ARCHITECTURAL SSL • Chronicling the Advancement of LEDs in the Built Environment
SPECIAL ISSUE
LIGHTFAIR
COMPANION ANNUAL INTERIORS Warmer CCTs are hot, as is dimto-warm; in fact, clients want cool stuff, recognizing aesthetics, but still express concern about higher costs.
EXTERIORS Mies van der Rohe once said “God is in the details,” and apparently it’s now also in nighttime illuminated architecture with the aid of SSL.
SPECIALTY LED has become an expressive and powerful tool the art community has embraced to create some spectacular, if temporary, art installations.
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Interiors: Montgomery College Bioscience Center has a little fun Exteriors: Footbridge of Peace Rests naturally on the Rhone Specialty Lighting: Illumination art expresses civic concerns
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ZEDGE ZEDGE is the new Targetti LED step light. The design has been reduced to its core with its minimal proportion and nuanced scale. The relationship between the vertical face and angled illuminated surfaces define a discrete product that creates a strong architectural statement. Available as three frames for three distinct lighting effects, ZEDGE comes in various finishes allowing it to fit into a variety of both indoor and outdoor architectural contexts. ZEDGE, genuine Targetti technology, designed in collaboration with Gensler.
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The Shopping Experience Hubbell Lighting’s full range of high performance, low glare LED retail lighting products highlight the brand and merchandise to provide a comfortable, exciting shopping experience from the parking garage to point-of-sale and between.
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06 Style and Substance
18 Less Volume, More Style
In the face of the advance of “connected” lighting, have a plan as to whether such initiatives make sense and are supported. By Jim Crockett
In the world of international hospitality, stylish lighting is a must; in institutional settings, a splash of color can be the touch that makes a difference.
Elegant and discreet might be the best way to describe the direction many designers of indoor environments are shifting toward in while implementing functional illumination. At the very least, less is more.
64 SSL Observed Looking back at a decade of SSL coverage, the era of pain associated with white LED appears to be over. By Kevin Willmorth
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“While we still suffer from a rapid obsolescence cycle, we are at last talking about controls, about white tuning, about human factors and improving visual performance. Lumens per watt is no longer the center of the universe.”
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52 A Whole New World
“Contained” might be the best adjective one could associate with trends in functional exterior lighting. So-called “glare bombs” are definitely a no-go, be it for parks, bridges or buildings, as designers seek to balance needed illuminance with respect for surroundings.
RGB, by no means, is the only game in town when it comes to creating more interesting nighttime environments, as flexible and indiscreet white LED products allow designers to illuminate buildings and structures by their most interesting aspects.
From amazing displays of visual artistry to seasonal spectacles, advances in specialty lighting are allowing designers to make dramatic nighttime statements without detracting from the daytime architecture.
58 Lock it Down Controls remain the key to delivering the full potential of LED. The good news is that it’s getting easier to achieve, especially in places like hotels and restaurants.
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It’s a Connected Future, So Get Ready At the same time, if I was stuck at a craft fair and
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any good thing, it’s a question of moderation, but I’ll go a step further—it’s about having a plan for technology that makes sense for your client. Case in point, here’s a non-lighting example worth exploring: At 311 S. Wacker—the building adjacent to the former Sears Tower—its
Lightfair, I’m struck by how things have changed.
operators ventured into a not-so scary scenario
Cutting-edge innovations in the late ’90s, when
involving Big Data. The property manager, Zeller,
I first started writing about lighting, involved
updated all 67 floors of the building with retrofit
slimmed-down fluorescents that could operate
digital thermostats that allowed them to pull
on electronic ballasts or flourish in hot envi-
information from the archaic, but ubiquitous
ronments like warehouses... In retrospect, not
pneumatic thermostats that controlled tenant
so cool. That said, like many readers of a more
spaces. In and of itself, the digital hardware
“analog” age, I’m guessing a number of you share
provided nothing. However, when it was paired
my ambivalent, and sometimes bi-polar, feelings
with data-analysis software developed by fellow
about the advance of technology. On one hand,
property manager Jones Lang LaSalle, boy did
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it’s undeniable the utility the vast amount of
it deliver—roughly 32% energy savings (mostly
information the Internet delivers to our finger-
in the form of chillers being run about five hours
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tips with a Google search. At the same time,
less per day), but more importantly to Zeller, the
I’m disturbed by the Internet’s ever-increasing
upgrade significantly increased tenant satisfac-
invasiveness. Is Skynet, by serving ads targeted
tion scores, and significantly lowered hot-cold
by my web searches, beginning to develop its
complaints—all for under a half million.
DESIGN & PRODUCTION Dave Pape Art Director dpape@cbmedia.us.com
Alex Mastera
could stream March Madness on my phone… Like
As I’m preparing for what will be my 19th or 20th
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Vilma Barr Barbara Horwitz-Bennett Ellen Lampert-Greaux Chuck Ross
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Those embedded and happy with 19thcentury lighting technology need a ‘Big’ assist from manufacturers to boldly go where no one has before.
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too-logicial, I-know-what’s-best-for-the-human-
Here’s the magic bullet/dilemma: It is JLL, via
race-like-it-or-not intelligence? Is Big Brother
this service, that studies 311’s data, and recom-
watching? It’s starting to feel that way, espe-
mends action items to the building operator,
cially amid pre-Lightfair press releases about
such as fixing the 75 broken dampers which
tech at the show that’s going to allow retailers
were not allowing 311 to night purge as its
to give me real-time “heads up” notifications
operator desired. The problem on the lighting
about stuff I might want to buy while perusing
side, is I’m not sure such an equivalent data
the store.
analysis tool exists, at least one not tied to a pro-
Granted, this might be my “old man” analog
prietary system. It seems to me this has to be the
paranoia, but as we become ever-more digitized,
first line of inquiry for any lighting designer or
it seems there’s pressure on business operations
specifier before any “smart” or “connected” piece
to become more modern and take advantage
of hardware is acquired or installed.
of not only LED, but Big Data, the Internet of
I’ll be searching the aisles of Lightfair for
Things and social media. Certainly, this has been
answers. In the interim, check out our annual
the case at Lightfair the past few years, where
assemblage of projects that might inspire reason
the term “Connected Lighting” is part of every
to explore this semi-frightening frontier.•
conversation to the point of nausea. This is the quandary: where do the lines of technological capability and utility intersect?
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As the boy jealous of Elroy Jetson’s TV watch, I should be all-in that such a thing exists today. That said, and maybe it’s maturity, but I find the idea of such mobile TV consumption obsessive.
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Montgomery College Bioscience Center, Germantown, Md. Lighting Design: Cline Bettridge Bernstein and Brandston Partnership
Throughout the $88 million facility are 700 electronic devices, including Smart Instructor Work Stations, computers and monitors that support activities in the classrooms and labs.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Think Lighting Should Be Smarter? Think Critically
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The IoT and Smart Lighting Forum has a strong program covering IT and building automation integration with lighting, security and the IoT universe. Lighting is edging more and more toward IT integration, creating a growing need to include IT earlier in the design phases than ever before. There simply is no path to connecting lighting to the IoT that does not include other information and database systems being built into modern buildings. This now extends well beyond lighting as a stand-alone system. With cyber security a growing issue, connecting lighting to building systems
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will require a significantly more robust
With the simplest of profiles, Axo Light’s Lik sconce, de-
Suitable for indoor or outdoor applications, the Staff
approach than has been the case until
signed by Serge and Robert Cornelisen, and part of its new
sconce from Modern Forms has the appearance of a
now. For large facilities operators, the
wall lamps collection, directs illumination upward, without
medieval torch that’s been updated with a significantly
need for active, real-time data collec-
drawing attention to itself. The small, but powerful sconce
higher-tech light source. Available in stainless steel and
tion growing at light speed.
includes a built-in, dimmable LED source. The fixtures can
black finishes, and in two heights, the fixture features an
be specified in white, bronze and matte nickel finishes in
LED light source that projects illumination upward, as well
sizes ranging from 10 to 18 cm. in length.
as backward toward its mounting surface.
