Lighting of Cultural Heritage as a Tool to Exhibit Historical Architectural Values in the Context of Creative Industries (The Case of Ukmergė)
Lighting of Cultural Heritage as a Tool to Exhibit Historical Architectural Values in the Context of Creative Industries (The Case of Ukmergė)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is twofold: 1) to overview some ideas on creative industries and its major group – cultural heritage which is the soul of cultural and creative industries; in the context of creative economy an idea is proposed that a result of creative industries might enrich creative cultural project with additional value and generate valuable output; 2) to present a case study of Ukmergė city. The object of this article is to propose some ideas how an additional value is created which might enrich the urban project both in intangible and physical outcomes, e. g. the impact of urban lighting of public spaces. Many authors coming from a wide variety of perspectives have written about the very complex notion of public spaces, but authors of this article are focused on a role of artificial lighting which plays as a catalyst for increasing the awareness of the beauty and diversity of public spaces seen from the city: this stimulus encourages to rediscover and newly perceive the public spaces and the urban environment at night-time. Case study is based on Architectural-Urban Solution Creation and Development of Territory of Ukmergė Mound Project initiated by Ukmergė Municipality in 2010.

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