Webinar: Zen and the Art of Lighting Design: Examining Quality

Introduction:
What is high quality lighting design? How can you know it when you see it? Better still, how can you plan to achieve it? This presentation delves into these key questions through real world examples and research to provide education facility designers with the knowledge to best guide their developments’ lighting towards high quality outcomes.

Speaker:
Geoff is an Associate at SMP Engineering and the Studio Lead for SMP’s in house lighting design studio: lightSPACE. His over 20 years of professional lighting design experience includes an extensive fine arts background in performance lighting design for theatre, dance, concert, and special event productions.

The combination of live performance and architectural lighting experience sets Geoff apart in the industry allowing him to contribute innovative concepts and solutions across a broad range of building types and sites. Notable recent projects include the world’s largest YMCA – The Brookfield Residential YMCA at Seton in Calgary as well as Calgary’s Centennial Planetarium transformation into a contemporary art gallery.

Geoff is Lighting Certified by the National Council on Qualifications for Lighting Professionals (NCQLP), an Associate member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), and an active member of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) where he recently served as the President for the Calgary Section (2018 – 2020).

Donation proceeds benefit the LOUD Art Society.