C Visit www.axolightusa.com or Circle 306.
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Montgomery College Bioscience Center Germantown, Md. Architects: The Lukmire Partnership; Mitchell Guirgola Architect Lighting Design: Cline Bettridge Bernstein; Brandston Partnership Serious science research and instruction take place in the 145,000-sq.-ft. facility which is described as “not an average bioscience education building.” In the planning stage, the architects and the lighting designers agreed that along with functional illumination needs, the building should look as if it was having some fun. Their decision was to utilize the main public atrium and entry area with its slanted roofline that extends over the basic two-story building. Here, single color LED tubes were suspended in a seemingly random pattern. The multi-color glow is visible through the glazed exterior of the extension, providing a visual landmark and destination.
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Project Name, Chao, Beijing Lighting Design: GD-Lighting Design, Hong Kong. Tim Cheng, Hui Ren, Xin Qi Photos: He Shu A boutique-style hotel located in the bustling Sanlitun area of Beijing, its illumination stands out from most hotels, in that there is a focus on details, and a distinct vision for different parts and functions within the hotel. This is the case, because, today, the overall light environment of a hotel has become an important factor in determining the hotel quality. In this creative space of culture and art, lighting design is no longer simple or ordinary; the use of bright and dark, strong and weak, with the vivid rhythm and dazed colors, create an interactive social experience platform. Within its spaces, lighting changes between light and shadow, reflecting artistic trends and cultural aspects, to create spatial surprises for guests in every subtle detail. For example, the stair space, which organizes and connects to other interior spaces, features a pixel-like fabric ceiling design has become the focus of spatial vision; through the linear backlight treatment, the entire ceiling floats up, forming a complete post-modernist painting. Elsewhere, the exposed ceiling on the firstfloor bar area is made of metal materials and decorated with candle-like luminaires, creating a strong modern industrial sense. For lighting, the use of track lights adds flexibility, while decorating ceilings and table surfaces. Large-scale illuminated ceiling on top of the bar table is designed to create a night of fantasy and intoxication. The second-floor ”Book” Bar and Restaurant serves mainly guests staying at the hotel. Book shelves and wine cabinet in the interior space gives neatness and variety onto restaurant elevation. Lighting takes focus on elevation details, filling the space of food and beverage with “scents” of culture and heritage.
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Beijing Tongying Center InterContinental Hotel Sanlitun, Beijing, China Design Team: Yenchin Wang, Tim Cheng, Hui Ren, Xin Qi Lighting Design: GD-Lighting Design Photos: Zhi Xia The hotel lies in the heart of Sanlitun, a prime location for fashion and culture. Focusing on fashion, technology and future development, the InterContinental strives to create a fashion lifestyle flagship. The interior is fabulous and elegant, so lighting designers carefully studied materials and decorative details, integrating space and lighting with various applications of indirect lighting and decorative languages to compose a fantastic feast to the eye. With devices, sculptures and artwork everywhere, the hotel balances a feeling of retro and modernism. In the various lounges, it’s bright and decorous; warm and layered lighting provides the area with an extremely comfortable environment. The shining book shelves, the light-outlined glass screens, together with the comfortable rest area, are linked with the linear tape lights in the ceiling. Beyond pubic areas are 300 rooms in the hotel in a modern style with elegant decoration. The round room design makes the area artistic and cutting-edge. In terms of lighting design, various indirect lighting, hidden in ceilings, wall corners and screens, make the space elegant. There are seven restaurants in the hotel. Lighting design is tailored according to their interior decoration and respective cultural characteristics of food; while combining the lighting and special environment, at the same time, weakens functional lighting and emphasizes on decorative and accent lighting. With careful carving and various techniques, lighting helped shape seven types of different temperament, styles and dining atmospheres.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
White Light Tuning for Health PROj§CTs
The concept of white light tuning has moved from concept to practical application in just two seasons. There are options now available to suit a wide range of applications. USAI Lighting
“CLIENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO QUALITY LIGHT TO ENHANCE DÉCOR AND ARCHITECTURE. THEY WANT ALL FIXTURES TO BE ATTRACTIVE, BUT REASONABLY PRICED.”
(Booth 701) has pursued this concept since 2013, and now offers a significant range of architectural products with this feature included. For mood and aesthetic effects, having the ability to select a desired CCT is a wonderful addition. For circadian rhythm support, current research indicates that Spectral Power Distribution is the critical factor, which is only partially described
SPIDER, SPIDER…
within CCT definitions. Look for pro-
With 12 illuminated arms that bend and fold a bit like
ducers who understand the difference
those of a daddy long legs spider, the THIN Chandelier
between simple color assumptions and
from Juniper can be easily reconfigured to form almost
spectral content for products that de-
any arrangement, from 1- to 10-ft. wide. Fabricated from
liver truly valuable human health and
precision-machined brass, the fixture can be specified in
visual performance benefits.
brass, satin nickel and oxidized brass. C Visit www.juniper-design.com or Circle 304.
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MIX AND MATCH Two independent lighting components help create multiple lighting options with the LiteControl Inde-Pendants 32L series of fixtures. The central Cylinder can stand alone, as a minimalist pendant (available with direct and direct/indirect light distribution), and can also be paired with the extruded Ring, with its downward facing inner circumference housing a flexible LED source. Light output is highly customizable and can be specified in 50-lumen increments. C Visit www.litecontrol.com or Circle 303. 1325
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COLOR YOUR WORLD DISCRETION ADVISED Integral lighting such as coves and wall slots, utilizing smaller LED sources, offer designers the opportunity for more applications.
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The LightArt Square sconce promises to pop on any wall, with its resin shades offered in more than 250 color options. The dimmable fixtures can be ordered in two color temperatures and are 1-10V dimming compatible. C Visit www.lightart.com or Circle 302.
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“ONE TENET OF GOOD LIGHTING THAT HASN’T CHANGED IS CREATING OUTSTANDING LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF SIMPLICITY AND CONSISTENCY OF ELEMENTS.”
MAGNETIC personality. PRECISION optics. TRENDING WARM Warmer color temperatures for retail, hospitality and residential, as low as 2200K, are becoming popular.
1188 : 12” x 12” (Diameter x Depth) 1185 : 8” x 8” ( Diameter x Depth)
VISTA 1180 COB IN-GRADE SERIES Here’s what’s attracting all the attention: » Patent-pending magnetic hot aiming: 360˚ rotation of internal tilt optics without opening the fixture » Ventilated flow-through: facilitates cooling of the LED module » Unitized housing: designed for drive over applications
TINY BUBBLES The hand-blown glass spheres of the Hudson Valley Lighting Mini-Hinsdale pendant appear to be rising like the
» Chip-On-Board (COB) LED technology: 3000°K to 5000°K CCT » (4) Optical distributions: Very Narrow Spot, Narrow Spot, Medium Flood and Wide Flood » Wet location: indoor and outdoor rated
EXPERIENCE THE VISTA DIFFERENCE For a demonstration, consult with your sales representative.
bubbles in a champagne glass around the fixture’s central metallic stem. This downsized version of the Hinsdale fixture is available in aged brass, old bronze and polished nickel, and also as a sconce. C Visit www.hudsonvalleylighting.com or Circle 301.
