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A Luminous Musical Symphony Installation invokes ambient landscaping combining light and music.
define a chromatic curve by combining the various luminous emissions from the LEDs through appropriate polarization in intensity and color.”
Visitors who attended the “Creative Connections”
In the development of Transsensorial Gateway,
Maximum luminous intensity for each color is
exhibit at the University of Milan during Milan
Profanter and his team focused on how abstract
approximately 120 lm. Electrical power ranges
Design Week were greeted by an art installation
forms, light and sound can be used to enhance the
from 1 to 10W depending on the intensity set for
named Transsensorial Gateway, designed by a
user experience. The architects collaborated with
each unit.
team at Network of Architecture (noa*).
lighting design and production resource, EWO.
“Human-centered architecture aims to enhance
Ebner Film + Music synchronized sound with
Ebner Film + Music developed the sound system
the lighting. On each frontal stem, sensors check
beneficial interactions between humans and
customized for this project. Sensors adjust sound
for the presence of people at a distance of zero
buildings by putting them at the center of the
and light levels based on the number and move-
and 10 ft., measuring the time of flight of light
design process,” explains noa* partner Andreas
ments of the visitors in the space, controlling
(ToF) on a wavelength in the infrared spectrum.
Profanter. “The 34 structural light beams, which
intensity, color, modulation and music.
Ebner developed the filters and loops capable of
range in height from 8 to 13 ft., are made of stain-
“The installation consists of two symmetrical
translating the data detected by the sensors and
less steel and coated with mirror to amplify the
wings comprising of 17 vertical stems which
presence of the people in the space around them.
house a variable number of ewoLightTile light-
The light beams are positioned so that they open
guiding panels,” explains Hannes Wohlgemuth,
a prime example of ambient landscaping that
up forming a crown of lights on either side of
CEO of EWO. Every anti-glare light-guiding panel
stimulates the senses through light and music to
the entrance. The light reacts to the presence of
utilizes eight LEDs for each color element of the
enhance the spatial experience. “The installation
visitors and, at the same time, interprets the way
RGBW array, the model on which the lighting unit
speaks a design language that reaches multiple
they relate to each other.”
is based. “Overall, there are 32 LEDs per unit, to
human senses,” says Profanter. •
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generating sounds. Architect Profanter described the project as
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