Alain Bénini

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Architect (official diploma by the French government), Alain Bénini works at the Hospices Civils of Lyon in the Hospital field, as engineer-architect. The quality of the places welcoming the patients and the worker is one of his interests.

Besides the Festival of Lights we can find his works in « Les Yeux de la nuit » (Genève, Switzerland) , « GLOW » (Eindhoven, Netherlands),  « DIVALI » or « Nights lights » (Singapour).

For several years, Alain Benini mainly works on the illumination of the main courtyard of the Hôtel Dieu.

Former editions of the Fête des Lumières:
2005 : « A light cube »
2006 : « Oddities from the Rhône »
2007 : « Cultures »
2008 : « Carroussel »
2009 : « Cordadra »
2010 : « Five Centuries »
2011 : « Coudecouleur »
2012 : « Correspondences »
2013 : « Climatic caresse »

Correspondences

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Theses, announcements, prescriptions, letters of encouragement… Writing reveals the history of this former hospital and thousands of letters form a ceiling of white reflectors which change colour acco

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Coudecouleur

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During works at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital, Alain Bénini continues to make us dream in the cloisters. Thanks to a system comprising almost 300 ramps of LED’s, he creates a singular, poetic, immensely col

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Cinq Siècles

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The Hospices Civils de Lyon (Lyon hospitals) architect offers a walk through time prior to the reconversion of the Hôtel-Dieu which is a feast for the eyes and ears. Its heritage unfolds using five th

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