800-766-8478 | www.vistapro.com See it at LIGHTFAIR, Booth #1343
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Trend Spotting
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Clients are paying particular attention to quality light to enhance architecture and décor. They want all fixtures, including performance luminaires, such as a recessed downlight, to be attractive, reasonably priced, fairly quickly available and easy to maintain. For small, recessed point sources, quality means sources that are recessed sufficiently within the luminaire to minimize or eliminate glare. Fixtures with visible multiple diodes are not in favor. Retail clients like having the option of changing beam spreads via easily accessed optical accessories or reflectors. We find that there is more need for shallow housings. Architecturally, integral lighting such as coves and wall slots, utilizing smaller linear LED strips and tapes, offer the designer the opportunity for many more applications. When the strip is close to a wall or can be seen, a diffusion lens is required to eliminate hot spots/dots and make for a smooth flow of light. Some physical flexibility is needed to make smaller radiuses. We have requests for warmer color temperatures for retail, hospitality and residential, as low as 2200K, but 2700K to 3000K. Many clients like the idea of “dynamic white” where CCT can be set and static. Others, particularly hospitality, like the “dim-to-warm” technology. Price points, while becoming more affordable, are factors in value engineering. A continuing trend in residential and hospitality spaces is a pool and spa area. We’d like more choices for natatorium-approved, as well as steam shower and sauna fixtures. For condominium and rental residences that have terraces and small garden spaces can be considered exten-
MODERNISM, CUBED
sions of the interior, creating a trend
With its stacked, interconnecting cubes creating composi-
for exterior and wet location landscape
tions that look more than a little like something out of
lighting. More choices, such as human-
an Escher sketch, the Metropolis family of fixtures from
scale pole lights and creatively de-
Corbett Lighting is handcrafted in iron and finished in gold
signed bollards and path lights, would
leaf. The four pendant models use aircraft cable to create
be welcome from manufacturers.
an illusion of floating in midair. Also available are a semiflush ceiling-mount model and an ADA sconce. C Visit www.corbettlighting.com or Circle 300.
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BEST PRACTICE Routine maintenance and cleaning can help extend the life and performance of LED luminaires.
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Are You Up to Speed on WELL?
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The International Well Building Institute picks up where others have left off, with standards and recommendations for creating healthful working environments. This includes standards for lighting practice as it pertains to illumination to minimize disruptions to the body’s circadian system, enhances productivity and supports sleep quality. To this end, illuminance levels, lighting qualities, melanopic light intensities, glare, color quality, daylight integration factors and access to windows are included. While the standard leans too heavily on simplistic prescriptive light levels—something the IES and its handbook writers have attempted to move away from—it does represent solid methods and practices. James Benya and Deborah Burnett are presenting their take on the WELL standard with Lighting Design to Meet the WELL Standard (Wednesday, May 10, 8:30am. 107AB).
Task is Conspicuously Absent A current growing trend toward more local, user controlled task lighting and task/ambient lighting approaches in commercial office spaces is oddly missing from this year’s Lightfair program. There are no pavilions, and no speakers scheduled to present on this topic. Acuity (Booth 1607) will certainly be displaying their offerings in this important area of development. Most local, user-level task lighting will be present in the Design, New Exhibitor, and the Global Light + Design pavilions. Waldmann (Booth 2025) will provide some insight into how the European market uses task lighting. At some point, the growth in the application of task lighting, integrated with the overall general illumination system and controls architecture, will elevate interest and atten-
A CERTAIN AURA
tion from tradeshow organizers.
With simple lines that still pack a dramatic visual punch, the Structura Aura pendant luminaire can be hung on catenary tension cables and appear to float over outdoor seating areas. Also available in a ceiling-mount version, and in diameters from 2-ft. to 6-ft., the fixture can be ordered in several metal and Accoya wood finishes.
“PUBLIC HOT SPOTS ARE NOT ONLY GRASS AND PLAYGROUNDS, BUT ARTISTICALLY LANDSCAPED PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER FOR ACTIVITIES AND RELAXATION.”
C Visit www.corbettlighting.com or Circle 299.
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Let elegance light your way
rNook-16 recessed wall light
Introducing the rNook-16 recessed wall light from Holm. With a sleek design, minimal profile, and innovative functionality, the rNook offers variable intensities and is field-adjustable for optimal throws in any setting. To learn more, visit holmlighting.com. Visit us at Lightfair Booth 3819
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Drubba Moments, Titisee-Neustadt, Germany Lighting Design: Pfarré Lighting Design
Drubba Moments is a popular destination known for its shops specializing in highquality German and Swiss timepieces.
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Got Human Health and Light Questions?
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There are six seminar presentations on the topic in the Light and Health Forum. Naomi Miller and Jennifer Veitch will be kicking it all off with their Light and Health: What We Know and Don’t Know in Applying the Research discussion. This is a must-see for anyone interested in the topic (Wednesday, May 10, 8:30am, Room 103AB). Another controversial topic, Blue Light - Is there an Issue? will be covered by three Ph.D’s, Dr’s Brainard, Sliney, and Hanifin (Wednesday, May 10, 11:30am, Room 103AB). This will put this topic in its proper perspective. The remainder of the Light and Health Forum includes
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Drubba Moments, Titisee-Neustadt, Germany Lighting Design: Pfarré Lighting Design Designed by Ippolito Fleitz Group architects and Pfarré Lighting Design, the core idea was to maintain the corporate identities of each brand of watchmaker under one unified spatial concept. Homogenous light was the objective throughout the store and inside the display cases. A distinctive design treatment is the ceiling composed of 4,362 square spruce rods which stretch across the store’s center in undulating waves. Placed at the ends of designated rods are Rosco’s Custom LitePad HO90 3000K LEDs. Spot-lights in enclosures that match the color of the wood rods, provide additional illumination. To maintain a continuity of light source on the selling floor, LitePads, which are dimmable, were installed inside the display cabinets.
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Aesop, Oslo, Norway Architect: Snøhetta Lighting Design: Concept Design Aesop, an international skin care products brand based in Australia, recently opened its one hundredth store, this one in Oslo. Since the firm’s founding, the corporate store design policy states that each facility should be different to reflect its particular location. Within the 710-sq.-ft. space for the Oslo store, a total renovation, by the architects Snøhetta, began by revealing materials and surfaces, some of which had been covered since the 1800s. The completed new contemporary product display system is mounted against a whitewashed brick wall. To integrate the space’s past architectural heritage with the brand’s modern retail merchandising theme, Snøhetta reshaped the ceiling. Ten intersecting domes of various proportions span across the ceiling that is finished in matte gypsum plaster. All illumination created for the store by Concept Design is custom LED. Small flush-mounted spotlights are dotted round the concave surfaces. Hidden cove lighting between the ceiling and walls emphasizes the visual rhythm produced by the shape of the domes. The contrast of the elegant softly glowing ceiling pattern with the straight wall and floor surfaces that is seen through the single large black-framed rectangular full-height front window attracts shoppers to enter the store, consider the products, engage a sales associate in conversation, and make a purchase.
