The people of Oulu have eagerly taken up the opportunity to interact with the street lights on Pakkahuoneenkatu Street. Anyone can go online and book a time to display their very own LightStory.
Participants can create an hour-long "story" on the project´s dedicated website (www.valotarina.fi) by choosing colors and dynamics for the vertical LED stripes on the lampposts and even create an online narrative or greeting to accompany their light show composition.
In addition to being posted on the web, participants´ LightStories will also be displayed on the UBI touchscreens located throughout the city. People will be able to interact with the lighting on Pakkahuoneenkatu Street evenings until the end of February.
This project is part of an ongoing research project being carried out by the University of Oulu Department of Architecture Department. Its aim is to research how lighting in urban environments could be designed to adapt to surroundings and to people´s needs.