Who are we
ELBAZGILDEMONTES is a lighting design consultancy co-founded by Lara Elbaz and María Gildemontes in 2019 and formed by a multidisciplinary team.
We develop our practice in both national and international projects of different typologies and scales: landscape, heritage, urban, residential, retail, contract and exhibition spaces among others. Aware of the impact that Light has on the different aspects of our lives and our environment, we consider the description of architecture, emotions and human and environmental health, essential elements of our lighting projects. Their combination with a wide technical knowledge produce complete and exciting environments, essential for the well-being of people. Ecological awareness is of particular importance in our professional practice. This has led us to develop a working methodology that allows us to introduce actions to achieve more responsible lighting projects and to reduce their impact on the environment. |
The team
LARA ELBAZ began her career as a lighting designer more than twenty-five years ago. In her early days she worked for a prestigious Spanish lighting consultancy, where she specialised in urban, landscape and contract lighting. In 2008 she founded her studio LARA ELBAZ Lighting Design, which has allowed her to work nationally and internationally on different typology and scale projects, highlighting urban heritage, hospitality and residential lighting projects among others.
She combines her professional activity with an intense educational activity, participating in international workshops and conferences and teaching Lighting Design at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED Madrid) where she has directed the Lighting Design Master course from 2010 to 2020. She also participates in the Lighting Design Master course at the Universidad politécnica de Barcelona (UPC) since 2011. She is a Senior Professional Member of APDI (Spanish Lighting Designers Association) where she currently holds the position of vice president of the Board of Directors after her Presidency between 2019 and 2021. |
MARÍA GILDEMONTES began her career as a lighting designer more than fifteen years ago. At the beginning of her career, she worked for a prestigious lighting design studio where she specialized in heritage and cultural lighting. In 2013 she founded her studio GILDEMONTES which has allowed her to develop her work in a wider range of project typologies and scale, highlighting lighting projects based on sustainability criteria for ecological and sustainable architectural projects.
She has been teaching monographic classes at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid and at the UPC in Barcelona. She is a Senior Professional Member of APDI (Spanish Lighting Designers Association) where she currently holds the position of Chair of the Board of Directors. |
Process
We design complete lighting projects, from the conceptual phase to its conclusion.
Our way of communicating, documenting and presenting projects follows a structure defined by phases but we always adapt to the nature of the project and the client’s needs to define the content and scope of the work.
We follow 6 phases:
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The rigour in the communication and documentation of the project guarantees the correct installation and avoids budget deviations.
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