Illumination Gallery Volume 5

Illumination
Gallery
Transformations
in Lighting
Volume 5
Bringing people together
Philips Color Kinetics continues to provide creative, practical, and intelligent LED lighting
solutions that set the standard for high-quality, efficient illumination. With new capabilities
and enhanced ability to share and collect data, LED lighting can go beyond illumination to
tell stories, stir feelings, and connect with users. Philips Color Kinetics is embracing the role
light can play in the new era of interactivity and community revitalization.
Many of the featured installations in these pages demonstrate how lighting can invigorate
communities with interactive experiences. The BCP Affinity bank building, Gateway
Community College, and the Stephen P. Clark Government Center engage visitors with
collaborative light shows and live data.
In addition to forming new connections through interactivity, Philips Color Kinetics
LED lighting systems empower renovation efforts at historical landmarks, underpasses,
transportation centers, or other venues around the world. Our full-color, dynamic white, and
spectrally tunable LED lighting solutions bring new life to antiquated buildings.
Along with providing superior lighting experiences and energy savings, Philips Color Kinetics
sees the future of light as a connected network of numerous capabilities. The installations
detailed in this showcase display the ways in which our light has become integral in cultural
conversation and importance.
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Bluewater Shopping Centre
iColor Cove MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore
Location
Greenhithe, Kent, England, UK
Lighting Designer
Lighting Design International
Lighting Specifier
Architainment Lighting Ltd.
Photography
Redshift Photography
The Bluewater Shopping Centre, located in the small
English town of Greenhithe, stands out in the retail
industry as the UK’s fourth largest shopping center.
However, the previous lighting system in the 1.6 million
sq ft (148,645 sq m) mall was not so prominent. With the
help of Philips Color Kinetics, the lights were replaced
with a new LED lighting solution that matches the
grandeur of the shopping complex.
Architainment Lighting Ltd. partnered with Philips
Color Kinetics to install iColor Cove MX Powercore LED
fixtures that illuminate circular cove designs inside the
building. The team also installed ColorBlast Powercore
LED fixtures to highlight the glass ceiling of the mall.
Together, the lighting systems create an ambience of
clarity, which tones down the busyness of the mall.
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Dragon Bridge
ColorReach Compact Powercore, ColorBurst Powercore,
iColor Flex LMX gen2, ColorReach Powercore gen2
Location
Da Nang, Vietnam
Lighting Designer
ASA Lighting Design Studios
Installation
TP&S Philips Vietnam
Photography
Tiz Tequilar
When the up-and-coming vacation city of Da Nang
commissioned a new bridge, the city’s government chose to
design and build the structure in the shape of a 2000 ft (610 m)
long dragon, which is a treasured cultural symbol in Vietnam. The
commissioners wanted the bridge to be lit in a way that accurately
depicts the significance of the dragon for locals.
When Philips Color Kinetics was chosen to illuminate the steel
structure, the team traveled to Da Nang to speak with the
government on ways in which the LED lighting solutions could
synchronize with traditional values of good fortune.
The team decided to use ColorBurst Powercore LED spotlights.
By precisely placing the spotlights on the upper curves of the
bridge, the dragon was etched into the sky.
To create a backdrop for the magnificent creature, the team
installed a combination of ColorReach Powercore (now specified
using ColorReach Powercore gen2) and ColorReach Compact
Powercore LED floodlights, with strands of iColorFlex LMX LED
nodes. The lighting system was tested in sections to ensure no
failures occurred at the end of the commissioning process.
The lighting fixtures, which were tested to withstand the constant
vibration caused by traffic going over the bridge, were each
carefully aimed to ensure the intense light would not be a
distraction to commuters. This lengthy process was instrumental
in garnering the approval of the government and locals.
The combination of impressive architecture and LED lighting
has helped attract more tourists to the city, and is helping local
businesses to thrive.
