Bios – 2026
Andrea Carson, born in 1989, Architect and Lighting Designer, work with the relationship between lighting and technology for Heritage.
He is the Founder and CEO of Luminum S.p.A., a company dedicated to the technological enhancement of cultural heritage. Over the years, the firm has spearheaded a wide range of projects across archaeological sites, museums, historic villas, and religious landmarks, coordinating high-impact initiatives for major institutions in Italy and abroad with a focus on integrating artistic lighting, historical preservation, and heritage regeneration.
He was selected as one of the top 40 lighting designers under 40 worldwide at the 40under40 Lighting Design Awards 2020 in London, and in 2021 he was awarded the „Mario Bonomo“ prize at AIDI’s Light Awards. In December 2022, he received an honorable mention at the KNX Award 2022 for the best technology integration project for a historical landmark, recognizing his lighting design for the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Sasso complex.
In 2023, he was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Italian Design Ambassador, presenting his projects in Albania and Georgia. That same year, he received the Premio Italia Giovane (Young Italy Award) at the MAXXI Museum in Rome for his dedication to enhancing Italian historical heritage.
He has collaborated as a Technical Partner on projects with various Italian institutions—including the Politecnico di Milano, the Triennale Design Museum, and IED- European Institute of Design – and has served as Chief Innovation Officer for startups and non-profits, such as the TERA Foundation (headquartered in Novara with laboratories at CERN in Geneva) and the Fondazione Riusiamo l’Italia.
Alongside his entrepreneurial activity, he is actively involved in business associations; from 2018 to 2023, he served as President for Alto Piemonte and National Board Member of the Young Entrepreneurs Group of Confcommercio Imprese per l’Italia. He regularly collaborates with industry magazines, universities, and research institutes to promote and disseminate new technologies applied to historical heritage through articles, conventions, and conferences.
The Art of Light in the regeneration of Historic Religious Heritage
This presentation draws on case studies of architectural lighting projects applied to Italian religious monuments, where advanced lighting design and new technologies have been combined to showcase buildings of exceptional historical and artistic value.
It subsequently offers a reflection on the future of lighting in the context of rapid technological evolution, examining how innovative solutions—such as HBIM, Domotic and the Internet of Things (IoT)—integrated with a participatory and sustainable approach, can become central pillars in rethinking the restoration and enhancement of historical buildings as key drivers of territorial regeneration.
Special focus will be placed on the role lighting design must assume when addressing future challenges, offering insights and references from projects where lighting design has played a pivotal role in regenerating iconic sites across religious cultural heritage.
