The practice of opening up spaces to natural daylight, or the process of exposing buried natural features like streams to the open air.
Gerund of 'daylight' as a verb. Modern usage especially common in urban ecology and environmental restoration projects since the 1990s.
Daylighting projects prove that good urban design isn't just about buildings—when Seattle daylighted a concrete-buried creek, property values around it jumped 30%, fish returned, and people actually spent time outdoors instead of in malls.
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