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Pioneer of Light Priastini Amrita
Priastini Amrita
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By Denise Close, Jean-Luc Wittersheim
Architecture and lighting form an essential partnership according to Priastini Amrita, senior project architect in Bandung, Indonesia. Lighting intensifies architectural design and breathes life into buildings and their interiors. She foresees a future where building visitors will find their way thanks simply to technology-linked lighting systems.
Why did you become an architect?
Because my father was a soldier!
We lived in military housing previously owned by the Dutch army. The houses all looked the same to me and I wondered why they should be that way. One day I tried to draw my dream house on a scrap of telex paper, and every day since then I did drawings. My father knew that I loved drawing and kept me supplied with paper. He believed that someday I’d be an architect.
When I was 26 years old I was given my first assignment as project manager of an office building in Jakarta – which I felt was a huge challenge for someone so young.
“Lighting is not only something that’s needed, but also optimizes architectural design”
Priastini Amrita
