Yina Mora. Urban Lighting. by Yina Mora

LIGHTING REFLECTIONS

PRESENTATION

This Project is a reflection about light. Beyond the importance that the light has for the enhancement of life, let’s say “beyond its function”, in this case it has a spiritual meaning and value. The aim of this project is to illuminate a traditional square in the center of Milan, the square of Saint Angelo (Piazza Sant’Angelo). The church and the monastery around the square belongs to the religious order of the Franciscans. It was quite a challenge for us to light up this place because of the difficulty of translating the importance of the light from a spiritual dimension into a lighting design project. The light, in a spiritual level, is related to God. From that point of view, the physical light becomes into something precious in this kind of project. “Light as a material of design” in this case is particularly precious. Our interest on this specific square at the beginning was just that actually, in terms of artificial lightingit is so poor and that it really needs a lighting design project. So, basically we decided to doit because it is really needed. As we started to go deep in the study of this place, we discovered its importance, its transcendence. Then we understood the responsibility to illuminate it. We read about San Francis and his Order. Knowing about him and understanding his philosophy and his lifestyle has helped us to hypothesize about “How he would like to be enlightened”. So, we started reading about historical, philosophical and religious issues to understand how our approach must would be. The whole philosophical and spiritual context of this project is our effort to make an approach delicate and sensible. At the end these reflections about light are a kind of homage, a tribute in memory of Saint Francis.

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CONCEPT

ANALYSIS

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CONCEPT

The complex of Saint Angel in the center of Milan is dedicated to San Francis of Assisi. The church of Saint Angel was originally named Saint Mary of the Angels remembering a church restored by San Francis in the past. The church and the monastery next belongs to the Franciscan’s Order. San Francis followed the teachings of Jesus Christ and imitated his life. He renounced his father and his patrimony and decided to live in absolute poverty. In his Testament, he said that absolute personal and corporate poverty was the essential lifestyle for the members of his order. Following the philosophy of San Francis we adopted the premise: “LIGHT ONLY WHERE IS NEEDED” For instance, we decided not to light up the trees because it is not a necessity as well. Our aim is to lit up the façade of the church through the light reflected from the ground of the square and not by using direct lighting. In this context, we think that this project must be very sober, and that we must light up just what is strictly necessary. In other words, this must be a kind of “minimalist lighting”, in terms of quantity of elements (poles, bollards, luminaires, etc.) and in terms of quantity of light (amount) At the end, the result must be a dimmed effect. The idea is to use the less possible of elements avoiding to use poles, for instance, and using the trees to install the luminaires.

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LOCATION

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ANALYSIS

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OBJECTIVES 1. Enhance the visual impact of the architecture. 2. Emphasize the monument of San Francis through the light. 3. Make a project cost effective, with a lower energy consumption and low costs of maintenance. 4. Create a dimmed effect.

INSPIRATIONS “ Nature is the mirror of God” San Francis believed that the nature is the mirror of god, so we found some inspirations in the natural elements. instead of using poles we wanted to install the luminaires on the trees. So we found some projects where there is this kind of lighting. we liked the effect produced by the play of the light with the leaves. We think that this project must be very sober, and that we must light up just what is strictly necessary. In other words, this must be a kind of “minimalist lighting”, in terms of quantity of elements (poles, bollards, luminaires, etc.)

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LIGHTING PROPOSAL

PROJECT

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FOUNTAIN San Francis asked God the Father for spiritual enlightenment. As the light of God comes from the heaven we propose to light up the sculpture of San Francis from the top, installing a lighting fitting on a tree next to the fountain, in order to create the idea of the spiritual enlightenment that at the end he reached. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Nature is the mirror of Godâ&#x20AC;? By the other hand, San Francis believed that nature itself was the mirror of God, so, we want to make an analogy between this idea and our project by using the fountain as a mirror, reflecting the light coming from the top on the figure of San Francis.

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FACADE

Our aim is to lit up the façade of the church through the light reflected from the ground of the square and not by using direct lighting. Inspired on the daylight we proposed a light scene for the cases in which the church will need some additional light. So, we decided to mimic the effect of the daylight on the façade of the church. The oblique light that reaches the façade creates a dramatic effect. All the shapes are pop up by this light. So, we propose to install two projectors on the building beside (Angelico’s) to recreate this effect. Only the upper part of the façade is enlightened. The lower part is dimmed simulating the shadow produced by the Angelico’s building beside during the day. There is also the possibility of lit up the main sculpture at the center, by using some projectors, but it is up to the Franciscans adopt this intervention.

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STREET LIGHT We decided to enhance the current street lighting by adding t more catenary lights to the current system.

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LIGHT SCENE 1

LIGHT SCENE 2

Time: 18:00 |19:30 - 0:00

Time: 0:00 - 4:00

During Summer and Winter and Special Events

Church and Fountain Lighting

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GENERAL PLAN

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Elevation Square

Elevation Facade

section Square

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CONCLUSIONS The light, in a spiritual level is related to God. From that point of view, the physical light becomes into something precious in this kind of project. Our job has been to translate the spiritual meaning and value in a lighting design interpretation. Following the philosophy of San Francis we adopted the premise: “LIGHT ONLY WHERE IS NEEDED”to develop our project. The result is a dramatic effect. Most of the visual field is in the darkness. Only the floor of the square is enlightened. The facades around are not directly lit up but by the reflected light incident on the floor. We decided to highlight the fountainemphasizing the figure of San Francis, which is the monument of the square, through our design by using two lights: First, a narrow beam angle installed on a tree, directed to the fountain. Second, a wider beam angle projector to give a soft light and glow around the fountain.Then, the water reflects the light to the statue of San Francis. This is an analogy between our design and the belief of San Francis that “NATURE IS THE MIRROR OF GOD”. Here the nature literally reflects God, which is represented by the light itself. During summer, the artificial light output from the projectors installed on the trees will be filtered by the leaves, creating a very interesting shadows play, and integrating artificial light and nature. Then, we decided to lit up the façade of the church inspired on the daylight. We wanted to imitate the effect of the natural light by using an oblique artificial light. The effect created is very dramatic and the whole shapes are pop up by the light. This lighting solutions successfully achieve our general concept, which is functional with spiritual light impressions, and with our main objectives: simplicity, sobriety, and a dimmed effect result.

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Lighting Summary

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SAN FRANCIS MONUMENT Fountain

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CHURCH OF SAINT ANGEL Interior and exterior views

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SAN FRANCIS MONUMENT Detail LIGHTING IN EXTERIORS / Charmaine javier, Ana Flavia Coleto, Ellain Santiago, Yina Mora