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LIGHT UPON LIGHT - International Student Lighting Design Competition The Department of Architectural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering Mataria, Helwan University

📢 Competition Update – Light Upon Light International Student Lighting Design CompetitionTo our wonderful student and em...
29/06/2026

📢 Competition Update – Light Upon Light International Student Lighting Design Competition

To our wonderful student and emerging designers around the world,

We have been truly inspired by the enthusiasm and passion shown for this year's Light Upon Light Student Lighting Design Competition. Following numerous requests from students and universities, we have decided to postpone the current competition round to November. (New deadline will be announced soon on our page and the competition website).

Many participants expressed their wish to have additional time after the completion of their final-year examinations, project reviews, and graduation commitments, allowing them to collaborate with their teammates and develop even stronger, more innovative design proposals. We have listened—and we couldn't agree more.

We believe that great ideas deserve the time to grow, and we want every team to have the best opportunity to showcase their creativity, technical excellence, and passion for lighting design.

We are excited to see what you will create over the coming months, and we look forward to an even stronger and more inspiring competition this November.

If you have any questions or require any clarification, please don't hesitate to contact us via Facebook Messenger or by email. We are always happy to help and support you throughout your journey.

Thank you for your patience, your creativity, and your continued enthusiasm.

The future of lighting design is bright... and it begins with you. 💡✨

Light Upon Light – International Student Lighting Design Competition We are proud and excited to officially announce the...
25/01/2026

Light Upon Light – International Student Lighting Design Competition

We are proud and excited to officially announce the launch of the 3rd Round of the “LIGHT UPON LIGHT – International Student Lighting Design Competition” — a global platform dedicated to celebrating creativity, innovation, and the transformative power of light in architecture and design.

After two successful editions that attracted outstanding projects from students across the world, this new round comes with even greater ambition, impact, and global reach. The competition continues to bring together emerging talents, universities, and design schools from diverse cultural and academic backgrounds, creating a unique international dialogue around lighting design.

🌍 An International Jury of Excellence
This edition will again be evaluated by a distinguished international jury panel composed of renowned academics, lighting designers, creative professionals, and industry leaders, ensuring a rigorous, inspiring, and globally recognized evaluation process.

🏆 Past Winners
On our website, we proudly celebrate the achievements of our previous winners whose visionary projects demonstrated originality, technical excellence, and conceptual depth. Their success reflects the competition’s mission to highlight pioneering student work and push the boundaries of lighting design thinking.

💡 Awards & Global Recognition
With significant awards (total of $14,000) and international exposure, “LIGHT UPON LIGHT” continues to empower students and emerging designers, and to encourage them to explore light not only as a technical tool but as a cultural, spatial, and emotional medium within architecture and the built environment.

We are truly excited and optimistic to receive a new wave of inspiring submissions from students and universities worldwide. We believe this edition will further expand the competition’s global footprint and showcase the next generation of lighting design leaders. We warmly invite architecture, design, and lighting students across the globe to participate and share their visionary ideas.

Let your creativity shine....
Let your ideas speak....
Let your light inspire the world.....

Learn more & register here:
👉 https://www.lightuponlightcompetition.com/











Congratulations to all Winners 🏆 👏 See you soon in LIGHT UPON LIGHT 3
24/11/2022

Congratulations to all Winners 🏆 👏
See you soon in LIGHT UPON LIGHT 3

LIGHT UPON LIGHT 2..Award Ceremony Now.. Congratulations to all winners 🏆
15/11/2022

LIGHT UPON LIGHT 2..
Award Ceremony Now..
Congratulations to all winners 🏆

12/09/2022

LIGHT UPON LIGHT 2
Category 2 - Winners 🏆 👏
Collective short clip

12/09/2022

LIGHT UPON LIGHT 2
Category 1 - Winners 🏆 👏
Collective short clip

We are all Achievers...We are all Winners... 🏆🏅🏅🏅Congratulations to all groups in Category (2) for your hard work and gr...
12/08/2022

We are all Achievers...
We are all Winners... 🏆🏅🏅🏅

Congratulations to all groups in Category (2) for your hard work and great effort. We were very delighted to receive such innovative ideas and beautiful projects.

