Máster en Iluminación

Program Overview

The Postgrado de Experto Universitario en Diseño de Iluminación addresses the need for dedicated lighting education in Spain. Emphasizing light's transformative power, the program covers design principles, technical knowledge, and practical applications in various spaces. Through workshops, collaborations with industry professionals, and visits to notable lighting installations, students develop the skills to seamlessly integrate lighting into architectural and interior design projects. The program aims to equip graduates with the expertise to enhance spaces and create memorable user experiences.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Postgrado de Experto Universitario en Diseño de Iluminación aims to fill a gap in design education in Spain. While there are many programs on interior design and architecture, dedicated lighting education is often considered secondary. The program emphasizes the importance of light as a key component of design, highlighting its ability to reveal spaces, influence moods, and shape behaviors. It covers all disciplines related to lighting, from creativity to technical knowledge and practical application in various spaces like commercial, residential, hotel, restaurant, events, and more. The program aims to equip students with the skills to integrate lighting into any design, enhancing architecture and creating a remarkable experience for clients and users.

Outline:

The program is structured into 12 modules, covering a comprehensive range of topics related to lighting design.

Module 1: Introduction and Fundamentals of Lighting Design (2 ECTS)

• Introduces the world of lighting, covering fundamental concepts that will be developed throughout the course.
• Emphasizes the importance of light, basic rules, key parameters, and examples of unique lighting projects.

Module 2: History and Current State of Artificial Lighting Systems (1 ECTS)

• Provides a historical overview of artificial light, starting from the late 19th century.
• Analyzes the evolution of lighting systems from one technology to another, culminating in the current LED technology.
• Includes a review of the history of design lighting in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Control and Home Automation (2 ECTS)

• Addresses the vast array of products available in the market, helping students choose the most suitable systems and models for each project.
• Reviews the range of major lighting systems based on different light characteristics, the scenarios they create, technical requirements, energy savings, and design.
• Students will develop their own catalog of resources and contacts for initiating lighting projects.
• Introduces the growing possibilities offered by the evolving world of home automation.

Module 4: Photometry and Regulations (1 ECTS)

• Briefly reviews current lighting regulations and photometric analysis to ensure compliance and achieve well-lit spaces.

Lighting Project I: Residential (3 ECTS)

• Emphasizes the importance of lighting design in domestic settings, highlighting its role in creating comfortable, relaxing, and functional spaces.
• Covers the impact of lighting on mood, circadian rhythm, and overall well-being.
• Includes a theoretical part followed by a practical workshop where students develop a lighting project for a residential space.
• Explores how lighting can enhance the interior design narrative, create specific sensations, incorporate marketing concepts, differentiate zones with different objectives, and provide a memorable experience for customers.

Module 7: Workshop: Design and Fabrication of Lighting Fixtures (2 ECTS)

• Students will design a lighting fixture under the guidance of an expert in design and fabrication.

Module 8: Commercial Space Lighting (2 ECTS)

• Addresses the importance of creating attractive commercial spaces that appeal to customers.
• Covers the technical lighting requirements for different types of businesses.
• Students will learn to design relaxing or stimulating lighting based on specific needs.
• Explores the adaptation of lighting to brand identity and the concept of conveying messages through light.
• Students will learn about traditional lighting calculation systems and current software that provides quick and reliable solutions.
• They will learn to use one of the most well-known software programs for calculating lighting in their projects.

Module 10: Lighting Project II: Hotel, Restaurant, and Retail (3 ECTS)

• Following the theoretical modules, students will put their knowledge into practice through a lighting project for a public space, guided by a workshop.

Lighting Project III: Outdoor and Events (5 ECTS)

• Explores one of the most captivating fields of lighting: designing for gardens, parks, facades, and even monuments.
• Emphasizes the inseparable bond between technique and creativity in this area.
• Students will also learn about spectacular and event lighting for parties, fairs, product launches, shows, and artistic light installations.

Module 12: Final Lighting Project (4 ECTS)

• Students will develop their final project, applying lighting design to a multi-functional space that requires a variety of technical systems and creative concepts.
• They will calculate the necessary lighting, choose systems from the wide range of brands and models they have learned about during the course, and present a complete lighting design project.

Teaching:

• The program is taught by specialized professors in each area.
• It features the participation of prestigious speakers, including lighting designers and manufacturers, who will deliver masterclasses showcasing and explaining their creations or products.
• Students will benefit from keynote lectures by renowned lighting designers and technicians from leading brands in the market, providing direct contact with prominent figures in the industry and their work.
• The program takes place at Creative Campus, a 5,000 square meter space in the heart of Madrid, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as the Atrium, the Tech-Factory classroom, the XR Lab, Wacom classrooms, and the FABLab.

Careers:

• Lighting Designer
• Interior Designer with a specialization in lighting design
• Architect with a specialization in lighting design
• Designer of ephemeral spaces and events with a specialization in lighting design
• Stage Designer
• Marketing and branding for prestigious firms
• Interior and architectural lighting
• Commercial lighting and window displays
• Landscape and outdoor lighting
• Monument and art gallery lighting
• Light art
• Event lighting

Other:

• The program is offered in collaboration with IADE, Escuela de Diseño, a school with over 60 years of experience and a recognized center of prestige and innovation in the field of interior design and fashion design, both nationally and internationally.
• IADE's primary objective is to provide personalized education, helping students discover and develop their own abilities.
• The program emphasizes the importance of the teacher-student relationship, fostering a stimulating, flexible, close-knit, and dialogical environment.
• The program includes attractive visits as an essential and effective part of the learning process.
These visits include lighting showrooms, laboratories, factories of leading brands in the market, and spaces and buildings with relevant lighting designs.
• The program features practical workshops where students develop their lighting projects with the support of several tutors.
• The program includes a workshop dedicated to creating and fabricating a decorative lighting fixture.