Public spaces are the drawing rooms of the society, where peoplemeet, interact and replenish their body and mind away from workand home. It is a welcoming space that caters to people of allages, gender, caste, creed and economic status. Chandigarh, acity designed by Le Corbusier as an example of modern liberatedIndia, embodies these ideals of public placemaking. But over theyears, many cities have veered towards stretching activities intothe dark hours. Most public spaces were not designed to cater tothis. As a result, unused or sparingly used spaces form dead pocketsin the nocturnal landscape of the city. This brings an opportunityfor new and innovative lighting interventions to transform thesedead spaces.This thesis is a qualitative study in checking the feasibility of a lightfestival in Chandigarh as a solution to dead urban spaces. The citywas analysed to identify problematic areas as potential sites for thefestival. This also requires an in-depth investigation into the effects of light festivals. For this, a study has been conducted on lightart installations, existing literature and case studies of light festivalsunder the broad categories of image regeneration, revenuegeneration and job generation. The deductions from these arecompared with opinions of experts (lighting designers, organizers)to get a holistic view based on perceived and documentedeffects of light festivals. A study in trends was also conductedto gauge the general popularity of festivals as a measure of theglobal image of the host city. On the basis of the analysis of theseresults, a program framework for the prospective Chandigarh lightfestival is proposed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-280062 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Bhatia, Mashaaraa |
| Publisher | KTH, Ljusdesign |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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