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Polytechnique Montreal Student Center, Montréal, Canada Architect and Lighting Design: Menkes Schooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes The Polytechnique Montréal is
architects Menkes Schooner
benches that are upolstered in grey
an engineering school affiliated
Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes
fabric on white bases.
with the Université de Montréal in
designed a dramatic lounge that in-
Montreal. It ranks first in Canada
vites students to spend time in the
back wall extend up to cover the
for the scope of its engineering
space and encourages interaction
lounge’s ceiling in a slightly curved
research directed by faculty in a
among them. They created a sculp-
pattern. Black circular lighting fix-
number of technical specialties. En-
tural wall and illuminated ceiling
tures are placed in rows between
rolled in the various programs are
arrangement comprised of wood
the ribs to provide even ambient
more than 1,900 foreign students.
ribs that are positioned tightly
light below. The project was named
To encourage interaction be-
against each other. They flow to the
a winner in the Canadian Interiors’
tween the Canadian student body
floor to become an extended bench
Best of Canada Awards.
and those from other countries,
facing the low profile free-standing
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Museum of Technology, Berlin Lighting Design: Karsten Krause With around 600,000 visitors annually, the museum is a genuine crowd-puller in the capital city’s multifaceted museum landscape. The relighting was primarily motivated by the desire to achieve an improved energy balance, stated Professor Joseph Hoppe, Deputy Director of the museum. The savings are impressive: by converting to LED, the museum is able to save annual energy costs of 125,000 euros. Hoppe sees a further aspect as being just as important—the quantum leap in quality with the museum lighting. “The new light allows both us and the public to discover things surfaces, with some suspended and
fixtures are used in high rooms
others displayed in cabinets. De-
where light needs to be projected
were a challenge. No room re-
spite the diverse lighting require-
over distances; finally Pollux con-
sembles another, either in relation
ments, only three ERCO luminaires
tour spotlights emit precise light
to the architecture and daylight
were needed: Optec, Parscan and
onto pictures, information signs
situation, or regarding the items on
Pollux. Optec spotlights provide
and text panels.
display. The objects themselves dif-
the high-performance basis of the
fer enormously in terms of size and
museum’s general lighting. Parscan
we never saw before.” Photometric issues, however,
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Simplicity and Consistency
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The sustainability movement has provided a common language to help designers educate their clients, and has propelled the evolution of code updates. Advancements in LEDs are astonishing, coming thick and fast. The current pace of technological innovation for illumination is breathtaking. One tenet of good lighting that hasn’t changed is creating outstanding lighting installations based on the principles of simplicity and consistency of elements. It’s like cooking… making a fabulous meal out of very few ingredients. (Happily for me, my mother had this talent.) The true test of lighting skill is the designer who can work with anything and produce excellent results. A current example is the lighting our firm designed for the Second Avenue subway in New York City, where we relied on two types of mandated fluorescent lamps.
Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Office Lighting Hits New Heights The emergence of novel LED optical systems is producing new products that deliver highly efficient illuminance, with minimal brightness and glare. One such producer is Lumenpulse/FluxWerks (Booth 1435). Their use of light guide edge lighted optics and clear TIR style optical design creates an almost magical combination of delivered lighting power and highly controlled visible light presence. FC Lighting (Booth 1211) will be displaying its own panel system intended for partitions and room separators, which are switchable from clear view
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to light veiling effect with the touch
Facetta, a 2-ft. × 2-ft. recessed luminaire from Focal Point,
of a switch. Keep an eye out for new
has a sharp angled profile and a soft, uniform glow, that’s
products that step beyond the bright
inspired by the crisp edges and angular planes of a prism.
flat panel approach.
The fixture brings a hint of eclecticism to the troffer landscape while remaining extremely versatile.
THE PLAYFUL DESIGN ALLOWS FOR THE CREATION OF PATTERNS AND GROUPINGS USING THE RECESSED LUMINAIRE AS A BUILDING BLOCK.
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Gnomo, Valencia, Spain Interior and Lighting Design: Masquespacio “Make it fun!” was the opening directive when the owners of Gnomo in Valencia met to tell their designers, Masquespacio, what they had in mind for the renovation of their boutique. In response, the interior designers mixed geometry, graphics, bright contrasting colors, black accents, as well as variations of an original lighting fixture style for use as ambient and accent illumination. Gnomo stocks a variety of contemporary homeware, lifestyle, furniture and interiors products. All of the store’s furnishings, merchandise display fixtures, and the lighting fixtures were custom made. Curved black metal LED lighting fixtures play a major role in carrying out the cheerful, upbeat theme. From the ceiling, the designers suspended a row of curved fixtures, which they describe as upside down, “U” shaped chandeliers or an imaginary gallery of suspended arches, hung in sequence. LEDs at each end are illuminated punctuation points identifying the main selling aisle. Placed against one wall, the curve of the fixtures is tightened above the black wire grid of the framed hung display surface and the tables beneath. They use the same globular white LED lamps as the ceiling fixtures. The third variation on Masquespacio’s design for the black fixtures is above and behind the sales desk. From three large planters, the dimensions of the curved black fixtures are modified to appear as vertical supports for leafy live foliage.
MAKING IT FUN Curved black metal fixtures play a major role in carrying out the cheerful, upbeat theme of the store. From the ceiling, a gallery of suspended arches are hung in sequence. LEDs at each end are illuminated punctuation points identifying the main selling aisle.
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MULTIPURPOSE CYLINDERS v2 Lighting Group ALTO luminaires can be specified as pendants, sconces and surface-mount fixtures, and deliver up to 13,000 lumens in a compact form factor. The precision-engineered tool-free, click-lock mounting system makes installation easier in high-ceiling settings. C Visit www.v2lightinggroup.com or Circle 293.
VERSATILE Available in color temperatures ranging from 2700K to 5000K, the luminaire is available in 80 or 90 CRI.
THE EMERGENCE OF NOVEL LED OPTICAL SYSTEMS IS PRODUCING NEW PRODUCTS THAT DELIVER HIGHLY EFFICIENT ILLUMINANCE, WITH MINIMAL BRIGHTNESS AND GLARE.
WHITE RESOLVED Philips Lightolier’s Calculite LED Generation 3 downlight family has debuted to fantastic results. The Gen 3 series is
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designed with a three-part system that emphasizes flex-
The Nordeon Odin adjustable accent fixture’s slim, square profile packs a visual
ibility and compatibility in order to simplify installation and
punch, with optics choices that include narrow, medium or wide symmetrical
extend longevity. The line’s component design eliminates
beams, as well as an elliptical beam pattern. Two lumen packages—1000lm and
problems such as hotspots and dark rings while providing a
1600lm—are available, along with three color temperatures.
soft cone of illumination.
