Light Poetry – Lichtdesign. Lichtplanung. Ruairí O'Brien. https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de Independent lighting design - Unabhänige Lichtplanung. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:07:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-2023-10-16-_Lichtdesign-Favicon-einzel-black-32x32.png Light Poetry – Lichtdesign. Lichtplanung. Ruairí O'Brien. https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de 32 32 Exhibitions / Art https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de/en/exhibitions-art/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:50:06 +0000 https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de/?p=8557 Exhibitions / Art

Exhibition
RUAIRÍ O’BRIEN

LIGHT III

“The Objects”
LIGHTINGS
SIGHTINGS
LLOVE

  1. November 2026
    Opening 6pm

ACCESS ART SPACE
Downtown
Cairo #lightart #ruairíobrien #accessartspace #lightpoetry

16 May 2026

LIGHTINGS

To celebrate the International Day of Light, I am delighted to announce an upcoming exhibition of new light works in my solo exhibition, entitled “LIGHTINGS.”

The exhibition will take place from 4 June to 14 June at Arcade Gallery in Maadi, Cairo.

More news coming soon …

Visit Ruairí O’Brien Light Art on Instagram: @ruairiobrien.light.artworks

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LIGHT II

Exhibition: RUAIRÍ O’BRIEN

ACCESS ART SPACE – DOWNTOWN CAIRO

Saturday, 10 January, 7 pm

Access Artspace is delighted to invite you to the opening of LIGHT II – a new exhibition by the renowned ‘light poet’, artist and architect Ruairí O’Brien.

Born in Dublin and working between Dresden and Cairo, O’Brien returns following last year’s success to present a unique “10+6+2+1” configuration. The exhibition features 6 striking new light sculptures—continuing a theme begun in Germany in the early 2000s—alongside 10 large-scale oil paintings, 2 drawings and one immersive installation piece, the “Idea machine,” a concept evolving since 1999. Exploring themes of Love, Time, Balance, and Transparency, these works stand as hopeful, luminous fragments that open onto larger worlds.

Address: 10 Elnabarawi st. Off of champollion st. Downtown , Cairo

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LIGHT exhibition by Ruairí O’Brien

From 11 January to 2 February 2025, lighting designer, architect and artist Ruairi O’Brien presents a new exhibition at Access Art Space (10 Al Nabrawi, Champollion Rd, Downtown Cairo, Egypt). We are looking forward to a fascinating show of Ruairi O’Brien’s artistic exploration of the theme of light.

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]]> Day-and-Night Lighting Design for the Market Square in Floeha, Germany https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de/en/day-and-night-lighting-design-for-market-square-floeha/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:32:00 +0000 https://www.ruairiobrien-lichtdesign.de/?p=9137

Day-and-Night Lighting Design for the Market Square in Floeha, Germany

Precision Lighting Design for Vibrant Urban Spaces – Enriched by the Poetry of Light

At the “Alte Baumwolle” in Flöha, light is helping transform a former cotton mill into a new city center. After two decades of decay, outstanding industrial architecture, new public spaces and light come together to create a market square with a strong identity — by day and by night.

Four layers of light shape the experience. Custom-designed lighting masts provide precise, standards-compliant illumination while revealing the texture of the historic cobblestones and giving rhythm and depth to the square. Carefully controlled optics keep functional light away from façades, windows and planting.

As evening becomes night, changing lighting scenes connect the square with the surrounding mill buildings. Light animates the water and seating areas, inviting people to meet, sit and stay, while small artistic interventions add moments of surprise and poetry.

By day, sunlight becomes part of the design. Reflection, transmission and colour create changing patterns across the square. They move with the sun, disappear and return with the seasons — making light itself something to discover.

Lighting for the new restaurant and glasshouse will complete the composition: old and new, architecture and public space, day and night — connected through light.

“Contemporary Heritage” begins with the decision to preserve and revitalize the existing buildings and space. Then we add contemporary design to sThe historic Alte Baumwolle is transforming an industrial site into a new center for Flöha. Light supports this renewal, making the square welcoming and safe throughout the year. Our principle is simple: light where we need it, darkness where we do not. Precise optics protect homes from intrusive light, while planted areas remain dark for insects and wildlife. Light levels follow activity, reducing from 100% in the early evening to 75% and finally 25% at night, when decorative lighting is switched off. But sustainability is also about people. A market square that becomes the town’s “living room” — to meet, play, sit and talk — has lasting value. A public space that people enjoy, use and care about is a sustainable public space.

Fotos: Peter Fischer

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