Lighting Design & Technology

Course

The lighting project must be understood as a service to promote well-being, personal, social, productive, relational and communicative activities throughout the whole range of human activities. Artificial lighting is in fact a primary asset of modern societies and it is one of the factors that has provided its contribution to the economic, commercial and social development of the most advanced nations in the world. The use of all the energy and expressive potential of the light requires the definition of professionalism and adequate design methods that are provided by the master.

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Project: Procuratie Vecchie Venezia; Studio and Architects leading the project: David Chipperfield Architects Milan, Giuseppe Zampieri, Cristiano Billia; Lighting Designer: Mario Nanni Writer of light; Photographer: Fabio Gambina; Courtesy: Viabizzuno SpA.

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Didactics

Training objectives

The Master’s objective is the training of professional profiles able to follow the design and production process of lighting, in interior architecture, urban exteriors, museum and temporary installations and in the areas of hospitality, with particular attention to the analysis and synthesis of the methodological processes of ideation, organization and realization of the lighting project, in relation with the production and technological innovations of the sector and with particular attention to the socio-cultural aspects of artificial lighting.

Didactic Plan

The Specializing Master will be held in English. Any lecture in other languages will be translated simultaneously.

The specializing master has a duration of one year and issues 60 credits, equivalent to 60 ECTS.

Didactic Modules

The teaching activity can be held in person or with distance learning. The educational program is divided into 10 thematic modules plus an 11th module which is the internship. The teaching of the didactic modules will be in English. The first 4 didactic modules develop the basic skills in the field of theories, methods and tools for lighting Design; from the technical, methodological and cultural basics of the project to permanent innovation in the sector:

1-Theory of lighting.

2-Lighting engineering.

3- Connected lighting.

4-Introduction to Lighting Design.

The following 5 didactic modules develop advanced skills in the field of Lighting Design practice:

5- Project work: lighting design with CAD and BIM.

6 – Project work: lighting for the hospitality.

7 – Project work: Lighting in exteriors.

8 – Project work: lighting for cultural heritage.

9 – Project work: lighting in commercial interiors.

The 10th educational module develops empowerment skills for entering the world of working for corporate and professional training.

Title Released

At the end of the course, upon passing the final exam, the first level Specializing Master’s degree of the Politecnico di Milano will be awarded in “Lighting Design and Technology”.

Employment Opportunities

The result of the master is an innovative professional profile with advanced skills concerning the main lighting design activities in  hospitality and commercial interiors, urban exteriors, museum and temporary installations.

This professional profile can be recruited by companies in the lighting sector and in professional firms and also in technical offices of public administration. In the technical-lighting companies, s/he will be included in the design, construction and control studies of lighting systems. In professional firms of architecture, industrial design and technical-lighting design, s/he will support the architectural design of residential, commercial, public, recreational, sport, museum and exhibit design buildings, with  coordination and support tasks for design of artificial lighting.

In local authorities and public and private companies in the field of  public lighting services, s/he can be included in the offices of design, installation, testing and management of public and private lighting, with duties concerning construction supervision and verification related to the problems coming from reference legislation and standards for public and private lighting.

The Specializing Master has a placement of more than 80% of participants who could fit into design firms and leading companies within one year after completion of studies.

Admission

Requirements

The Specializing Master is open to applicants who have a university degree (Laurea, equivalent to a Bachelor of Science) under the old or the new educational system or a Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to a Master of Science) under the new educational system in Architecture, Engineering and Design, and to applicants with equivalent qualifications.

Deadlines

To take part to the selection process, the application form must be completed online within the following deadlines:

• for Italian / foreign citizens with a qualification obtained in Italy within January 22, 2023,
• for Extra U.E. citizens within December 22, 2022.

Price

The total cost of the Master is 11.490 € Exempt from VAT under Article 10 of DPR 633/72.

• 500 € are for the matriculation to Politecnico di Milano and 10.990 € are for the application to the Master.

Faculty

The master has in his faculty some of the best Italian Lighting Designers such as Chiara Bertolaja, Piero Castiglioni, Carlo D’Alesio, Vittorio Libertucci, Lisa Marchesi, Francesco Murano, Pietro Palladino, Marinella Patetta, Giovanni Pinna and Alessandra Reggiani and is directed by Maurizio Rossi.

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