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The Daylight Award launches Daylight Conversations and opens for 2024 nominations
COPENHAGEN, 16 May 2023. The Daylight Award aims to raise a holistic understanding of the importance of daylight in research and in practice. Every second year the award honours a researcher and an architect, and nominations for 2024 are now open. To further support cross-disciplinarity and bridge-building, The Daylight Award is also premiering a series of video conversations about daylight.
Daylight Conversations
The Daylight Award strives to be more than an award. It represents the strong interlink between theory and practice, between researchers, architects, artists, educators, students and daylight enthusiasts all over the world. It wants to recognise professions who are bringing new knowledge, innovation and applications of daylight, leading to an increased benefit and appreciation of its importance for people and the environment.
The Daylight Award welcomes everyone who wants to join the conversations by sharing experiences, best practices, new research findings, inspiration or any other ideas that are exploring the significance of daylight for the life on Earth. To follow the activities and join the conversations, visit thedaylightaward.com
One name, but two prizes
The Daylight Award honours and supports daylight research and daylight in architecture. It acknowledges and encourages both scientific knowledge and practical application of daylight, which interlink disciplines that are usually addressed in separated, monocultural spheres, professional circles or practices. The Daylight Award strives to raise a holistic understanding of daylight and increase its positive impact on life.
DAYLIGHT RESEARCH
The Daylight Award for research is awarded to individuals or smaller groups of scientists who have distinguished themselves as outstanding contributors to internationally recognised daylight research. It acknowledges highly original and influential advances in the areas of natural science, human science or social science, with special emphasis on the effects of daylight on human health, well-being and performance.
DAYLIGHT IN ARCHITECTURE
The Daylight Award for architecture is awarded to one or more architects or other professionals who have distinguished themselves by realising architecture or creating urban environments that showcase unique use of daylight. Special emphasis will be put on architecture that considers the overall quality of life, its impact on human health, well-being and performance, and its value to society.
The award winner in each category is rewarded with a personal prize of €100,000.
The Daylight Award will actively solicit nominations from organisations, architects, researchers and other professionals who have an expertise and interest in the field of daylight research and daylight in architecture. Additionally, the Award accepts individual nominations from professionals.
The nominations open on 16 May 2023, UN/UNESCO’s `International Day of Light´, and will end by 15 September 2023. Mail address: nomination@thedaylightaward.com
The Jury will undertake deliberations during the following months, and the 2024 laureates will be announced on 16 May 2024.
The 2024 jury
Three new members join the jury for the 2024 Award, representing additional research fields and complementing the jury´s broad experience and knowledge within science and architecture. Meet the jury members: https://thedaylightaward.com/the-jury
About The Daylight Award
The Daylight Award was established by the philanthropic foundations VILLUM FONDEN, VELUX FONDEN and VELUX STIFTUNG, and is conferred biennially in two categories: Daylight Research and Daylight in Architecture. The award is given as personal prizes, and each to the sum of €100,000.
For more details, please visit thedaylightaward.com