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feno before light and beyond

feno means lighting that creates lighting experiences by combining both sides of light:before light and beyond.


There are two sides to the physical phenomenon of light. It exhibits both particle and wave proper-ties and therefore conforms to two different models, both of which are essential for understanding the nature and behaviour of light. In actual practice, light also possesses two sides: an active side which involves its precise control, and a passive side which relates to the perception of brightness and color.

The technology and art of lighting – or in simple terms: physical qualities and emotions – are the parameters within which we work. These aspects belong together as inextricably as cause and effect.

We apply all our experience and know-how into each and every project, developing detailed solutions to meet the needs, visions and specific requirements of our customers, lighting artists and lighting designers. This calls not only for careful planning and the most advanced technical expertise but also an understanding of the aesthetic dimension of light so that ideas are converted into reality as successfully as possible. This is the basis for creating lighting phenomena that are not only impressive but also elicit emotional responses.

This brochure presents some of the main features of our work. We have selected a number of examples that will give you a good idea of what we mean by the phrase: before light and beyond.

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Finding Solutions

Light is something very special; it is medium and content in one. It is no wonder therefore that new applications and design options are being created and tested all the time – new installations, stunning effects, subtle transitions …

And this is precisely where we have focused our attention – on developing appropriate solutions for a wide variety of lighting designs and situations. Whether an entire building needs to change imperceptibly from red to blue overnight or the color and intensity of thousands of lighting panels need to be individually controlled for a particular artistic installation, every project is a new and exciting challenge for us – and with every project we are adding to our experience and our expertise.

Electronics experts, IT specialists and engineers work closely together in our R&D department to design the necessary control elements, dimmers and software for the various projects and bring them to a state where they can go into production. Our aim is to achieve this in the shortest possible time and to react with a high degree of flexibility to any changes, while at the same time maintaining the highest standards in terms of technology and functionality. In this respect we have the distinct advantage of being able to channel the empirical experience from our production side back to the development process. Ultimately, all that really counts is what we can see and experience for ourselves – from idea to reality.

Development

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Development

Production

Precision a Prerequisite

Light has an ethereal quality, not at all tangible. But the conditions needed to generate it are very much concrete and demand maximum precision. On the production side we therefore focus all our efforts on ensuring optimum quality in every detail.

In this respect, an advanced production facility is essential and we are ideally placed with our state-of-the-art plant in Oberhaching near Munich. This is where our team of specialists monitor every stage of the production process with the greatest possible care and attention. We demand the highest production standards, including final inspection and testing of each and every item that leaves our factory.

The results are high-quality products that are characterized by precision, reliability and durability and which of course meet all the relevant industrial standards and regulations. This is true whatever the batch size including special products for individual projects as well as for products that are manufactured for shipment to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

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Individual solutions

Every Project is Unique

Light is very much a law unto itself. Despite meticulous planning there are always a number of factors in any lighting project that are closely related to the specific properties of the space or object to be illuminated and which cannot be entirely taken into account in advance. From our experience with a wide range of spatial and architectural conditions, technical challenges and logistical arrangements we have developed an operational structure that enables us to tackle the specific requirements of each individual project with a high degree of flexibility. The quality management system at feno has been certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008.

We put together our teams on the basis of the detailed demands of the project and pay particular attention to setting up highly functional interfaces to all the relevant sections such as building systems and media control. For relatively complex projects we develop customized software pro- grams for visualization and fine adjustment on site. We accompany the entire process to final acceptance and also offer workshops and training courses for subsequent operation and main- tenance. No matter how important each individual aspect may be, the crucial thing for us is to have a complete awareness of the entire project so we understand the smallest technical detail in the context of the overall aesthetic effect.

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A nocturnal glow

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Lentos Art Museum Linz

Lentos is one of the most important museums of modern art in Austria – for its exhibits and also for its architecture. The glass skin reflects the ambient light and gives the building a transparent, almost weightless character. This impression of weightlessness continues at night. Lentos starts to glow at dusk, seemingly absorbing the energy of the reddening evening sky. The color changes smoothly from red to blue, from blue to red … a living body of light in the nocturnal silhouette of Linz, mirrored by the black and silent Danube.

