Diana Del-Negro, PhD
Architect & Lighting Designer
Architect and Lighting Designer with over two decades of experience, specialising in architectural, urban and heritage lighting.
Leadership & International Role
Chair of the CIE technical committee TC 4-59, responsible for the global guide on urban lighting — shaping international standards for architectural lighting at city scale.
Professional Impact in Lisbon
For more than ten years, Diana designed and oversaw lighting for Lisbon’s major monuments and public spaces, including: Praça do Comércio Marquês de Pombal statue and roundabout (roadway + artistic lighting) Lisbon’s viewpoints network (miradouros) and associated churches São Roque Church Santa Casa da Misericórdia headquarters She also coordinated Lisbon’s first urban lighting masterplan.
Academic Foundation & Thought Leadership PhD in Artificial Lighting from The Bartlett, UCL Master’s in Heritage Rehabilitation and Conservation Guest lecturer for the Master’s programme in Light & Lighting at The Bartlett, UCL Author of a technical book and multiple academic publications Invited as an international speaker, jury and expert in conferences and specialist forums throughout Europe and abroad. Design Philosophy Diana designs lighting that enhances spatial orientation, cultural legibility and emotional atmosphere — sculpting architecture and urban identity through light. Her work combines: technical precision, cultural and historical awareness, and sensitivity to human visual perception.
PUBLICAÇÕES
Publicações
LIVROS
Del-Negro, Diana: “Arquitectura em luz: A iluminação exterior do Património” Editora Caleidoscópio, Lisboa, 2012
PUBLICAÇÕES CIENTÍFICAS
Del-Negro, Diana; Mansfield, Kevin: “Urban Lighting Masterplans: Sustainability and environmental guidelines” The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability Vol.9, 2014.
Del-Negro, Diana: Tese de doutoramento “The image of the city at night” UCL, 2016.
Del-Negro, Diana: Tese de mestrado “A iluminação Exterior do Património edificado”. IST, 2007.
ARTIGOS PARA REVISTAS
Del-Negro, Diana: “A importância da iluminação de monumentos históricos” Revista Lume Arquitetura, n. 60, Fev/Mar 13
ACTAS DE CONFERÊNCIAS
Del-Negro, Diana “The effects of exterior lighting on the image of an historical construction: Guidelines proposal” ProHitech’17 International Conference. Lisbon, Portugal 12th-14th July, 2017
Del-Negro, Diana “The influence of lighting on wayfinding” The CIE 28th session conference proceedings. Manchester, United Kingdom 29th June-3rd July, 2015
Del-Negro, Diana; Mansfield, Kevin: “Urban Lighting Masterplans: Sustainability and environmental guidelines” The 9th conference on environmental cultural, economic and social sustainability Hiroshima, Japan 23-25th of January 2013
Del-Negro, Diana: “The perception of London at night” Proceedings of experiencing light 2012: International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing. Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Del-Negro, Diana: “A iluminação exterior do património em contexto urbano: Alguns aspectos fundamentais” International Meeting on Lighting Design in Monuments and Historic Sites, conference proceedings IGESPAR, Alcobaça, Portugal, 2012
CONFERÊNCIAS CIENTÍFICAS
Papers aceites para apresentação oral
2017 11th Space Syntax Symposium. Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Prohitech’17 International Conference. Lisbon, Portugal
2015 CIE (Comission Internationale de Èclairage) 28th session. Manchester, UK.
2013 LuxEuropa Cracow, Poland.
The 9th conference on environmental cultural, economic and social sustainability. Hiroshima, Japan 2013.
2012 International Conference on the Effects of Light on Wellbeing. Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Oradora convidada
PLDC Warm-Up. Londres, Reino Unido. 9-11 Fevereiro 2017
Estilo Luz Brasil. Porto Alegre, Brazil. 19-20 May 2015
Semana da luz. Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Brazil. 18-27 May 2015
Lights in Goa 4th Conference and workshop. Goa, India 2015.
PLDC Professional Lighting Designer Convention. Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.
International Meeting on Lighting Design in Monuments and Historic Sites, Alcobaça, Portugal, 2012
Colaborações
Convidada para o Paper Reviewing Committee da Professional Lighting Design Conference. Paris, França, 2017
Convidada para o Paper Reviewing Committee da Professional Lighting Design Conference. Roma, Italia, 2015
Convidada como moderadora na Professional Lighting Designer Convention 2013 em Copenhagen, Denmark
PROJECTOS CIENTIFICOS
Coordenação em Portugal do projecto de investigação financiado pelo EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) denominado “Do external lighting conditions affect pedestrian movement? An epidemiological study”, realizado em Lisboa em parceria entre a University College London e o Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa. Fevereiro a Junho de 2017
ENSINO
Realização de várias aulas na Bartlett, University College London, Londres Reino Unido, aos alunos de mestrado em Light and Lighting entre 2010 e 2016.
REFEREE/REVIEWER DE PUBLICAÇÕES CIENTÍFICAS
Lighting Research &Technology (LR&T). Publicação de referência internacional na área da iluminação
The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability
MEDIA
Convidada especial do programa Imovelclass TV da televisão Brasileira TV Bandeirantes. Emitido de Porto Alegre, no Brasil a 23 de Maio de 2015
Tema: Iluminação urbana.
Convidada do programa de rádio The urbanist, da Monocle radio. Emitido de Londres a 26 de Março de 2015.
Tema: Urban legibility and wayfinding.
Convidada do programa da rádio TSF Encontros com o Património, com Manuel Vilas-Boas. Emitido de Lisboa a 3 de Novembro de 2012
Tema: Iluminação do património.
