Urban Illumination

"Quotidian Scene"

A night view of an ordinary urban district.

Low-rise buildings line the streets here. It's a scene typical of regional cities, where larger buildings seem to disappear once you move a little further out.

A night view of an ordinary urban district. Low-rise buildings line the streets here. It's a scene typical of regional cities, where larger buildings seem to disappear once you move a little further out. Behind the windows, various people engage in their own activities, creating new stories each day, yet disregarding all these individual lives, the same lights shine forth night after night.

This art captures the detached exterior, indifferent to the bustle within.

Urban Planning and Nightscape Design

Beautiful urban nightscapes are not products of chance. Many cities implement professional design through "nighttime landscape planning." By unifying the color temperature, brightness, and lighting patterns of buildings, entire cities are transformed into cohesive works of art.

In Japan, Yokohama Minato Mirai and Kobe Harborland are known as pioneering examples, orchestrating nightscapes that include office building interior lighting. In Lyon, France, the "Festival of Lights" is held annually, using buildings themselves as canvases for light art.

Moreover, the spread of LED technology has enabled diverse lighting displays while conserving energy. What were once monotonous urban nights have now evolved into living landscapes that change with the time and season.