Archives: Speakers
Lewis Sweenie
15th Oct – Business Theatre: Live Demo / 12pm – 12:30pm Streamline Your Landscaping Business: Live demo of ToolTime Lewis will demonstrate how landscapers can use ToolTime’s web and mobile apps interactively to create efficient workflows, track job progress in real-time and streamline communication between off and on-site teams. He will show how users can complete job sheets in the mobile app and how this syncs to the web software. BIO Lewis Sweenie is a dedicated advocate for the landscaping industry, bringing a unique blend of software expertise and deep understanding of the trades to his role at ToolTime. Growing up…
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15th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 11am-11:45am Integrating light: Barclays Campus, Glasgow At the Barclays Campus in Glasgow, BDP has sensitively illuminated the public realm to create a new landscaped tranquil public space designed to encourage rest and dwell. The lighting features a series of low level and integrated details designed to complement the landscape. Tom Niven walks us through the ambitious scheme. Bio Tom has been with BDP since 2007 and leads the London team. He has designed schemes for large commercial developers and clients including Google, Grosvenor, BP, PWC and Barclays, learning the importance of people-centered design. He has…
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15th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 3pm-3:45pm Meeting the Challenge of Collaboration How can the full landscape project team – including designers, suppliers and contractors – work better together to cut friction, delays and misunderstandings, to deliver the client’s dream? Our panel discusses the obstacles to teamwork and the strategies for overcoming them. 16th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 1pm-1:45pm Illuminating gardens: Good to great This presentation will focus on taking garden lighting to the next level: the proven techniques and the key technologies. Expert Sam Cox will look at some real life residential projects, and explain how the right choice…
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15th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 2pm-2:45pm How to get planning permission for exterior lighting The exterior lighting of landscape projects is increasingly a stumbling block in the planning process. Neil Skinner, an experienced lighting consultant who works with planning consultants and ecologists to help developers achieve compliance, explains how to stay on the right side of the planners. BIO Neil Skinner’s experience spans three decades in the lighting industry. From creative beginnings studying Art & Design in his native Newcastle, Neil then completed a BA (Hons) in 3D Design in Sheffield, before moving to London to study the world-renowned MSc…
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15th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 10am-10:45am Reimagined with light: The Ark Hammersmith, London The Ark Hammersmith is a vibrant blend of residential, commercial, and retail space in west London. Its success hinges on the innovative use of lighting to create a contemporary atmosphere to the exterior landscaping. Laura Čižauskaitė, leader of the lighting design effort, shares the valuable insights into the decisions that resulted in a stunning outcome. Bio Based in London, Laura Cizauskaitė is a Senior Associate at the multi award-winning lighting design practice Lichtvision. The company has offices in Berlin, Hong Kong, London and Shanghai. Trained as an…
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15th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 3pm-3:45pm Meeting the Challenge of Collaboration How can the full landscape project team – including designers, suppliers and contractors – work better together to cut friction, delays and misunderstandings, to deliver the client’s dream? Our panel discusses the obstacles to teamwork and the strategies for overcoming them. BIO Kyle Gamble started his own firm to provide an electrical service focused on safety, transparency and ethics. It undertakes residential and commercial projects of all sizes across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and London. Its speciality is garden lighting installations, including courtyard gardens, rooftop terraces, country manor houses and…
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15th Oct- Lighting Theatre- 3pm-3:45pm Meeting the Challenge of Collaboration How can the full landscape project team – including designers, suppliers and contractors – work better together to cut friction, delays and misunderstandings, to deliver the client’s dream? Our panel discusses the obstacles to teamwork and the strategies for overcoming them. BIO Inessa Lomas is dedicated to enhancing the built environment through thoughtful and inclusive design. Since joining Arup’s London lighting team in March 2016, she has been involved in projects across built environment spectrum and is currently a Senior Designer in the Landscape Architecture Team. Inessa leverages her expertise in…
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16th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 11am-11:45am 7 ways to think like a lighting designer In this special presentation, award-winning lighting designer Michael Grubb shares the key approaches he takes when tackling high profile exterior lighting projects. He will share his insights and experience with reference to a number of acclaimed schemes, including Princes Circus in London, Broad Marsh in Nottingham, King’s Square in Gloucester and the Royal Terrace Gardens in Torquay. Bio With an impressive career that spans more than two decades, Michael has travelled all corners of the globe to work on a wide range of award-winning projects. He…
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16th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 10am-10:45am Building communities with light Landscape lighting can bring neighbourhoods together by improving safety and security, engendering civic pride and encouraging social interactions. It can also support community activities and events in the evening by creating welcoming spaces. Magdalena Gomez, a designer specialising in landscapes and lighting, looks at examples of successful community lighting projects. BIO Magdalena Gomez has over 20 years of experience in architectural lighting design. She’s originally from Mexico City, and after graduating from Architecture with a speciality in Urban Planning, she moved to Germany to pursue her master’s degree in Architectural…
Continue readingCarrie Donahue Bremner
16th Oct – Lighting Theatre / 2pm-2:45pm Case study: Manhattan West public realm, New York Manhattan West is a mixed-use project in New York forming part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment. Illuminated by acclaimed London-based lighting practice Speirs Major Light Architecture, the design for the central elevated 2.5-acre plaza supports easy permeable connection with transport hubs, a thriving retail environment, and opportunities for social interaction. The lobbies of buildings One and Two act as an extension of the public realm, with light that cleverly dissolves the glazed external envelopes, while celebrating the sculptural qualities of the architecture. Speirs Major walks us…
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