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DIVIDE AND CONQUER Prescolite’s MC10LED Megalum cylinder earned star status at the Marion Performing Arts Center in Marion, Ark., as the lumaire—one of the only products on the market for ceilings that extend 30 ft.and beyond—empowered the project’s design team to be able space each luminaire location further than could be normally done, which was a must given the floating ceiling clouds that make up the theater’s ceiling. C Visit www.prescolite.com or Circle 290. 1325
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“WE WANTED THE FACILITY TO BE STUNNING, BUT WE WOULDN’T BUDGE ON OUR GOALS AND SACRIFICE PERFORMANCE AND BEAUTY FOR SUSTAINABILITY.” —Jeffery Altemus, Deputy Superintendent, Marion School District
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Footbridge of Peace, Lyon, France Lighting Design: LEC-Lyon
Measuring 220 meters long at the highest part of the promenade, and 156 meters at the lower part, Lyon’s mayor says the bridge is a northern gateway to the city that seems to have come to rest naturally over the Rhône.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Retrofitting Everything
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Just a few years ago, retrofit lamps were focused primarily on incandescent A-line bulbs. The linear fluorescent lamp was a distant target, considered nearly unapproachable using solidstate technology. Further still, HID sources, with their intense compact packaging, were beyond the reach of LEDs. All that has changed dramatically over just a few short years. In 2017, there is virtually no light source that cannot be retrofitted effectively. From the lowly candelabra flame tip bulb, to the venerable T8/T5 linear lamp, there will be so many available and economically viable options presented in 2017,
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INTO THE WOODS
one will wonder what all the fuss is
A recent site renovation at New Jersey’s Liberty State Park
When sunbeams pass through dense foliage, it can create
about. Now, retrofit lamps and modules
has brought U.S. Architectural Lighting OV Series LED
soft, radial circles of light, and that was the concept devel-
include white tuning using wireless
luminaires to the park’s walkway and dock. The nautical-
oped by Fernando Menis for lighting the redesigned square
control, light wave communications
style fixtures are offered in two sizes, with multiple arm-
of the Swiss village of Bürchen. Using various configura-
integration, self-controlled retro-
mount, wall-mount and post-top configurations available.
tions of the Zumtobel Supersystem Outdoor luminaire,
fits, light+speaker combinations and
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Passeralle d Paix, Lyon, France Lighting Design: LEC-Lyon Linking the town of Caluire to the 6th district of Lyon, the “Passerelle de la Paix” or “Footbridge of Peace,” was designed by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes and Schlaich Bergermann. The architect’s desire in illuminating the aerial architecture of this major civil engineering project was to obtain a continuous line of light. Uplighting of the metal structure involved LEC-Lyon’s 54x 4020 Luminy 2 spotlights in cold white, and 3 Superwatts. Each were integrated within the honeycomb grid of the fencing and light every metal bar. The handrails were illuminated with 5623-Brunei lightbars in warm white, clipped into the E1 fixture. The bridge lighting system is dimmable and controlled by sensors. Stairs involved a special product: LEC’s 1750PR, which was evolved into a new product that was integrated into the handrail tube.
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San Ysidro Land Port of Entry, San Ysidro, Calif. Architect: Miller Hull Partnership Lighting Design: Candela (now Stantec) Located at the southern end of the community of San Ysidro in the city of San Diego, the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE) is the busiest border crossing in the Western Hemisphere, currently processing an average of 50,000 vehicles and 54,000 pedestrians per day. A threephase plan implemented by the General Services Administration (GSA) will upgrade and expand pedestrian and vehicular border inspection facilities to handle a predicted increase over the next decade. Gaining LEED Platinum certification plays an important role in the facility’s energy-saving system. A 780-ft.-long canopy, stretching across the expanded traffic lanes, is topped by dozens of large solar panels atop ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), a translucent plastic that radiates heat. ”ETFE eliminates the need for daytime artificial lighting,” says Stantec lighting principal Denise Fong. Energy captured from the sun is supplemented by an intricate geoexchange system providing warmth in the winter and cooling in the summer. At night, four signature 100-ft.-tall metal masts, topped by an array of white LEDs, become beacons that can be seen for miles across the flat landscape leading to the LPOE. Blue LED strips placed top to bottom along the masts amplify their height and add color to the north-facing evening skyline leading into the United States. LED integrated stairlights and recessed LED downlights supply illumination 24/7 for the upper level administrative headquarters overlooking the facility.
BORDER BEACON The 100-ft.-tall masts topping the port of entry are topped with powerful LEDs to clearly announce the U.S.-Mexico border. The towers are also highlighted with blue LEDs to add a little panache.
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Excelsior Hotel Gallia, Milan, Italy Architect and Lighting Design: Studio Marco Piva Emerging from a five-year renova-
luxury hospitality market. Origi-
tion and expansion, the elegant
nally completed in 1932, it faces the
design palette of Milan’s Excelsior
Piazza Duca d’Aosta and the Central
Hotel Gallia seamlessly integrates
Station. A total of 286 guest rooms.
the ornate Belle Époque façade
suites, and themed suites are the
with an Art Deco-inspired interior.
product of Piva’s encompassing ren-
Architect and lighting designer
ovation. Admitting to a career-long
Marco Piva custom created the fix-
fascination with lighting, he and his
tures that supply a visual relation-
staff evaluated the best visual ef-
ship between the array of public
fects for each space use, extensively
and guest rooms and suites.
utilizing LEDs for dramatic effects
system emphasizes the exterior’s
and cost effectiveness.
many decorative and allegorical
Piva, who also served as the project’s interior designer, product
The elaborate façade of the
details, but is discreetly out of view.
design manager and fine art consul-
original structure is protected by
In the adjacent new addition, linear
tant, guided the 332,000-sq.-ft. hotel
an Italian government agency that
lighting outlines the inside of the
into its current position as a leader
mandates light pollution regula-
windows to create a light curtain
in the city’s highly competitive
tions. Philips Color Kinetics LED
for the planar surface.
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Conference and Exhibition Hall, GU Tech, Halban, Oman Architect and Lighting Design: Hoehler + alSalmy. Completed in November 2016, the
technical institution now has
Composed of two sections for a
dren’s play area, research library
Conference and Exhibition Hall
1,123 students enrolled in five
total of 39,000 sq. ft., the external
and coffee shop. Hoehler + alSalmy,
is the most recent addition to the
Bachelor of Science courses of
standalone mashrabiya is a con-
also offering engineering services,
campus at the German University
study. RWTH Aachen University or
crete lattice work shell surround-
was responsible for interiors,
of Technology Oman. According
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische
ing the internal building. Linear
landscape architecture and project
to architect Muhammad Sultan Al
Hochschule Aachen, a research
LED lights on the exterior façade
management for GUtech.
Salmy, managing partner and lead
university located in Aachen, North
create a luminous effect on the
architect of Hoehler + alSalmy, it
Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, co-
structure. Its star-shape entrance
is a structural link between art
ordinates the university progams
leads to the enclosed structure
and science, nature and geometry.
according to its academic stan-
erected on an elevated platform.
GUtech opened in 2007 with the
dards. Currently, 1,125 students are
Inside, on the lower level is exhibi-
support of RWTH Aachen. This
enrolled at GUtech.
tion and meeting spaces, a chil-
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Pavilions Reflect Hot Trends
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A leading indicator of the current hot-topic trends can be found in what organizers (the IES and IALD) set aside as special focus pavilions on the show floor. The two regulars returning in 2017 are the Design Pavilion and the Exterior/Roadway Pavilion, accompanying the New Exhibitor Pavilion. For 2017, the Daylighting and Building Integration Pavilions have been replaced by three new concentrations. The Global Light + Design Pavilion, and two white hot areas, the Intelligent Lighting Pavilion and the IoT Pavilion. There is no accident in having two pavilions targeting “smart” lighting systems—these are areas of conversation in the industry that would be conspicuous with lesser attention. An example of this is that there is no “Human Factors” pavilion, a topic worthy of greater attention.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY. Lighting Design: Domingo Gonzalez Assocs. A new waterfront park system has transformed
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85 acres of outmoded or abandoned industrial structures along the East River into prime civic spaces. Planning of illumination for the 1.3-milelong Promenade by Domingo Gonzalez Assocs. began in 2004. It extends from Atlantic Avenue in the south under the Brooklyn Bridge to Jay Street north of the Manhattan Bridge. Land reclamation incorporated soil removed from the construction of the new World Trade Center site in lower Manhattan to create much of the Brooklyn Bridge Park. DGA’s lighting program was designed to
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New Earthtronics Adjustable Wall Packs can be set and
DanaLite FlexConnect LED Lighting Systems are based
users of the Park’s Promenade and by residents
locked into any angle, from 0 degrees to 90 degrees,
around flexible lighting strips that can be field cut in 6-in.
