Openlight: A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other

Noriyuki Fujimura; Masa Inakage; Hideki Sunahara; Satoru Tokuhisa; Atsuro Ueki; Masato Yamanouchi

doi:10.1145/2494091.2494097

Openlight: A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other

Noriyuki Fujimura, Masa Inakage, Hideki Sunahara, Satoru Tokuhisa, Atsuro Ueki, Masato Yamanouchi

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Abstract

Though there are many examples of attempts to create interactive lighting installations in urban public space, its meaning for urbanites has not been fully explored and defined. What could interactive lighting contribute to urban public space? Using the concept of Third Place, this research focuses on the social potential of urban public space using the concepts of, especially the role of space in connecting people and fostering social capital. Our hypothesis is that interactive urban lighting can assist this role of urban public space. Openlight is a concept of networked interactive lighting that provides urbanites with open access to penetrate psychological barriers between individuals and groups in urban public space. Hence the interaction would provide more possibilities for urbanites becoming more aware of and getting to know each other. For this first attempt, we have created a scaled prototype for a Café/Restaurant setting.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing
Pages	17-20
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2494091.2494097
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2013 - Zurich, Switzerland Duration: Sept 8 2013 → Sept 12 2013

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Name	UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

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Other	2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2013
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Zurich
Period	9/8/13 → 9/12/13

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Fujimura, N., Inakage, M., Sunahara, H., Tokuhisa, S., Ueki, A., & Yamanouchi, M. (2013). Openlight: A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other. In UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (pp. 17-20). (UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing). https://doi.org/10.1145/2494091.2494097

Openlight : A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other. / Fujimura, Noriyuki; Inakage, Masa; Sunahara, Hideki et al.

UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. 2013. p. 17-20 (UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Fujimura, N, Inakage, M, Sunahara, H, Tokuhisa, S, Ueki, A & Yamanouchi, M 2013, Openlight: A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other. in UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, pp. 17-20, 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2013, Zurich, Switzerland, 9/8/13. https://doi.org/10.1145/2494091.2494097

Fujimura N, Inakage M, Sunahara H, Tokuhisa S, Ueki A, Yamanouchi M. Openlight: A concept of urban lighting to make urbanites aware of each other. In UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing. 2013. p. 17-20. (UbiComp 2013 Adjunct - Adjunct Publication of the 2013 ACM Conference on Ubiquitous Computing). doi: 10.1145/2494091.2494097

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