The second course of the program in focused on outdoor space, Urban Lighting, using the city of Stockholm as a living lighting laboratory for observation and analysis. In "Light and Space” in the Outdoor context, you’ll explore how lighting contributes in urban morphology, influences social interactions, and impacts both the environment and non-human life. With a focus on creating balanced, responsible lighting solutions, the course addresses public spaces, from streets and facades to pedestrian pathways.
You will work at various scales to harmonize darkness and illumination, designing with sustainability, social responsibility and technological progress in mind.
Additionally, the KTH campus functions as a hands-on site, where you will install a real-scale lighting installation, giving you the opportunity to turn theory into practice and see the transformative power of light in the built environment first-hand.
Apart from the Lighting Design Division teachers and tutors, you will meet as part of your educational journey some of the regular guests that take part on this course like the lighting design practitioners Kaoru Mende, Clara Fraenkel and Thomas Schielke.
Sustainability, darkness, technology, full-scale application.
KTH Campus
Autumn 2026: P1 (6 hp), P2 (6 hp)
33%
12279
Normal Daytime
English
Min: 5
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus HS2008 (Autumn 2026–)Content’s structure:
Design Methodology I
(Approach and Methods)
Technology I
(Light sources, luminaires)
Sustainability and Ecology
(People, Energy, Environment)
Urban Space Theory
(Landscape and City Scale)
Urban Lighting Design
(Full scale application)
The eligibility as required for the programme, or the equivalent knowledge in Architecture or related field. For exchange students not enrolled on the programme, specific entry requirements apply in the form of a portfolio, which must be approved by the course examiner.
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
The final grade for the course is based on a weighted assessment of the analysis, process and results from the two examination components, INLA and PROA, as well as an assessment of the learning process.
In INLA, the personal learning process is assessed based on the following criteria: completeness, structure, depth of reflection, critical thinking and research.
In PROA, both group work and individual contributions within the group are assessed. To pass PROA, students must carry out, follow and complete all the steps specified in the assignment description. Preparatory exercises and study visits, which serve as pilot activities before PROA begins, must be completed. The grade is based on an assessment of Vision and Concept, Process, Final Result, Presentation and Revision.
To receive a final grade for this course, students must achieve a grade of E or higher in both INLA and PROA and have an attendance rate of at least 80%.