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St. Louis Public Library
eW Blast Powercore, eW Graze MX Powercore,
C-Splash 2, eW Fuse Powercore
Location
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Lighting Designers
Steve Andert, Mark de la Fuente,
Larry Patrick, Bill Shaw (William
Tao & Associates), Lynn Grossman
(Cannon Design)
Photography
Courtesy William Tao & Associates,
Inc. Lighting Design
The St. Louis Central Library has been a
cornerstone in the community since it was built
in 1912. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the
library underwent major renovations. Using
Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solutions, the
lighting design team created an iconic nighttime
look on the outside of the building and a
welcoming and warm Great Hall and lobby area
on the inside.
On the exterior, eW Blast Powercore fixtures
were placed in window bays on the north side of
the building, articulating the four-story vertical
window slots and cornice. On three sides of
the building, eW Graze Powercore fixtures (now
specified using eW Graze MX Powercore) were
placed in windows, creating a rhythm of lighted
arches. eW Graze Powercore fixtures were also
mounted in continuous rows atop the secondfloor cornice to reveal architectural details that
were previously obscure. A burst of color was
added to the front of the building with colorchanging C-Splash 2 submersible spotlights on
the lion’s head fountains.
Inside, designers illuminated each arched
opening of the Great Hall with eW Graze
Powercore fixtures. eW Fuse Powercore fixtures
were concealed within the lobby’s cornice to
provide upward illumination at the entrance.
The lighting scheme highlights the classic
architecture of the building, while using cuttingedge technology.
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P-Hämppi
ColorGraze MX Powercore, eW Fuse Powercore,
eW Graze MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, Light
System Manager
Location
Tampere, Finland
Lighting Design
Timo Meuronen, Aihio Arkkitehdit
Developer
Finnpark Ltd.
Photography
Reijo Hietanen
P-Hämppi is the first multi-story parking garage in Europe to
replace fluorescent lights with energy-efficient LED lighting. Timo
Meuronen devised a visually stunning lighting plan using Philips
Color Kinetics solutions that plays on the garage’s expansive,
sloping shape, suffusing rich light into even the remotest corners.
Meuronen used ColorGraze Powercore fixtures (now specified
using ColorGraze MX Powercore) to gradually shift through
phases of blue and white to turn the vaulted ceiling into a
sky awash with drifting cumulus clouds. He applied a similar
treatment to the glass walls of the elevator lobbies, illuminating
them with pure white light at ground level, and a deepening blue
as the elevator ascends. White light from eW Fuse Powercore
fixtures complements this effect, accentuating the elevator walls.
eW Graze Powercore fixtures (now specified using eW Graze
MX Powercore) line the sides of the intermediate parking levels,
highlighting the cave-like texture of the walls and illuminating
pockets of darkness. ColorBlast Powercore fixtures bathe
intersections in vibrant, color-changing light.
The solution delivers practical benefits and substantial savings.
Garage sections are assigned individual color schemes to help
drivers remember where they parked. The system is controlled
by a Philips Light System Manager Ethernet lighting controller
that allows management to reduce general lighting to 10% of
capacity during off-peak hours.
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Otis Booth Pavilion
iColor Flex LMX gen2
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Lighting Design
Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting
Dan Weinreber, Design Partner
Patrick McCollough, Project Designer
Architect
CO Architects
General Contractor
MATT Construction
Electrical Contractor
Morrow-Meadows Corporation
Photography
Anthony Masters
For its 100th anniversary, the Los Angeles Natural History Museum
underwent a renovation that greets patrons with an actual size fin
whale skeleton suspended in mid-air. The whale, measuring 63 ft
(19.2 m) and weighing in at an enormous 7,000 lb (3,175 kg), lives
in the Otis Booth Pavilion, a three-story glass-enclosed entrance
designed to look like a large aquarium. Designers used LED lighting
to create a new look for the pavilion while it underwent an intense
two-year restoration.
The lighting design team at KGM, led by partner Dan Weinreber and
designer Patrick McCollough, had used Philips Color Kinetics LED
lighting extensively throughout the museum and knew that it was
the perfect solution to create a new home for the whale skeleton.
The biggest challenge was creating a suitable backdrop that could
match the enormity of the whale without overpowering it.
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Weinreber and McCollough tightly spaced iColor Flex LMX
strands (now specified using iColor Flex LMX gen2) to create a
low-resolution video screen on the backdrop behind the whale.
