Principal Paul Zaferiou recently spoke at the IIDA New England panel “Collaboration: Lighting Design,” which explored the benefits of collaboration between the Lighting Design and Interior Design communities. Other panelists included Sara Schonour, CannonDesign – Vice President, Lighting Studio leader; and Shahrzad Abtahi, Lightcraft – Director of Lighting Design Boston.

Paul brought his storied career and lighting design perspective to this interactive panel, which discussed topics and ideas on how to tell a story or convey a message through light; how lighting design has impacted wellness & sustainability; and how adding professional  lighting design to interior design projects can make them significantly more successful.

We are thrilled to announce our latest firm promotions, continuing our commitment to growth and leadership within Lam Partners. Read all about Olivia, our latest project designer promotion, and learn a few interesting facts about her, too!

We are so excited to welcome Eda Muco to our firm as Project Designer. Eda is passionate about lighting and architecture, and her professional experience as an interior/lighting designer has given her many opportunities to contribute to the industry. She has a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Fluent in Mandarin and Albanian, she was brought up in Asia, which gives her a different perspective of the design field. She is specifically interested in the technological potential that lighting can reach to create purposeful and beautiful environments. Eda’s other passions include taking dance classes, and immersing herself in the design and emerging social scenes in the hospitality industry. Welcome Eda!

“But now the sliver of land at the edge of the Center City district has been transformed by local architecture firm ISA into seven sleek and livable apartments. The oddly shaped lot is a leftover from the construction of Interstate 676, a below-grade multilane highway dating from the late 1950s that sliced through Philadelphia’s dense urban fabric.” Architectural Record features XS House, our lighting project with architecture firm ISA, in the January 2020 issue.

XS House, located in Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood, slots seven apartments into an 11-food-wide by 93-foot long site, strategically occupying expanded bays, mezzanines, and bi-level upper units for a total of  5,000 square feet. Lighting in the apartments needed to be strategically placed as to not take up the already limited space while also complementing the urban architecture.

Read more about the project here: bit.ly/2Wo1s26

We are so excited to announce that two of our projects, Carnegie Mellon University at Mill 19 by R3A Architects, and XS House by ISA Architects, have received Silver Medal awards at the 2019 AIA Pennsylvania Architectural Excellence Awards! Congratulations to both project teams!

Read more about the winning entries here: bit.ly/2Wo1s26

Photography Credits: Ed Rombout (Carnegie Mellon); Sam Oberter (XS House)

Lam Labs, our research and development arm of Lam Partners, is continuing to make headway into increasing the conversation of ideas beyond the scope of design projects.

Recently, Lam Labs director Dan Weissman gave a series of guest lectures at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design on how architectural lighting can impact environmental systems and the study of human needs, comfort, performance, and sense of well-being in relation to the physical environments, both natural and man-made, that occur in and around buildings. This ongoing discussion about which environmental factors may be wisely utilized, controlled, and modified as an integral part of the architectural design, including lighting, is something that continues to evolve.

Lam Labs was founded on the idea that increasing research and discussion about lighting technologies, human perception of light, environmental variables, and energy use/efficiency can and will help to change the built environment.  Make sure to check out more about Lam Labs and our ongoing initiatives in research and design here. 

On the latest Inclusive Designers podcast, our very own Catherine Leskowat, Assoc. IALD, Assoc. IIDA, LEED AP ID+C, discusses lighting and the circadian system and how important it is for our health and well-being on Designing for: Lighting and the Circadian System. Topics discussed include: aging, lighting, acoustics, preventing falling, lighting design for showrooms, blue vs. red light, and our circadian system, among others.

Find the podcast here: https://inclusivedesigners.com/podcast/designing-for-lighting-and-the-circadian-system-season-1-episode-4/