Projects
Hospitality
Guest rooms, apartments, corridors and facades. Light that conveys sophistication and is at the same time welcoming and comfortable.
Restaurants
Dining rooms where the lighting makes the atmosphere.
Museums and art galleries
Where light guides the visitor and lets the art be seen within the rules of conservation.
Heritage and monuments
Lighting that contributes to preservation and does not only make the building visible: it adds to its worth at night.
Squares and public space
Meeting places and landmarks, where light supports spatial recognition and orientation at night.
Commercial and workplace
Offices and petrol stations: the luminous environment is an essential factor in the workplace. The right light in the right place can raise the productivity and alertness of the people using it, and it can also be an interesting way of drawing customers in.
Lighting masterplans
The scale at which light stops being a project and becomes part of urban design. Diana Delnegro coordinated Lisbon's first lighting masterplan, still awaiting implementation; the lighting of Porto's ring of medieval walls was designed to reshape the night image of the city; and in Porto Alegre the studio designed, with three other lighting designers, the lighting of 55 cultural landmarks of the historic centre, taken as one set rather than as 55 separate commissions. Diana Delnegro chairs the CIE technical committee for urban architectural lighting and has taught the CIE guide to urban lighting masterplans in Italy, in 2022, and at the Istanbul conference in May 2023.
Selected works
2022–2026
Foto de Pedro Cardigo / MotaEngilM-ODU, Matadouro do Porto
Cultural quarter · Porto · In progress · with Kengo Kuma & AssociatesKengo Kuma & AssociatesIn collaboration with Kengo Kuma & Associates, lighting for the transformation of Porto's former slaughterhouse into a new cultural and office complex.
MACAM, Lisboa
MACAM, LisboaMACAM, Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins
Museum & Hotel · Lisbon · 2025Complete lighting design for the museum and the MACAM Hotel, inside and out: permanent collection and contemporary art galleries, guest rooms and apartments, library, restaurant, the àcapela bar and the facades of an eighteenth-century palace.
Diana DelnegroMuralhas Fernandinas, Porto
Urban monument · Porto · 2024Honourable Mention, LIT Awards 2025Lighting for the stretch of medieval city wall above the Ribeira, designed to read from the far bank of the Douro without competing with the bridge or the facades around it.
Pedro M. RodriguesMarquês de Pombal, Statue and Roundabout
Urban monument · Lisbon · 2018Lighting for Lisbon's most iconic roundabout: a system of visual hierarchies that highlights the statue and orients everyone moving through the square.
Diana DelnegroConvento de Cristo
UNESCO World Heritage · Tomar · UpcomingIn developmentLighting design in development for the cloisters of the Convent of Christ, including the celebrated Manueline window of the Chapter Room.
List of selected projects over the years
Commissions in light, ordered by year
| No. | Work | Place | Year | Honours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 018 | Convento de Cristo, UNESCO World Heritage | Tomar | 2026 | In development |
| 017 | M-ODU / Matadouro do Porto, with Kengo Kuma & Associates | Porto | 2026 | In progress |
| 016 | MACAM, Museum and Hotel | Lisboa | 2025 | Rehabilitation: Prémio Gulbenkian Património 2025 |
| 015 | Fernandine Walls of Porto | Porto | 2024 | Honourable Mention, LIT Awards 2025 |
| 014 | Lighting of 55 cultural landmarks of Porto Alegre, with Eduardo Becker, Carina Tomazzoni and Osvaldo Perrenoud | Porto Alegre | 2023 | |
| 013 | BP petrol stations | Leiria | 2022 | Gold, ADC Awards (International) |
| 012 | Praça do Comércio, façade lighting | Lisboa | — | Awaiting implementation |
| 011 | Paços do Concelho, Lisbon's city hall | Lisboa | 2018 | Inaugurated October 2026 |
| 010 | Marquês de Pombal, statue and roundabout | Lisboa | 2018 | |
| 009 | Lisbon Urban Lighting Masterplan | Lisboa | — | The city's first lighting masterplan |
| 008 | Columns of Parque Eduardo VII | Lisboa | 2011 | |
| 007 | Lisbon's network of belvederes and their churches | Lisboa | 2009 | |
| 006 | Santa Casa da Misericórdia, headquarters and the Igreja de São Roque | Lisboa | 2009 | |
| 005 | Igreja da Graça and the Sophia de Mello Breyner belvedere | Lisboa | 2009 | |
| 004 | Hotel Avenida Palace | Lisboa | 2009 | |
| 003 | Monument to the Dead of the Great War | Lisboa | 2008 | |
| 002 | Igreja da Conceição Velha | Lisboa | 2006 | |
| 001 | Igreja de São Paulo | Lisboa | 2004 |
Works by place
The same commissions, filed by the city they stand in
Lisboa
Portugal · 15- MACAM, Museum and Hotel2025
- Praça do Comércio, façade lighting
- Paços do Concelho, Lisbon's city hall2018
- Marquês de Pombal, statue and roundabout2018
- Lisbon Urban Lighting Masterplan
- Columns of Parque Eduardo VII2011
- Lisbon's network of belvederes and their churches2009
- Santa Casa da Misericórdia, headquarters and the Igreja de São Roque2009
- Igreja da Graça and the Sophia de Mello Breyner belvedere2009
- Hotel Avenida Palace2009
- Monument to the Dead of the Great War2008
- Igreja da Conceição Velha2006
- Igreja de São Paulo2004
- Igreja de São Jerónimo2008
- Entrecampos statue2006