Spaced only 4 in (102 mm) apart, the strands display impressive
and magical effects.
“Imagine seeing this magnificent skeleton appearing to swim
against a backdrop of the ocean depths and then looking up to
see a whale’s view of the sky from under water. The possibilities
are endless,” said Weinreber.
Light Rails
ColorGraze MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore,
ColorBurst Compact Powercore, iPlayer 3
Location
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Lighting Artist
Bill FitzGibbons
Photography
Courtesy of the artist
Special thanks to REV Birmingham, the Community Foundation of Greater
Birmingham, and the City of Birmingham.
LightRails, a colorful lighting installation illuminating Birmingham’s
18th Street railroad underpass, led an initiative to bring the
magic back to Alabama’s largest city. REV Birmingham, the
city’s economic development organization, partnered with the
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and city officials
on the program, which called on lighting designers to illuminate
key structures and potential pedestrian traffic hotspots within the
city center and surrounding districts. The revitalization project
uses lighting as a connective thread throughout these areas,
turning underutilized structures into safe, vibrant passageways
between districts and communities.
To create the city’s inaugural installation, light artist Bill
FitzGibbons interspersed Philips Color Kinetics ColorGraze MX
Powercore fixtures along the road-facing archways on each side
of the underpass. He positioned ColorBlast Powercore fixtures
against the back walls of the two pedestrian walkways, and in
groups in front of the ColorGraze MX Powercore fixtures. He
rounded out his design with ColorBurst Compact Powercore
fixtures placed in the center of each walkway.
An iPlayer 3 lighting controller produces a myriad of color
combinations and displays across the underpass’s concrete
interior. “My goal for LightRails was to create an exciting urban
light sculpture that would engage the public and provide a joyful
experience,” FitzGibbons said.
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Toffee Factory
eW Graze MX Powercore, ColorGraze MX
Powercore, ColorReach Powercore gen2
Location
Newcastle, England, UK
Architect
xsite architecture
Lighting and
Electrical Scheme
Designer
Stainton Lighting Design Services
Lead Designer
Anthony Smith, FILP, IEng
Senior Lighting
Designer
Steve Edwards, BSc
Lighting Controls,
Commissioning,
and Programming
LITE
Main Contractor
Brims Construction
Installation
Rotary Northern
The original Toffee Factory building was
erected in 1878 as a cattle sanitarium. Despite
devastation from a fire in 1993, Newcastle City
Council and local development company 1NG
saw promise in the historic site. They enlisted a
team of experts, headed by xsite architecture,
to transform the dilapidated structure into a
dynamic, flexible office space for digital and
creative businesses of all sizes. The building
is now bathed in vibrant, color-changing light,
created by high-quality LED lighting fixtures
from Philips Color Kinetics.
Energy savings and minimizing future
maintenance costs were central goals of the
Toffee Factory’s overall design. This proved
why LED lighting was the most viable solution.
The entire project met BREEAM sustainability
requirements, and the lighting system afforded
the energy savings necessary to achieve — and
exceed — the goal. The LED lighting solution
consumes 60% less energy than comparable
conventional systems, helping Toffee Factory
achieve a BREEAM “Very Good” rating.
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SandRidge Commons
eW Reach Powercore gen2, eW Graze MX Powercore
Location
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Architect
Rogers Partners
Lighting Designer
Renfro Design Group, Inc.
Photography
Darius Kuzmickas
After a move from the outskirts of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, SandRidge
Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company, catalyzed the city’s
revitalization efforts by constructing a new innovative headquarters in the heart
of downtown. The campus, SandRidge Commons, spans multiple buildings and
city blocks. The centerpiece of the complex is a 30-story historic tower, which
serves as the primary office building.
Renfro Design Group, Inc., was commissioned to provide SandRidge Commons
with an innovative illumination system to complement the site’s architecture.
Philips Color Kinetics eW Reach Powercore floodlights (now specified using eW
Reach Powercore gen2) project 4000 K white light evenly up the 393-foot (36.5
sq m) tower. The plaza canopy that provides shade relief for the outdoor plaza
during Oklahoma’s extreme summers is lit at night with eW Graze Powercore (now
specified using eW Graze MX Powercore) in 3000 K, creating an inviting light.
The Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solution met the architectural goals of the
project, and proved to be an energy-efficient choice. Compared to the previous
conventional lighting system, the new lighting system reduced the amount of
energy necessary to light the façade by 73%.
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Reflect at Stephen P. Clark Government Center
iColor Flex LMX gen2, iColor Cove QLX Powercore
Location
Miami, Florida, USA
Lighting Design
Focus Lighting Inc.
Artist
Ivan Toth Depeña
Photography
Ivan Toth Depeña
Artist Ivan Toth Depeña enlisted Focus Lighting of New York City to help develop
his concept for a permanent interactive light-based art installation in downtown
Miami, Florida. The installation, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public
Places, is located in the busy Stephen P. Clark Government Center MetroRail
station. Today, Miami visitors and commuters moving through the station often
stop to take a second look at what they see — abstract versions of themselves.
Depeña’s vision was to highlight the communal nature of the space and to
integrate the idea of the daily movement within the space into his piece using
sensors and light. Depeña and Focus Lighting custom-designed and developed
five 13 ft (3.9 m) light boxes, between 6 ft (1.8 m) and 8 ft (2.4 m) wide, and
outfitted them with Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex LMX LED strings (now
specified using iColor Flex LMX gen2) and iColor Cove QLX Powercore linear
LED fixtures. The LED light boxes are controlled by a Philips Color Kinetics Video
System Manager Pro (VSM Pro), an integrated hardware and software solution
enabling video playback and visual effects. Focus Lighting developed custom
camera tracking software that collects data from passersby, which is then sent to
the VSM Pro to generate the abstract reflections.
Even when there is no movement in the lobby area, the light boxes replay
animations from previously recorded interactions with visitors. The installation
seeks to engage the public and promote a sense of community.
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Baron Palace
eW Burst Powercore, eW Graze QLX
Powercore, Vaya Flood LP White & Mono
Location
Cairo, Egypt
Lighting Designer
Ramez Youssef
Project Manager
Mohamed El Okda
Façade Lighting
Segment Manager
Mohamed Khamies
Photography
Anmar Keylani
In the early 1900s, Baron Empain, a Belgian
industrialist and colonial entrepreneur, settled
and formed Heliopolis, a desert suburb 10
mi (16.1 km) outside of Cairo. Here, the Baron
commissioned the construction of his own
personal palace that was inspired by the Hindu
temples of Orissa in India and Angkor Wat in
Cambodia.
Heliopolis today is an elite district of Cairo and
Baron Palace has become a landmark of curiosity,
legend, and Egyptian history. The Egyptian
government bought the palace in 2005, although
it remains closed to the public today. The palace
was in need of a refreshing makeover, and in
2014, it was chosen to be lit as part of the Philips
Cairo to Cape Town Roadshow.
The lighting design team wanted to highlight
the main points of architecture, decoration,
and particular details of the palace that mimic
the Angkor Wat temple. The lights also needed
to create different scenes to complement
the various functions of the palace. But most
importantly, the lighting system would need to
respect the integrity of the historical landmark
with subdued lighting.
Philips Color Kinetics eW Graze QLX Powercore
fixtures fill void areas, such as doors, windows,
and dome openings, to create a contrast
between warm and cool white. eW Burst
Powercore fixtures spotlight the palace’s
ornamental architecture with a warm white light.
Vaya Flood LP White & Mono fixtures were used
for washing the steps and fences with of white
light. Altogether, the LED fixtures decreased the
palace’s power consumption by 80%.
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Big Four Bridge
ColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore
Location
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
System Design, Integration,
and Programming
Vincent Lighting Systems
Lighting Representative
Bright Focus Sales, Inc.
Photography
Darius Kuzmickas
The historic Big Four Bridge was originally built in 1895 by railway companies to
transport goods across the Ohio River, and was in use until 1969, when the bridge
was essentially decommissioned. Through public-private partnership, the bridge
was re-opened in 2013 as a pedestrian and bicycle path, reconnecting Louisville,
Kentucky, with Jefferson, Indiana, and revitalizing the waterfront area. Since its reopening, the mile-long bridge has seen an estimated 1 million visitors, making it a
destination for locals and travelers alike.
