Simona Cosentino architect and lighting designer, Italy

Basilica of Sant’Andrea, Vercelli, Italy

San Pietro in Vincoli e Sant’Eusebio church, Cuceglio, Italy

Redentore chapel, Turin, Italy

Architect, independent Lighting Designer since 2005, promoter of the holistic approach within the lighting concept.

She deals with the enhancement of architectural heritage through light, starting from the analysis of natural lighting and history of the monument, integrating the lighting design with the architecture. He draws up innovative projects for hospitals and care centers, proposing the use of dynamic light and colored light with the aim of making the environment customizable and recognizable. In the lighting design for schools and offices, it combines functional needs, related to environmental comfort, allowing the client to obtain LEED and WELL certification.

In the urban environment she prefers the perception of space in its three-dimensional vision, going beyond the concepts related to energy saving, promoting a light identity, inclusive and dynamic.

She deals with didactics, the organization of workshops and seminars dedicated to light in its various forms. She has also collaborated with Politecnico di Torino University for the workshop “The Lighting Design”. Since 2020 she is author on the blog Luxemozione.

In 2016 she has been selected for the CODEGA PRIZE, for the lighting project of the “Primary School Dal Piaz” in Turin.

Associated APIL Italian Association of Lighting Professionals, regional advisor AIDI – Italian Lighting Association, she takes part in the international project WIL – WOMEN IN LIGHTING Italy and LDT, Lighting Design Team.

www.simonacosentino.com