Guangzhou issued a special urban lighting plan to encourage

The reporter learned from the Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau that the "Guangzhou Urban Lighting Special Plan (2021-2035)" (referred to as the "Plan") has been officially issued. The "Plan" puts forward the goal of "Light-speaking Yangcheng, green and low-carbon, vibrant Bay Area, and international quality", encourages "internal light transmission", prevents and controls "light pollution", and clearly establishes the light festival as a benchmark for global light art activities, building an international first-class urban lighting with a high starting point and high standards, and radiating the infinite charm of the "Picturesque Night Yangcheng".

"One core, one pole, multiple points of support, one belt and two axes in the landscape city"

The "Plan" fully explores the urban connotation of Guangzhou, coordinates the city's nighttime resources, and based on field survey data and questionnaire results, combined with urban big data research, proposes an urban lighting spatial pattern of "one core, one pole, multiple points of support, one belt and two axes in the landscape city".

Among them: "One core and one pole" refers to a central urban area and a Nansha sub-center; "multi-point support" refers to a multi-level public service center system constructed with key urban areas and important functional areas; "One belt and two axes" refers to the Pearl River as a belt, connecting the main development spaces of Guangzhou, and the two axes refer to new Central axis and traditional central axis; "Landscape in the City" refers to the natural landscape represented by Baiyun Mountain, Yuexiu Mountain, Pearl River, and Haizhu Lake, which contrast with the urban landscape and together constitute Guangzhou's unique urban landscape pattern.

Create night views of the Pearl River's West Channel and Back Channel waterfront

The "Plan" starts from a humanistic perspective, pays attention to people's night life needs, and incorporates urban "dark areas" such as back streets and alleys into functional lighting systems. At the same time, it will make up for the shortcomings of internal infrastructure construction in villages and towns, and improve nighttime public safety. The nighttime layout of flat public spaces creates a multi-level life and leisure circle for citizens, forming an orderly and richly layered nighttime activity environment, using the new creativity of urban renewal + the old memories of Lingnan culture to create warm care at the "doorstep".

Regarding Guangzhou's "one belt, two axes and multiple nodes" nightscape lighting pattern, the "Plan" combines Guangzhou's future development strategy and spatial structure, selects lighting elements based on aesthetic and cultural values, strictly controls the total amount, and optimizes the inventory. Improve the lighting quality of the Pearl River front channel landscape belt, proactively create night views of the Pearl River waterfront such as the West Channel and the Back Channel, and promote high-quality development along the Pearl River; drive the traditional central axis, new central axis, The scientific and technological innovation axis is updated in an orderly manner; an urban streetscape with Lingnan characteristic buildings such as arcades and ancient alleys is created, and red landmarks dominated by red buildings are realized to achieve new vitality in the old city and continue the red blood.

Encourage "internal light transmission" and avoid excessive lighting

The "Plan" clarifies the boundaries of urban lighting, and establishes dark sky protection areas, restricted construction areas, moderate construction areas, and priority construction areas; establishes a negative list of urban lighting to avoid ecological damage, disturbance to residents and other issues. Encourage "internal light transmission" and standardize the scope and content of media facades. Based on a large number of actual measurements and subjective evaluations, combined with data analogies from other cities across the country, the lighting zoning and reasonable bright color, light color and dynamic indicators suitable for Guangzhou are proposed, which have greater energy-saving space, so that the lighting effects of social investment and construction can be based on evidence-based approval and construction, and avoid excessive lighting.

For example, the riverside buildings next to Jiangwan Bridge in Guangzhou have been reduced from 25cd/㎡ to 20cd/㎡ in the "Outdoor Lighting Interfering Light Limitation Specification" through the refinement of indicators. By controlling its own brightness, it achieves the dual goals of visual comfort and energy saving, further improving lighting effects and reducing Lighting energy consumption, prevention and control of nighttime light pollution, and complete control of energy consumption intensity and brightness balance.

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Enhance the international influence of the Light Festival

The "Plan" promotes the integration of traditional models and technological innovation, proposes three types of night tours: boutique tours in the main city, in-depth tours in the city, and tours around the city, and organizes six night tour routes including the Red Heritage Tour, the Millennium Heritage Tour, the Pearl River Charm Tour, the All-Taste Tour, the Vibrant City Tour, and the Xiguan Style Tour. Through the organization of night tours and planning of festival activities, we will highlight the splendor and charm of Guangzhou’s nightlife, and combine elements such as rural B&Bs and starry sky viewing to create new growth points for the night economy and help revitalize the countryside.

The Guangzhou International Light Festival has been held for eleven years. It is the only international light festival in the country. It is one of the most important annual public cultural events in Guangzhou. It was selected by UNESCO as one of the "International Year of Light" large-scale cultural events. It has greatly promoted the development of lighting technology, industry, cultural and creative tourism, etc., and has become the city card of Guangzhou. The "Plan" considers the Guangzhou International Light Festival as a separate lighting planning element, and proposes new development requirements such as more diversification and openness, fashion, science and technology and art, etc., to further polish the city's business card of Guangzhou and become a benchmark for global light art activities. (Source: Guangzhou Daily