On the UNESCO’s International Day of Light 16 May 2022, The Daylight Award announced the 2022 laureates at the award ceremony in Copenhagen, Denmark, and via livestream - to the audience around the world.
As the closing part of the beautiful celebration of the 2022 laureates, spoken word poet Sara Rahmeh gave a unique performance as an ode to daylight, to the growing community, and to architects-researchers collaboration - the core of The Daylight Award;
THE LIGHT OF DAY
Our biggest design flaw as human beings is that we forget easily and take things for granted. We get comfortable and forget to appreciate the simple moments, moments that may seem mundane when they are happening, moments that are not eventful enough to be become memories. Like your first sip of coffee in morning, you know, the quiet sip, before your house awakes, before you check your agenda and read your emails. Right when your body stretches the night away, getting ready for another day.
How many times have you opened your windows, filling your home and heart with daylight, you bring the outside in, letting the rays warm your skin. We do this, countless times I am sure, yet how many of those times do we actually remember.
Today we take a moment.
A moment to appreciate and honor the minds that don’t forget. We owe them tonight, where we collectively remember the importance of daylight.
Today, is a celebration of accomplishments that leads to a societal change.
We celebrate the Architects that bring buildings to life, from an idea sparked, to an outline sketched to letting the walls of their creations take its very first breath. Their work is not just concrete they imagine environments that inspire, creating spaces we can’t help but admire.
Let’s be honest, only architects, truly appreciate architects. Because most of us, only appreciate the result of their hard work. We like places that make us feel good, however they came to be, is not something we ponder but being here today, you start to understand how their work is a genuine wonder.
We celebrate our health by celebrating the dedicated shoulders of our researchers, I am talking late nights and long hours of tirelessly working to understand the light inside us all. What makes it shine brighter and how it can help us, to stand tall. We eat healthy, we exercise, we read and write, neglecting the fact that what we also need, is time outside.
The impact that daylight has on our wellbeing is infinite, from treating the body to enhancing the state of our minds, so let us salute our researcher’s commitment and their truly remarkable scientific finds.
Hell daylight, can probably also save your marriage. Ask your spouse to leave to house, and let them reflect in daylight. Don’t let them back into the house until they truly seen the light. And that’s the end of that fight. This is why I recommend that you never fight at night. You´re welcome.
Today we celebrate the community of light, from the architects to the researcher, from the Jury to the people in the beginning of their journey. From the curiosity of the younger generation of great thinkers to the commendable successes of our role models on stage tonight. To every single one of you tuning in online. The potential today makes the shadows hide; it removes the unnecessary divide. To foster collaboration, I invite you to listen to your imagination.
Allow future partnerships to form. Everyone here, has what it takes to chase away the dark, and we all dream about leaving behind, a memorable mark.
Daylight is endless in its generosity, and so are the opportunities in this room. You are all building bridges, supporting the foundation, of a brighter future, brick by brick, thought by thought, day by day, spark by spark, exchanging knowledge with inquisitive hands and open hearts.
Today we celebrate the extraordinary, the above and beyond, we celebrate the joined efforts of two fields, making this award is a celebration of life.
Let us celebrate words spoken, let’s take them with us when we leave, as a memory, as a small token. How do quotes become quotes? well, quotes become quotes on nights like this.
Capturing the beauty of the ordinary - that is architecture. We all work with light within its different manifestations. Light is kind of amazing because you learn each time. What is the healthy light diet? How much, for who? And when do we need light? And when do we need darkness? So - if anyone ever tells you, that scientists and architects are not poets, you can tell them that they are wrong.
Our biggest design flaw as human beings is that we easily forget and take things for granted. However, the achievements of Yvonne Farrell, Shelley McNamara & Anna Wirz-Justice, makes it easier for us to remember and easier for us to appreciate and endorse.
That the light in them, is by far, a powerful force.
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21 авг 2023