Building on the success of the project, Louisville’s Waterfront Development
Corporation spearheaded an initiative to extend the bridge’s appeal into
the evening hours with color-changing light. The system creates an inviting
atmosphere for waterfront activities, and enhances local special occasions.
“This was a strategic opportunity to leverage LED technology to further enhance
the city’s most popular attraction and continue the momentum of moving
Louisville forward as an innovative and independent city,” said Mayor Fischer.
“The new lighting will make the bridge safer at night, enhance waterfront events,
and contribute to the artistic flair and pride of this community.”
More than 1,500 Philips fixtures and the software-based control system were
installed and commissioned by Vincent Lighting Systems, the Kentucky-based
systems integrator. Now pedestrians in the surrounding parks have a dynamic light
show to watch from dusk to 12:30 am. Louisville joins other innovative cities in
revitalizing their bridges and lighting them as modern icons.
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BCP Affinity
ArchiPoint iColor Powercore, iColor Flex MX gen2
Location
San Isidro District, Lima, Peru
Client
Banco del Crédito de Peru (BCP)
Architectural Designer
Felipe Ferrer
Concept
Claudia Paz
Artistic Direction and
Interactive Concept Design
Claudia Paz and Nicholas Cheung
Production and Management
ARQUILEDS
Podium Design and
Implementation
Nicholas Cheung Studio
Lighting Specification
Cesar Castro, ARQUILEDS
Interactive
Programmer
Chris Plant, Colour Burst
Sound Designer
Neil Spragg, Future Sound Design
Non Interactive Programmer
Ruby Rosenthal (USA) and Cesar Castro (Peru)
Photography
2014 Paz & Cheung
In 2014, Banco del Crédito de Peru (BCP), Peru’s oldest and largest
bank, wished to update their headquarters to symbolize their new
brand identity of transparency and celebrate progressive Peruvian
society. Collaborating with lighting designers Claudia Paz and
Nicholas Cheung, BCP’s exterior façade was transformed into BCP
Affinity — a three-dimensional façade that consists of an LED canvas,
an interactive LED outdoor podium with multi-touch sensors, and an
interactive lighting control system.
The outermost of the façade’s six layers features Philips Color Kinetics
ArchiPoint iColor Powercore, daylight-visible, exterior-rated LED
points of light. Each fixture (532 in total) is secured to a perpendicular
pole in a 62 ft x 92 ft (19 m x 28 m) grid. Philips Color Kinetics iColor
Flex MX gen2 compose the remaining five layers. The result is two
distinct grids — one bright, bold, and sparse for dramatic moments,
and the other concentrated and subtle for nuanced sculptural effects.
In total there are 26,182 individually addressable nodes.
A podium of LED panels mimics the façade on a smaller scale,
enabling interactivity with the façade. Passersby choose from eight
interactive shows which emit light and sound. Multi-touch sensors
detect when the screen is touched, triggering a network of interactive
servers that remotely process the live input data. The content then
simultaneously appears on both the façade and the LED podium.
The dynamic canvas forges a unique connection between the bank
and community by engaging city dwellers, and creating a space for
social participation for people of all ages.
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Lenox Hotel
ColorGraze MX4 Powercore
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Installer
Foley Electric
Photography
John Brandon Miller
Since its opening in 1900, the Lenox Hotel has remained one of Boston’s most
prized historical landmarks and today is famous for its unwavering commitment
to eco-innovation. The Lenox has become a benchmark in hospitality and
environmental sustainability, launching an industry-first environmental program
and continuing its efforts as a global pioneer in luxury urban ecotourism.
The hotel’s aging fluorescent exterior lighting system was expensive to run and
maintain. Maintenance was only done twice a year and resulted in months of
burnt-out fixtures that were visible to passersby. Lenox management decided
it was time to update the outdated lighting with a new technology that was
sensitive to the preservation of both the hotel’s rich history and its focus on
sustainability.