occupying the multi-story homes beyond. Multiple
providing wide-flood area lighting for a range of facilities.
increments and reconnected any time in the future. Avail-
lighting states enhance nighttime activity; lend-
Three lumen packages, with light output ranging from
able in interior and exterior versions, the line also includes
ing an aura of moonlight over the Park’s vast
2100 lumens to 7700 lumens, are available, along with two
a variety of aluminum channels for custom mounting, as
lawns. Originally utilizing LF and MH fixtures, the
color temperature options.
well as basic clips for direct mounting of the strips.
lighting design has evolved into installations of
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Meet a real chameleon The all-new Lumenalpha architectural Cylinder family balances fluid design with best-in-class performance. Take advantage of their field-changeable optics and accessories, color-matching capabilities, and a full range of mounting options. For an exclusive preview at Lightfair, stop by the Lumenpulse Group Booth (#1435). Products Shown: Cylinder Nano, Surface Mount, in matte black, with an asymmetric wallwash optic Cylinder Medium, Pendant, Stem Mount, in matte blue, with a narrow optic and decorative ring
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Lighting and the Environment
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Adopting lighting master plans, that put sustainability high on the list of objectives for communities of all
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spaces; public art, monuments and other significant structures; create a neighborhood identity; and simplify and streamline lighting management. A recent study of the lighting scheme of Liverpool, 88% agreed that the lighting scheme increased visitor
SPOT ON The Viper was used to illuminate the grounds and parking areas of the Marion County Performing Arts Center in Marion, Ark., where patron safety, low maintence and energy savings were major goals.
enjoyment of the city. Building illumination made them feel safer. More than half of those interviewed said the city’s lighting encouraged them to spend more time in the city than originally planned. Local businesses reported additional revenue of £3.2 million following completion of the lighting program’s first phase. I’ve traveled internationally to study trends first hand in sustainable urban light design in Mexico, Canada, Denmark, and Shanghai, China. They have influenced my efforts to describe through communicating to design
“THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE FOR THE MARION COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS ITS ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE 30-YEAR PROMISE FOR LOW MAINTENANCE AND ENERGY COSTS.”
professionals how, by connecting the quality of light with the urban environment, we can make our cities safer and more pleasant to be in at night.
COMPELLING DAY AND NIGHT A family of pedestrian scale columns and bollards, Sierra from Hess America highlights spaces in public and private settings. Available in round or square profiles, the luminaires’ contemporary design complement outdoor spaces during daylight hours while capturing visual interest through soft, diffused illumination at night. C Visit www.hessamerica.com or Circle 282. 1049
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Located in the Jing An District in the center of downtown Shanghai, the 480,000-sq.-ft. new museum offers 20 times more exhibition space than the original facility.
Shanghai Natural History Museum, Shanghai, China Lighting Consultant: Shanghai SJ Lighting Engineering and Equipment
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Digging into IoT
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Possibly one of the most buzz-filled topics in lighting today, the Internet of Things, will certainly be included in many displays at Lightfair 2017. Fueling interest is the potential for connecting to lighting and building automation through on and off site interfaces, collecting and acting on data, creating information for building system operation and maintenance and tailored human response controls interactions. The recent connection between Eaton (Booth 1101) and Enlighted (Booth 3849) is an example of the connectivity required to make the dreams of IoT marketers a real-
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Shanghai Natural History Museum Shanghai, China Lighting Consultant: Shanghai SJ Lighting Engineering & Equipment This gem in the heart of the city of 24 million residents features a courtyard with a curving glass wall that displays a fractured pattern that bears an artistic architectural resemblance to traditional latticework. A nautilus-shaped core enables visitors to ascend the spiral on sidelighted steps onto the building’s extensive green roof. Entry into the museum is under the corner canopy, on the courtyard level. Reflecting pools are accented with underwater light fixtures, beaming outward along the top surface across the water. Reflected light from the interior and the canopy over the full-height front façade creates the museum’s evening presence. Skylights over the curving central spine bring daylight deep inside for viewing exhibits.
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OLED Continues to Show Promise While OLED got off to a slower start, and is still fighting to overcome techni-
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cal roadblocks and performance benchmarks, each year sees progress being made. For 2017, the standouts in OLED will likely be presented in the Acuity display (Booth 1607) and OLEDworks (Booth 5020). In prior seasons, LG (Booth 925) has presented its range of OLED light panels, as has Osram (Booth 1401). Each year the efficacy and service life improvements are presenting a growing number of opportunities to use OLED in architectural space. With no other sources able to deliver the smooth, uniform luminous appearance of an OLED product, the technology remains highly desirable.
François-Xavier Souvay, President, Lumenpulse
Think Globally, Act Locally In the 11 years since our founding, maintaining an entrepreneurial culture has set the pace for the introduction
Shadon Array, Denver I’ntl. Airport
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Art Installation and Lighting Design: Patrick Marold Design Studios
requirements for ambient and specialty lighting for exterior and interior
As part of the Denver International Airport
With the aid of Lumenpulse representatives, a
environments. It has been a priority to
South Terminal redevelopment, the city of
program was put in place to operate from dusk
encourage innovation by empowering
Denver commissioned Patrick Marold Design
until dawn, with 236 Lumenbeam Large, 2700K,
decision making at all levels.
Studios to create an art installation that could
narrow 6-degree fixtures and one LumenID for
be viewed by travelers entering and exiting the
Lumentalk. Each fixture was individually con-
true international perspective on how
valley in which the airport is located by train and
trolled to create delicate differences in the warm
spaces can be artistically illuminated.
by guests at nearby hotels. Marold implemented
white lighting. During twilight hours, the lower
In the past, it was difficult, sometimes
his vision of a large-scale timber design art in-
portion of the logs are lit, while in the late eve-
impossible, to modify European de-
stallation he titled “Shadow Array.” His objective
ning hours, the lighting effects shift to the upper
signs for use in the U.S. and vice versa.
was to showcase the relationship between the
half, producing rhythmic movements along the
Those limitations are behind us with
night sky and the large valley by an arrangement
length of the wood sculpture.
the technology now at our disposal.
of 236 beetle-kill Colorado spruce logs accented
We can develop global products that
with integrated lighting.
LEDs have been responsible for a
merge the best of both worlds. The
With his colleague Mathias Leppitsch, Marold
strategy is global, to solve such chal-
devised a lighting scheme that was influenced by
lenges as offering solutions to making
imaged tidal movements of water entering into
a specific city feel alive at night, for
the valley from the north, flooding it with light,
example. Our next challenge involves
and then moving back out. They planned the
optics and human interface controls.
installation of large fixtures with linear spread
INFRASTRUCTURE WOW: The timber sculpture outside the new Westin Hotel certainly provides an incentive to take the newly finished public transportation to the airport.
lenses installed at the logs’ junction points to be hidden from view.
