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:
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Praça do Comércio
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Marquês de Pombal statue and roundabout
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Lisbon’s belvederes network (miradouros) and associated churches
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São Roque Church
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Santa Casa da Misericórdia headquarters
She also coordinated Lisbon’s first urban lighting masterplan.
Academic Foundation
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.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Del-Negro, Diana: “Arquitectura em luz: A iluminação exterior do Património” Editora Caleidoscópio, Lisboa, 2012
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
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.
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
Del-Negro, Diana: “A importância da iluminação de monumentos históricos” Revista Lume Arquitetura, n. 60, Fev/Mar 13
CONFERENCE PAPERS
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
PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS
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.
INVITED SPEACHER
PLDC Warm-Up. London, UK. 9-11 February 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
COLABORATIONS
Member of the Paper Reviewing Committee for the Professional Lighting Design Conference. Paris, France, 2017
Member of the Paper Reviewing Committee da Professional Lighting Design Conference. Rome, Italy, 2015
Invited as a moderator at the Professional Lighting Designer Convention 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS
Coordination in Portugal of the investigation project financed by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK) -“Do external lighting conditions affect pedestrian movement? An epidemiological study”. A study developed through a cooperation between University College London and Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa. February to June 2017.
TEACHING
Delivered lectures to the Master students at The Bartlett, University College London, UK, between 2010 and 2016.
REFEREE/REVIEWER FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Lighting Research &Technology (LR&T).
The International Journal of Environmental Sustainability.
MEDIA
Special guest at Imovelclass TV from Brasilian TV Bandeirantes channel. Broadcasted from Porto Alegre, Brazil 23-05-2015
Theme: Urban Lighting.
Guest at the Monocle radio show The urbanist. Broadcasted from London on 26-03-2015.
Theme: Urban legibility and wayfinding.
Guest at radio TSF show: Encontros com o Património. Broadcasted from Lisbon on 3-11-2012
Tema: Iluminação do património.
