In this plan, the concept of designing a lighting system is made up of two main principles:
1. Light tells a story from the past to the future.
2. Viewer-friendly lightscope
It is apparent that Europe today is known to be a museum of architecture from the 1930s. Taking into account the construction of new buildings, and the potential for user and future development it is possible to envision a period of time spanning from the past to the future for the development of this site. The primary concept was a result of this idea, and the temperature of the light’s colour is used as one of the variables of lighting to represent history and make a connection between the past and the future. The changing of the temperature of the light’s colour along the site’s main path represents the varying time periods of the buildings seen while walking the aforementioned path. Therefore, the period of time in which the building was constructed in Europe is matched with the spectrum of the temperature of the light’s colour; also, the lighting along the Christopher Columbus route and the buildings, is achieved by adhering to the aforementioned point. As such, the lighting tells a story of the past to the future and accentuates the possibilities and potential of the site.
1. Light tells a story from the past to the future.
2. Viewer-friendly lightscope
It is apparent that Europe today is known to be a museum of architecture from the 1930s. Taking into account the construction of new buildings, and the potential for user and future development it is possible to envision a period of time spanning from the past to the future for the development of this site. The primary concept was a result of this idea, and the temperature of the light’s colour is used as one of the variables of lighting to represent history and make a connection between the past and the future. The changing of the temperature of the light’s colour along the site’s main path represents the varying time periods of the buildings seen while walking the aforementioned path. Therefore, the period of time in which the building was constructed in Europe is matched with the spectrum of the temperature of the light’s colour; also, the lighting along the Christopher Columbus route and the buildings, is achieved by adhering to the aforementioned point. As such, the lighting tells a story of the past to the future and accentuates the possibilities and potential of the site.
The planning of the site is divided into three parts which are: the natural setting, the buildings and the pathways; these sections are connected to one another by way of lighting. For example, on each side of the site, trees are connected by the lighting, and the part of the path which has no trees will instead have vertical green lighting to achieve an extension to the nature-infused path at night. The walls of the buildings are lit up using the same vertical lighting which is present in nearly all the buldings, and the buldings will be visible from the sidewalk in this manner.
The design of Smart Lighting is devised based on the second concept. To achieve this, sensors are placed beneath the path wherever the buildings are visible to the viewer; the output data of these sensors causes an increase in the Luminous Intensity of the buildings’ lighting. Finally, all this data is manifested in the lighting of the Plazzo dello Sport building as the smart hub. The points of light on the walls of the buildings are indicative of where people are, and also represents their viewpoint. This smart lighting shows people’s proximity to the structures by way of varying the temperature of the light’s colour; as mentioned, trees are represented by green light and ponds by blue light.
The design of Smart Lighting is devised based on the second concept. To achieve this, sensors are placed beneath the path wherever the buildings are visible to the viewer; the output data of these sensors causes an increase in the Luminous Intensity of the buildings’ lighting. Finally, all this data is manifested in the lighting of the Plazzo dello Sport building as the smart hub. The points of light on the walls of the buildings are indicative of where people are, and also represents their viewpoint. This smart lighting shows people’s proximity to the structures by way of varying the temperature of the light’s colour; as mentioned, trees are represented by green light and ponds by blue light.