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Urban Statements Municipal managers and urban decision makers are funding projects
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where new lighting is an important ingredient of upgrading existing public spaces and new construction. More emphasis is being placed on the positive visual statement that the illuminated environment makes on residents and visitors alike, representing the welcoming front steps of their city. In downtown neighborhoods and mixed-use areas, gathering places for residents and workers have grown in popularity from daytime through evening hours, occurring along waterfronts and in commercial and residential areas. It’s not only grass and playgrounds, but artistically landscaped places where people come together for activities and relaxation. Currently, we are working on lighting fixtures for projects in Boston, St. Louis, Alexandria, Va., Austin, Texas, and Batimore’s Inner Harbor. The market for fixtures suitable for residential outdoor living
Les Saisons Mall, Meaux, France
continues to grow with lighting fixture
Architect and Lighting Design: Arte Charpentier Architectes
installation for patios and rooftops. Corporate centers such as Pittsburgh’s
Located beside the winding Ourcq Canal, near
Google campus are customizing pole
Paris, the Les Saisons Mall broadcasts its exte-
lamps to take advantage of higher LED
rior image with an illuminated contemporary
lumen output.
totem composed of metal rods. The sculpture, with its angles and voids, represents a wordless signage technique to create an evening visual color anchor. With the integrated color, the structure gives the impression from afar
GREATER EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON ILLUMINATED PUBLIC SPACES AS A POSITIVE STATEMENT THAT CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
that it was formed offsite and then assembled in a prominent position at the shopping center. A solid red tower intersects the angled metal rods to establish a relationship with the ground. Surrounded by geometrically apportioned agricultural land, wooded areas and buildings of various shapes and sizes, Les Saisons has a low profile to blend with its environment. The diversified shopping center’s buildings cover a total of 452,00 sq. ft. Green roofing covers 315,000 sq. ft. as part of the facility’s energy saving initiative. Inside, an immense skylight mounted atop a metal structural support creates a protected interior promenade and introduces natural light to the public spaces and walkways on the two retail levels. Recreation areas and indoor and outdoor seating invite visitors from nearby communities, readily accessible by three major roads.
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Starbucks, Las Vegas Store Design: Starbucks Even devoted Starbuckians have a hard time distinguishing one of the nearly 12,000 Starbucks in the U.S. from the Starbucks down the block or in another big city. However, if you were Howard Schultz, head of Starbucks, you would know that this would not drive traffic to the Starbucks at the Grand Bazaar Shops at Bally’s Casino complex in Las Vegas. Inside and outside, it needed to be one-of-a-kind. This 3,200 sq.-ft. Starbucks in the heart of the Strip has two frontages. All around there is 24/7 blaring visual competition from every direction. Erich Mele, of Starbucks Senior Global Concepts, worked with signage experts and lighting professionals to convincingly communicate the brand in this singular setting. The solution devised by Mele and his consultants incorporated LED surfaces across the two façades. They give the appearance of more like illuminated contemporary tapestry patterns than typical storefront name identifications. They also bear a family resemblance to a theatrical marquee.
LED SURFACES ARE INCORPORATED ACROSS THE STORE’S TWO FAÇADES CREATING A CONTEMPORARY ILLUMINATED TAPESTRY.
One side has a repetitive angular back-lit black and white surface outlining the windows. The other side is covered with a colorful abstract that incorporates the Starbucks name at the top. After nightfall, the design comes alive with white flashes of light choreographed to pop music during the Grand Bazaar’s nightly light show. Inside, typical tables with chairs are replaced by theatrical stadium seating that can accommodate 30 to 40 at one time customers in the center of the store and on surrounding bench seating.
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Scroll Hut, Tokyo Design: Hiroyuki Futal, Tokyo
Constructed to mimic the movement of a fern plant, each “scroll” of the exhibit, designed and created by students at Musashiro University under Professor Hiroyuki Futal, moves independently in response to its surroundings.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Maximize the Power of Observation through Minimalization
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Walking a trade show can be a daunting experience. Not only are the displays intentionally compelling, there is a mass of data to be collected in a relatively short time. The real issue is that trade shows are everything to everyone affairs. That means there is more information available than most attendees ever need. Maximizing effectiveness of show attendance may require minimizing how much time is spent in areas beyond practical needs. Before starting, create a list of objectives and questions needing attention.
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tion, and the value of show attendance.
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Scroll Hut Pavilion, Tokyo Design: Hiroyuki Futal, director Directed by Professor Hiroyuki Futal of Musashiro University, the Scroll Hut Pavilion was created and built by students to mimic the natural unfurling movements of a fern plant. Exhibited indoors in a classroom building and outside when the weather permitted, the work is 20-ft. container size. Its body is assembled from 40 sets of scroll systems, each with three sensors, one stopping motor, five LED lamps and one control board. Every scroll moves independently, responding to the surroundings. During the day, the scrolls roll out and become a translucent roof shade. At night, the photosensors direct the scrolls to roll back to the ends and turn the lights on to illuminate the pavilion. Students used a 3D printer for pulleys and rails, and a laser cutter for customization.
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Time Drifts Cologne, Germany Lighting Design: Philipp Geist Berlin, Germany After the bevy of tragic terrorist incidents that rocked Europe last year, the people of Cologne decided to welcome 2017 differently, beginning with this important question: How do you maintain security, but not at all costs to avoid a lawless vacuum in the new year? Artist Philipp Geist was commissioned by the curators of the Luminale in Frankfurt to create a memorable New Year’s Eve based on this idea. Citizens emailed in one-word answers to their greatest concerns, which Geist employed in picturesque, abstract or geometric video mapping installations that would appear on the façade of the square’s cathedral and adjacent building, as well as the Domplatte, the central plaza.
IN BECOMING “TIME DRIFTERS,” THE CITIZENS OF COLOGNE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THEIR CITY CENTER LIKE THIS.
There, Geist created a light-dream space where words, concepts, signs, colors and shapes were projected everywhere to denote the topics of time and space and the wishes, expectations and hopes of the people of Cologne for the new year, and the future. Alone or in groups, they stroll as Time Drifters through the beam path of the projections on their way through their personal New Year’s Eve.
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Valokaiva, Lahti, Finland Design: Studio Lux Nova/Marjut Kauppinen A difficult-to-translate Finnish word for “Light Well,” Valokaivo is also the name of an interactive light installation in the central market square of the Finnish town, Lahti. It is essentially an array of skyward-facing lights that illuminate when passersby step on different sections of the glass panel. Specifically, the well responds by creating white ripples on the surface around the area stepped on. Such an interactive installation required the participation of several specialty organizations and manufacturers, including Harman Martin Professional, whose VC-Dot 1s il-
four Martin Exterior 400 Image Projectors were
luminate the media surface. A downward-angled
placed at the Lahti market square projecting
camera is mounted above the well. The video
footsteps onto the pavement that direct visitors
is then processed by reActor Media server that
to the Light Well installation. The reActor Media
generates interactive video content in real-time
server was highly suitable for this type of project
and passes it on to the VC-Dots via a Martin P3
because of its many features designed for inter-
System Controller. In addition to the Light Well,
active installations.
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Saks 5th Avenue, Manhattan Lighting: Chris Werner Design Cycling in two minute and 30 second segments every 10 minutes during the 2016 holiday season, the entire Fifth Avenue frontage of Saks Fifth
Accompanying music to the video was David
Land of 1000 Delights was the second season
Avenue told the story of a Land of 1000 Delights.
Foster’s Carol of the Bells. Werner headed the as-
for Werner’s group to transform the landmarked
Its colors and story theme expanded the three-
sembling of the custom-designed control system
Saks façade into a mega-video. Last year’s show,
dimensional scenes in the store’s street level
network of data distributed around the exterior
Winter Palace on Fifth, was cited by the IES and
display windows.
façade and the building’s interior control rooms.
