Student

The Dutch Daylight Award already existed as an award for realized architectural projects, and as of 2023 we introduce the Dutch Daylight Student Award, aiming to further stimulate the knowledge about and enthusiasm for the use of daylight. In addition it aims to realize a platform to bring industry, education and advisory institutes together and exchange their knowledge. MSc and PhD students registered at Dutch higher education (universities, HBO’s, art academies) working on “something with daylight” were invited to show and share their research or design, to inspire others and have impact on the lighting profession. We welcomed fresh and innovative, out of the box ideas. Projects that contribute to the development of knowledge and awareness of daylight and its applications could be submitted in two categories: Daylight Research and Daylight Design.

The challenge was focused on smart daylight design. Two design and four research projects related to this challenge were submitted. The submissions were judged by the committee of the regular Dutch Daylight Award submissions on the basis of the deliverables (short papers and some supplementary visualizations), attending to:

  • The novelty and smartness of the usage of or knowledge about daylight.
  • How other factors are considered in the design (research), such as artificial lighting, indoor climate, sustainability, architectural innovation.
  • How light(ing), context, users’ experiences and wellbeing are addressed in its full dynamics and system.
  • For design projects: the feasibility, desirability and viability of the design concept.
  • For research projects: the technical and methodological soundness of the research, and the knowledge contribution.