Prize(s) Winners in Other Lighting Designs / Visitor Experience & Museum Exhibition
University / School Name Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT), Faculty Electrical Engineering and Media Technology
Lead Designers Burak Bardakci, Miriam Haidn, Nico Karl, Jannick Lippert, Franziska Rieder, Sara Salamun, Jesse Voigt, Malik Yalniz
Professor Names Prof. Sabine Wiesend
Client Salone Verde Art & Social Club
Photo Credits Jacopo La Forgia
Other Credits HFT Stuttgart Interior Architecture Prof. Ziegler, University of Stuttgart IBK2 Prof. Ostermann
Completion Date 10.05.2025
Project Location Salone Verde Art & Social Club, Calle Regina 2258, 30135 Venezia VE, Italy
Entry DescriptionFlight into Shadow explores how light and shadow shape our perception of heat, relief, and comfort in heat-stressed urban environments. At its core lies a striking architectural gesture: inviting the Sun indoors, creating a controlled solar experience independent of outdoor conditions.
Mycelium structures act as living filters – organic canopies that soften and scatter light, embodying ecological intelligence that allows shadow to grow. Light becomes both subject and medium, exploring the fragile balance between perception, protection and overexposure.
Inspired by the Komorebi effect – the dance of sunlight filtering through leaves – the project transforms this fleeting spectacle into an immersive architectural experience, capturing nature’s quiet choreography in form and light.
A powerful artificial Sun composed of individually controlled luminaires creates shifting atmospheres of brightness and shade, where the visitors move between moments of harsh exposure and gentle refuge in shadow experiencing light as a dynamic and living phenomenon. Through a delicate choreography of light, the installation comes alive, shifting fluidly between moods and scenes.
Parallel to the Venice Architecture Biennale 2025, as part of the Keep Cool! Workshop for Cool Cities, the installation invites visitors to explore strategies for adaptation and coexistence in a climate changing world.
Sustainability ApproachOur sustainability approach operates on several levels. Material choices reflect a low-impact approach: The mycelium panels introduce a fast growing and fully compostable element, produced with minimal resource input. All luminaires used in the sun are repurposed fixtures, extending their lifecycle and avoiding new production. The entire Sun structure was locally manufactured at DIT using minimal resources. For the complete lighting system energy-efficient LED technology is used and programmed with time-based control. This ensures the system powers down automatically when not in use, conserving energy and eliminating the need for manual operation. Supporting a resource-conscious approach, all additional fixtures were reused from on-site assets. Minimizing its ecological impact, the installation is set to be presented again at the Re.Light International Light Art Festival in Regensburg.
