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- 2009, Lighting for Commercial Building – Mustafa Extension Four (Concept Proposal)
- 2010, SINGAPORE ARCHITECT (Issue #256) – 78 Shenton Way & Forum Architects
- 2011, Guerrilla Lighting 2011 – design presentation to Night Festival 2011 Committee / National Museum of Singapore
- 2011, Lighting for Conservation Building – Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore
- 2011, Lighting for Mixed-use Development – Project example (Preliminary proposal)
- 2011, Project template – lighting for mixed-use development
- 2011, Project Template – Residential Development, Landscape & Facade Lighting Design
- 2011, Project Template – Urban Lighting Masterplanning
- 2011, Project Template – Landscape Lighting Design Proposal
- 2011, Strijp-S // connected, responsive, dynamic, timeless, Intelligent Urban Lighting Solution for Eindhoven
- Guerrilla Lighting
- 1. Singapore Guerrilla Lighting Workshop 2010 – video and results
- 2. Be inspired by the Guerrillas!
- 3. Guerrilla Lighting Student Workshop – about the site
- 4. Guerrilla Lighting Student Workshop – 21, 22 and 23rd Oct 2010!
- 5. Guerrilla Lighting Student Workshop – Student Lighting Handbook
- 6. Guerrilla Lighting Times – a publication for the Guerrilla Lighting student workshop
- 7. Urban Sketchers + Guerrilla Lighting – 23rd October 2010, 7pm
- Kay-Poh
- David McCandless
- On In Praise of Shadows, An Imagined Dialogue with Junichiro Tanizaki
- Our Singapore? A new identity?
- Participatory design, is that the new way forward?
- Ron Arad: Restless – London Barbican Gallery 2010
- Super-Critical: Should we theorize architecture? Or can theories define architecture?
- Toby Paterson… Consensus and Collapse
- Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde
- Our Publications
- 2006, mAAN 2006 conference Tokyo
- 2006, Urban Nightscape 2006 Athens
- 2008, Light + Building 2008, Frankfurt – paper presentation at Light Focus
- 2009, 6TH LUX PACIFICA – “Towards a Totalistic Energy Efficient Lighting System” – Paper selected for presentation
- 2009, Illuminating Engineering Association of Thailand journal (April-June 2009)
- 2009, Interview with Singapore Tatler Homes (March-May 2009 issue)
- 2009, Presentation at City Planner Forum, Professional Lighting Design Convention (PLDC) 2009, Berlin
- 2009, SINGAPORE ARCHITECT (ISSUE #249) – Open Source Neighborhood Design (paper presentation for mAAN 2009 conference)
- 2010, D+A issue 057.2010 – Guerrillas of Light
- 2010, D+A issue 058, “Lets Make Lights Work”
- 2010, Interview with My Paper, 15/10/2010 – Views on Singapore lightscape
- 2010, Interview with Straits Times, ‘City Lights, a Wondrous Sight’, (05 Sept 2010)
- 2010, MONDO Arc UK, OCT/NOV 2010 ISSUE – Inspirations #3
- 2010, Rojak 16 – After 7
- WE LOVE LIGHT
‘A Magical Lawn’ – Light Installation for A Little Light Magic 2011
The lawn, often perceived to be subservient space to the built architectural form, the sometimes left-over plots in the process of design. Yet, if we were to examine the relationship of architecture to the green, the lawn is of compositional importance to the architectural forms, from antiquity to the current times. In this instance, our … Read more
whenlightswork’s light hearted conversation for FiveFootWay
Swee Hong was being approached by FiveFootWay on an interview about her thoughts of Asian Cities at night, and of course to share her ideas on what makes a good night-time city. The below are extracts of the article and do look out for more exciting information that are posted on FiveFootWay. Source: http://www.fivefootway.com/magazine/article/a_light_hearted_conversation About … Read more
Passage Illuminations (Guerrilla Lighting SG 2011) for Night Festival 2011
On the 26th and 27th of August 2011, guerrilla lighting happened again for the Singapore Night Festival! We were basking in a kaleidoscopic display of colours, lights and sounds (from the Substation and the singing of the invited performers at the Peranakan Museum). 30 students, together with the help from Miss Janice Tan Li-Ling (Lecturer … Read more
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Passage Illuminations (guerrilla lighting 2011) for Singapore Night Festival 2011 – preview
Passage Illuminations By Whenlightswork Various locations along Stamford Road Fri 26 Aug – Sat 27 Aug 2011 | 7pm – 2.30am Voyage Night Festival 2011 introduces Whenlightswork, a new local design team that draws inspiration from the lighting ‘guerilla’ movement first developed in the UK to light structures and transform environments in surprising and innovative … Read more
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whenlightswork is now part of the ONG&ONG family
As of July 2011, Swee Hong, the founder of whenlightswork has joined ONG&ONG as the director of their first Lighting Consultancy studio. We envision this integration to be a revolutionary one, where architecture and lighting is now as one, and there will not be any scope of works difference during project discussion, even at the … Read more
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whenlightswork invited to organize guerrilla lighting event for Singapore Night Festival 2011!
This year, for the Singapore Night Festival 2011, whenlightswork will be planning another round of ‘guerrilla lighting attacks’ on 2 locations near the Night Festival event hub (National Museum of Singapore). The invitation came as a pleasant surprise to us as the curator team is looking at having an architectural lighting event to be incorporated … Read more
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whenlightswork invited for SPARC Sydney!
whenlightswork is invited as the SPARC Sydney guest blogger for Philips Light Community, and as one of the panelist for the Philips Lighting Specifier Discussion Panel. For the event, we will be giving regular updates, exclusive coverage of the event from designer’s/ user’s perspective and out feedbacks on the event. So, please stay tuned for … Read more
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whenlightswork seeking intern
We have an opening for an internship position for student who want to work on a variety of work, concerning research, lighting design events and practicing in Asia. Candidates with Architectural lighting background will be preferred, and it will be a bonus if you have a degree in Daylighting study. Do drop us an email … Read more
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Linking Urban Adaptive Reuse Project and Lighting Proposal for Eindhoven
Here’s background on the development history and vision of Eindhoven, Strijp-S, which the surrounding developments were originally Philips complex.Interestingly, the aspects of preservation and urban reuse is not covered extensively in the competition website. Now the development is bustling with activities and had hosted a few design events. So, how can lighting complement the existing set of … Read more
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Whenlightswork Entry shortlisted for Intelligent Urban Lighting Solution for Eindhoven
whenlightswork entry for the “Intelligent Urban Lighting Solution for Eindhoven” competition organized by Living Labs Global shortlisted as one of the finalist for pitching. The concept proposed is structured upon examining the context of a public space, the illumination of these public areas, and the meaning of an intelligent urban lighting solution. Urban Lighting had … Read more
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Recent Posts
- ‘A Magical Lawn’ – Light Installation for A Little Light Magic 2011
- whenlightswork’s light hearted conversation for FiveFootWay
- Passage Illuminations (Guerrilla Lighting SG 2011) for Night Festival 2011
- Passage Illuminations (guerrilla lighting 2011) for Singapore Night Festival 2011 – preview
- whenlightswork is now part of the ONG&ONG family