IES/LA for exterior lighting design and advance-
LED sources include: Philips Color Kinetics iColor
ment of lighting controls.
Principal designer Chris Werner describes the presentation as a mix of LED fixtures and
Flex LMX nodes; Minleon RGB nodes; and Illumi-
RGB nodes, pixel mapped to several timecode
narc Colorist Fixtures. A Horatio Bridge acted as
synchronized media servers for scheduling and
a monitoring interface, alerting the maintenance
playback along with theatrical lighting consoles.
team of any network irregularities.
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Z Hotel, London Lighting Design: Lutron
When guests enter the room the lights automatically come on to a ‘welcome’ scene. Guests can then dim light up and down, and control the bathroom lights separately.
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Kevin Willmorth, Editor
Driven to Meet Old Controls and New Ideas
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The future of wall box, power-side dimming has been given new life, as a growing number of driver manufacturers and fixture producers are offering line dimmable products that actually work. Unlike older products with limited range of dimming, flickering or limited range of dimming, modern line dimming products are available that attain near dim-to-dark performance. 0-10V also remains a viable old standard for controlling modern lighting products. To get a clear picture of the
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Z Hotel, London Lighting Design: Lutron When designing the rooms for its newest facility on Fleet Street, Z Hotels was looking for an alternative to the usual key card system for lighting control, and wanted to come up with a simple solution that it could repeat across all 100+ rooms. The hotel chose myRoom prime control system with Pico wireless controls from Lutron. myRoom prime uses a combination of technologies to determine if a guest is in the room. When the room is empty, the lights turn off and the temperature is set to a background level. There’s a sensor on the door, occupancy sensors in the room, and pressing any of the control buttons alerts the system that someone is present. The look of the controls was an important factor for Z Hotels. The hotel’s project manager Eoman Kelly says it’s crucial that everything “not just looks sharp, but is nice to touch and feel, as well.”
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Closing the Code Gap
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LEDs will influence new code standards that are now being developed and reviewed for forthcoming implementation. Current codes are based on legacy sources that are not as efficient as the latest LED products. This gap is about to change as designers will face challenges to comply with the amended codes. Most state codes are based on ASHRAE/IES 90.1 Energy Standards and the IECC (International Energy Conservation Code); California’s own Title 24 energy code is also due for another update in 2019. Proposals reflect 100% LED models. ASHRAE/IES
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Designers should put in place a strategy to comply with these more stringent codes before executing the design. Strategy should consider:
LED products not only for efficacy
but the luminaire’s ability to provide
PROj§CTS
the optimal performance for the tasks defined by design goals and intent.
Encouraging clients to conduct
routine maintenance such as clean-
nFuse Restaurant, Anaheim, Calif. Lighting Design: Houston Tyner Architects
ing luminaires, even though may not require re-lamping.
The nFuse restaurant and bar in the Anaheim
Favoring designs that can take
Marriott were recently remodeled with new
advantage of “use-it-lose-it” lighting
LED lighting and an updated ambiance. Man-
power density adders for special and
agement was looking for an interface for staff
precision tasks, as well as art, decora-
to easily control the various scenes required
tive lighting or retail.
throughout the day—for example clean, daytime,
To maximize the LPDs allowed, se-
nighttime and all off. The project’s designers,
lect one of the more complex paths to
Houston Tyner Architects, chose the InFusion
compliance. These paths require addi-
system from Vantage Controls, which provided
tional calculations and documentation
the architectural dimming capabilities to create
but can provide the additional lighting
the ambiance for the restaurant; specifically,
power associated with more intricate
the Equinox 40 keypads provide the simple and
lighting designs.
intuitive interface that management and staff
Not over-lighting spaces.
were looking for. Integrating timers with scene programming for simple and intuitive management was a critical factor.
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Back in the Day When LED Was a Pipe Dream As white LED has evolved over this past decade, it’s caused the shedding of many tears, including those of this author, but no more. Alas, to solve controls…
or the other to fail. In fact, it has been 36 years
seeing the most beautiful fashion model dressed
since I popped a bulb by connecting it to the
in a trash bag. At one point, the term “lumens per
wrong power source. In the early days of LED,
watt” began to make me gag, and the very men-
however, there were no easy-button solutions—
tion of DOE with its gaudy efficacy projections
or answers—to even basic questions. I can tell
sent me into a rant.
you, this is not a technology that rewards tinker-
Thankfully, we’ve turned a corner—actually,
ers: Connect an LED to the wrong voltage and it’s
we’ve blown past that 65lm/W benchmark by
dead, with nary a whimper; push them too hard
double, and more. The color characteristic of
I remember the first white LEDs supposedly
with the wrong current, and the magic smoke
quality LEDs is excellent, while the issue of uni-
ready for general illumination. They were cute,
escapes, making them non-functional; short the
formity is fading with each new generation.
and utterly useless. The color was awful, saved
wires on an early driver output, it was toast; mix
only by the fact they were so dim they were not
up your series and parallel circuits and pay for
still suffer from an overly rapid obsolescence
in any danger of creating glare. A quick check
it. Considering some of the LEDs I was burning
cycle that creates maddening issues of re-design,
of efficacy showed they delivered a meager 30
up cost me $35 a pop (literally), and fried drivers
but we are, at last, talking about controls, about
lm/W, making them just barely more efficient in
$75 a copy, the cost of learning was rough.
white tuning, human factors and improving vi-
application than a halogen lamp, at a cost of 15
At some time along this winding path of smok-
Issues remain, but hope springs eternal. We
sual performance. Lumens per watt is no longer
times. My first TCO studies showed payback pe-
ing debris—and more reading than I have done
the center of the universe, so I can hold my lunch
riods of more than 15 years. Yet, I was intrigued.
on any single topic ever—I finally found my path.
down. Heading into another year of this technol-
I used a few of those early devices in task lights
The next step was to quit my job and focus only
ogy, I am amazed at how much has been done,
to replace 12V halogen lamps and found them
on SSL. This was around the time Architectural
and how far it has all come, in such a short time.
interesting. As a greater experiment, I lighted an
SSL came into being, followed by the companion
The days of glass bulbs and ballasts—and tears
entire house with 120V LEDs, resulting in an ef-
ArchLED conferences. At these events, we heard
shed over their loss—seem distant now.•
ficacy of just 37lm/W; further, by applying some
how frustrated people were, and I was living it
photometric and design wizardry, I cut lighting
with them. Promises made by the LED producers
loads by 70% over an identical house lighted
were rarely realized, manufacturers of products
with CFLs. I thought to myself, if these things
were not doing a great job putting the technol-
ever get beyond 65 lm/W, tungsten and CFL tech-
ogy to work. The combination of these factors
nologies are “doomed.”
brought more than a few people to tears—liter-
That lofty target didn’t occur, however, for a few years down the road. Working with white
ally at our first event. Then came the retrofit revolution, which
LED has also been an evolution. In fact, I am
brought me to tears. I saw this nearly magic
responsible for killing hundreds of LEDs as I
technology as a spectacular means to deliver
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
learned to work with them. In the days of bulbs
new heights in design, only to be squashed by
Kevin Willmorth, a lighting expert and fixture designer,
and ballasts, there are few issues of connecting
the flood of icky, retrofit blister-pack glare blobs
has been instrumental in helping create a vision and
the components in such a way as to cause one
that promised impossible lifetimes. It was like
mission statement for Architectural SSL.
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