The Lenox management team and Foley Electric chose Philips Color Kinetics to
replace the exterior lighting because of its outstanding reputation for illuminating
many of Boston’s famous landmarks. ColorGraze MX4 Powercore RGBA fixtures
were installed to highlight the decorative rooftop cornice of the historic urban
building and enhance the atmosphere of the building.
On most days, the fixtures emit a soft white or gold light that complement the
Lenox Hotel’s black and gold exterior. Management also has the flexibility to
easily change the color scheme to celebrate holidays, New England sports teams,
and local events. The new system has lowered maintenance and energy costs
and has been another way to further the hotel’s commitment to the environment.
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Poznań City Center
ColorReach Compact Powercore, Vaya Cove Color, Vaya
Linear MP RGB, Light System Manager
Location
Poznań, Poland
Project Management
TriGranit Development
Photography
Jacek Bakutis
In 2010, TriGanit Development collaborated with the city of
Poznań to revitalize the main railway station, adding a bus
terminal, a park and ride facility, and Poznań Shopping Mall. The
area of the entire facility, called Poznań City Center, is nearly
190,300 sq ft (58,000 sq m).
TriGanit commissioned an eye-catching and dynamic lighting
system for the interior and exterior of Poznań City Center to
establish the mall as a high-end shopping center. To illuminate
the building’s north façade, the installation team mounted Philips
Color Kinetics ColorReach Compact Powercore fixtures onto
each of the columns to evenly project light onto the 525 ft (160
m) long wall. The east façade is illuminated with color-changing
Vaya Linear Color fixtures (now specified using Vaya Linear MP
RGB), creating stripes of dynamic color and subtle wall-washing
accents around the mall’s entrance. Vaya Cove Color fixtures were
installed in recessed lines in the ceiling inside the mall, giving
management the ability to control the atmosphere throughout
the mall.
Philips Poland created a coordinated control system for the
center by linking three separate installations in and outside the
building, using a Light System Manager controller. The east and
north façades can be coordinated to display light shows when
special events are taking place within the shopping center, to
match the season of the year, or for marketing purposes.
The LED lighting system has significantly reduced the energy
costs and has simplified the maintenance of the entire lighting
network. The dynamic lighting design attracts both residents of
Poznań and travelers passing through the train station, putting the
mall on par with similar shopping centers throughout Europe.
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Gateway of India
ColorReach Powercore gen2, ColorBlast Powercore, iPlayer 3
Location
Mumbai, India
Lighting Designer
Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation
Photography
Philips
Built in commemoration of King George V and Queen Mary’s visit in
1911, the Gateway of India stands 85 ft (26 m) high on Mumbai Harbor.
Presently, it is the most popular tourist destination in Mumbai,
attracting thousands of visitors each year.
The Gateway’s owner, Maharashtra Tourism Development
Corporation (MTDC), desired to use light to transform the monument
into a colorful collage symbolizing Indian diversity. MTDC knew that a
Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solution would deliver long service
life, low operating costs, and a palette of millions of colors.
ColorReach Powercore gen2 and ColorBlast Powercore fixtures were
installed to saturate the Gateway with intense washes of vibrant light.
ColorReach Powercore gen2 fixtures were installed to wash its walls
evenly, while ColorBlast Powercore fixtures were placed 10 ft (3 m)
away from the wall to create sharp spots of color.
LED lighting has reduced the connected load by 55%, from 18 kW to
9 kW. In addition to dynamic effects, the installation’s cost-saving
benefits complemented the request for an efficient, lively lighting
solution.
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Gateway Community College
iColor Flex LMX gen2
Location
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Lighting Designer
Cameron McNall, Electroland
Photography
Electroland
When students pass from building to building at Gateway
Community College, they are greeted by photos of their classmates,
professors, and administrators on a 30 ft x 30 ft (9 m x 9 m) LED
screen. This piece of lighting art, appropriately named “College
Faces,” is a slow-motion movie that transitions every thirty seconds
between photos retrieved from smartphones or a website.