We will contact all of you soon to arrange all the final details for the closing ceremony to distribute certificate and awards to all winners. Please expect an email to be sent on your corresponding emails soon.

Enjoy your success to the maximum...
See you in LIGHT UPON LIGHT 3....

LIGHT UPON LIGHT Team

We are all Achievers...We are all Winners... 🏆🏅🏅🏅Congratulations to all groups in Category (1) for your hard work and gr...
12/08/2022

We are all Achievers...
We are all Winners... 🏆🏅🏅🏅

Congratulations to all groups in Category (1) for your hard work and great effort. We were very delighted to receive such innovative ideas and beautiful projects.

(P.s For the first time this year, 2 groups in Category 1 shared the 3rd Prize award)...

We will contact all of you soon to arrange all the final details for the closing ceremony to distribute certificate and awards to all winners. Please expect an email to be sent on your corresponding emails soon.

Enjoy your success to the maximum...
See you in LIGHT UPON LIGHT 3....

LIGHT UPON LIGHT Team

Individual posts for (People Vote Certificate):Again this (PEOPLE VOTE Certificate) is totally separate from the Jury's ...
07/08/2022

Individual posts for (People Vote Certificate):

Again this (PEOPLE VOTE Certificate) is totally separate from the Jury's decision. The Jury’s decision has been already taken. This is an added certificate to enable the finalists to share their creative works with the world. The votes will be counted on the FIRST IMAGE of each project and the winners will be announced with the official winners’ announcement on August 12th, 2022.

Category (2)
• Project (CS-2021-CAT02-1268) DIMENSIONS OF LIGHT
By: Harsha Verma, Srishti Sarkar, Shambhavi

• Lighting design approach:
“Specially created based on the rich Islamic designs and the desert element of Egypt. The concept presents a model for a ceiling hanging luminaire which is designed for a residential use. The form begins with a 350 mm diameter cylindrical Islamic jali (latticed screen, usually with an ornamental pattern constructed through the use of calligraphy, geometry or natural patterns) in the center, surrounded by organic ringed panels around it. The Jali is inspired by the Arabic translated phrase of (Dimensions of Light). The surrounding panels are made of a dusky shade of fabric to reflect the texture of sand, commonly seen on Egyptian land. The panel holds the shape due to the outer aluminum framework. The diameter of the outermost panel is 590 mm while the innermost panel is 450 mm.”

Individual posts for (People Vote Certificate):Again this (PEOPLE VOTE Certificate) is totally separate from the Jury's ...
07/08/2022

Individual posts for (People Vote Certificate):

Again this (PEOPLE VOTE Certificate) is totally separate from the Jury's decision. The Jury’s decision has been already taken. This is an added certificate to enable the finalists to share their creative works with the world. The votes will be counted on the FIRST IMAGE of each project and the winners will be announced with the official winners’ announcement on August 12th, 2022.

Category (2)
• Project (CS-2021-CAT02-1168) THE SAMARAA CHANDELIER
By: Mohamed Ebrahim, Mostafa Mahmoud, Abdalrahman Mohamed,
Mohamed Adel

• Lighting design approach:
“The design idea stems from the abstraction of one of the famous landmarks, the mosque of Samarra or the great mosque in Iraq, which is one of the most important islamic monuments. It contains a minaret, which is the most famous Islamic minarets because of its distinctive and unique architectural form, which was built in a spiral shape. The Unit is characterized by a spiral shape inspired by the shape of the minaret in the Samarra Mosque. The Lighting of the chandelier is characterized by calm colors, including white and warm and specifically for the intensity of illumination, a number of lamps were used to suffice for a large space, such as large and spacious halls with 10 bulbs in total.
The materials of the outer body of the chandelier are characterized by durability and hardness. They are chrome, copper and aluminum; all of them are polished to give luster with the reflection of light on it. Aluminum plays a key role in improving efficiency, reducing global energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as well as improving product lifespan and reducing demand for natural resources. The use of the Islamic pattern as an expression of the Islamic spirit in the form and unit of illumination which is an overlapping of geometric shapes with each other.”

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