The document discusses how lighting brings cities and their spaces to life. It focuses on the street of Jalan Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, noting that the bright lights fuel the energy of nightlife activities in the city. Different forms of lighting, like those used in LED cubes and fluorescent signs, shape the atmosphere and illuminate both positive and negative occurrences. Lighting is shown to animate otherwise dull areas and structures, making it a vital architectural element that breathes life into urban environments after dark.

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LUmInarIa”
A city without lights, is a city without life
Lighting is an interesting subdivision of Architecture. It brings the building and its spaces
to life. It’s as if the activities in the city feed on the energy given off by the bright lights.
This journal documents this extraordinary phenomenon in Kuala Lumpur’s,
JALAN BUKIT BINTANG
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4. Lights are the life force of the night life
In the city
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9. It helps to illuminate the city
and it’s activities
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11. Lights illuminate Both the good and the bad activities
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13. different forms of lighting changes
the atmosphere of a space
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17. It can make a space seem more carefree
Such as the area around lot 10
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19. The light from the LED cube help to
illuminate the street performers
making them look surreal
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22. Fluorescent lighting is also very common
especially in street settings
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24. Caricature artists use the light of the led board
to aid them in their work
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27. Even the darkest part of the city are illuminated
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30. Dead buildings are also brought to life
Through lights
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31. LUMINARIA