for the duration of Light+Building in Frankfurt as a Luminale project.

The authors of the shortlisted designs will have their travel and accommodation in Frankfurt paid from 10.-14. April, 2010 (four nights) plus entrance tickets to Light+Building.

The Architectural Lighting Design competition is sponsored by Philips and the Professional Lighting Designers’ Association, PLDA.