Conventional lights were unable to produce full-color video, so an
LED lighting solution was chosen to bring this concept to life. Philips
Color Kinetics iColor Flex LMX (now specified using iColor Flex LMX
gen2), strands of full-color LED nodes, were positioned 4 in (95
mm) apart on a custom-made frame by RGB Lights Inc. in the atrium
space connecting the campus buildings.
The installation was completed in September 2012. Cameron McNall,
principal at Electroland and lighting designer for the project, was
satisfied that he chose a Philips Color Kinetics solution. McNall said
the “wide product line [offered by Philips Color Kinetics] allowed
us to find a product that most clearly matched our needs, and they
offered invaluable technical support.”
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VEGAS Crocus City
iColor Flex LMX gen2
Location
Moscow, Russia
Photography
Gleb Igrunov
Boasting 1.2 million sq ft (112,500 sq m) of retail
space, VEGAS Crocus City, a five-story mall, is a
cornerstone of Russia’s retail industry, placing
Moscow on par with the industries of Abu
Dhabi, New Delhi, and Istanbul.
Crocus City Group partnered with Philips
Lighting in Russia to realize an imaginative
lighting project that would be the first and
largest of its kind in Russia: transforming VEGAS
Crocus City’s media façade into a vibrant,
polychromatic spectacle mirroring the iconic
digital billboards of New York City’s Times
Square.
To fulfill this vision, Philips Color Kinetics iColor
Flex LMX gen2 nodes were mounted on VEGAS
Crocus City’s ventilated façade. The nodes,
capable of displaying over 16 million colors, can
be programmed with a remarkably wide range
of media content and managed from a single
location. This enables the media façade to
easily generate text, images, and color effects
for decorative, entertainment, or commercial
purposes such as broadcasting online sports
coverage and other news events.
Since VEGAS Crocus City’s unveiling in
June 2014, the installation’s diverse lighting
capabilities have given the mall’s retail
businesses a major competitive edge, drawing
consumers inward with its cheerful, vivid
appearance.
Above all, the lively setting produced by the
media façade’s brilliant illumination generates
pride for the city of Moscow, demonstrating on
a global scale the growth of Russian business
and local expertise.
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Belfast City Hall
ColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, ColorGraze
MX Powercore, iW Blast Powercore
Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Design Team
Peter Horner, Belfast City Council, Design Officer
Belfast City Hall
Project Team
Gerry McFall, Belfast City Council
Property Maintenance Manager
Design Consultation
Annette Tang, TIR Lighting Design
Electrical Installer
JD McGeown, Electrical Installer
Photography
Redshift Photography
Since its opening in 1906, Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, has been a great source of civic pride and a symbol of
Belfast’s success. Its traditional Baroque Revival architecture,
beautiful lawns and gardens make it a popular destination for
residents and tourists alike. Most importantly, it houses the city’s
local governing arm, Belfast City Council.
The structure was one of seven European buildings chosen to be
part of a pilot for the ILLUMINATE program, a European Union (EU)
initiative to demonstrate the viability and benefits of solid-state
lighting technology through a wide range of applications in cities
around Europe.
While planning, the City Council ran into several technical and
budgetary challenges. Belfast City Hall is a historically listed
building with strict rules and regulations regarding physical and
structural changes, including rewiring. Running cabling for the
new LED lighting system would be cost-prohibitive and exceed
the allocated budget. IntelliPower, a solution from Philips
Color Kinetics that leverages existing electrical and physical
infrastructures to enable the affordable installation of dynamic,
digitally controllable LED lighting systems, was an efficient
alternative to rewiring. IntelliPower enabled installers to reuse the
current electrical wiring, reducing the cost of the installation and
allowing the Council to stay within budget.
Philips Color Kinetics ColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore,
ColorGraze Powercore (now specified using ColorGraze MX
Powercore), and iW Blast Powercore LED lighting fixtures light
the façade with varying shades of warm and cool white light
throughout the evening. The City Council can also produce colorchanging effects for special occasions. It is estimated that the
system will save around $21,000 (£14,000) in annual electricity
costs, while reducing annual carbon emissions by almost 200,000
pounds (90 tonnes)— around half of its carbon reduction target.
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