WE ARE IN DIALOGUE WITH ZUHAL KOL AND CARLOS ZARCO SANZ

This month, we are hosting OPENACT founding partners Zuhal Kol and Carlos Zarco Sanz in our “Dialogue” interviews on Lighting Design with our guests from different disciplines of the industry.

We talked about lighting design with Zuhal Kol and Carlos Zarco Sanz, the founding partners of OPENACT, which has won many international and national awards in multiple architectures, urbanism, and design competitions, continuing their design and academic studies both in Turkey and Spain.

1. How does light affect your lifestyle in your life, work, or home?

While light determines the time and program quality of the places we are in every day, it is a powerful element that has a great impact on our perception of space and focus...

2. Which of the following is included in your Lighting Design project/investment? Why?

•        Science

•        Technical

•        Art

In our public space-oriented projects, light has a wide meaning, from security to determining the functionality of the space. Light has an inviting side. If we define light as a guiding light, we can say that lighting is like the bread crumbs we follow on that path.

3. Do you think Architectural Lighting Design can add value to the project? 

The effect of light on the space is undeniable, especially in infrastructural and public space projects, lighting design is a tool that adds temporal and perceptual values to the functionality of the space or as a tool to design programs.

4. What do you think the process of working with the Lighting Designer contributed to you as an investor/manager?

With the lighting-oriented perspective of the designer, we reveal the lighting potential of the environment at all stages of the design together.