What appears to float like a Mozart minuet is actually based on a sophisticated and beautifully conceived »score« for light sources and control elements. The display is managed by a total of 116 feno signal converters which use the DMX protocol to control the brightness and color of the DSI luminaires integrated in the frame of the façade, until the sun rises the following morning.

Contractor: Linz city authority, www.linz.atArchitects: Weber Hofer Partner AG, ZurichElectrical Planning: Wagner & Partner Ziviltechniker GmbH, LinzElectrical Installation: Elektro & Electronic Landsteiner GmbH, Amstetten

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A deep effect

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Zug Station

Two slim structures, linked by a glazed façade, constitute the new station building in Zug designed by the Zurich-based architects Hornberger. The unusual depth and 3D nature of the architecture is further emphasized when night falls and James Turrell’s lighting installation comes into play. Flowing color-chases spread not just over the glass but along the inner façades of the narrowing concourse, accentuating the »perspective effect« of the lines as they appear to converge on a point away in the distance. With its constant color transitions and changing rhythms the light also gives the building a pulsating vibrant energy.

This work of art in light could only be accomplished if the concept envisaged by James Turrell could be put into practice quickly and flexibly. Thanks to a comprehensive control concept devised by feno and specially developed software that enables the lighting situations in the building to be visu- alized, the colors and sequences could be defined on site with the artist and put together in a seamless choreographic arrangement.

Contractor: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB, Lucerne, www.sbb.chArchitects: Hornberger Architekten AG, Zurich, www.swiss-architects.com/hornbergerElectrical Planning: HEFTI. HESS. MARTIGNONI. Zug AG, Zug, www.hhm.chElectrical Installation: Marcel Hufschmid AG, ZugLight Art: James Turrell, Flagstaff, ArizonaLight Planning: Dieter Dartsch, interior designer, Riehen

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There was evening and morning

»I like the thingness of light itself.«

»There is an idea, first of all of vision fully formed with the eyes closed.«

There was evening and morning »What interests me is the quality of light

inhabiting a space.«

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Hotel Castell, Zuoz

Hikers leaving Hotel Castell in Zuoz (Switzerland) on their way to the mountains soon come across a neat round brick building – a kind of medieval guard-house. Once inside, they are standing in a circular room with a circular opening in the ceiling. There is only one object they can see through this opening: the sky.

Gazing upward becomes a meditative act. Passing clouds weave abstract patterns, and as the sun sets the color of this window to the sky changes, little by little, until it is quite black. The light inside the room also changes just as imperceptibly, in a silent dialog with the section of sky, deceiving the eye with complementary colors … This highly sensitive interplay between natural and artificial light called for a control system of exceptional precision to translate twilight into accurate fading operations, intensifying the effect of this work of art. Visitors leave this cosmic chamber as if in a trance.

Contractor: Hotel Castell, Zuoz, www.hotelcastell.chArchitect: Erich Offermann, ZurichLight Art: James Turrell, Flagstaff, ArizonaLight Planning: Die Lichtplaner Torsten Braun, Limburg

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Light from nothing

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Galeries Lafayette Maison, Paris

The Galeries Lafayette Maison in Paris extends over five floors and 10,000 square meters and is devoted to the culture and cult of lifestyle. Visitors stepping into the atrium are welcomed into a fairy-like palace. Between the brightly lit columns and stairways new visions of light and color appear as if by magic in the glass balustrades on each floor – a sparkling canopy of stars, welcome messages in a wide variety of languages and the names of exciting places …

It is no coincidence that Ingo Maurer describes his dynamic lighting installations as a symbiosis of aesthetics, imagination and functionality. The delicate nature of the magical ornamental lighting conceals a complex design developed on the basis of advanced technology, all implemented with the utmost precision. Several thousand LEDs have been integrated in 150 meters of special glass with three separate control circuits; control is provided by a constellation of hardware components supplied by feno. In addition, feno developed project-specific programming software that not only guarantees reliable and accurate results but also enables the system to be commissioned quickly and easily on site.

Contractor: Les Galeries Lafayette, Paris, www.galerieslafayette.comLighting Design: Ingo Maurer GmbH, MunichLight Planning: Ingo Maurer GmbH, Munich, www.ingo-maurer.com

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Climate lights

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Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost

Is it a ship? Is it a cloud? In the »old/new port« of Bremerhaven there is an unusual building offeringa trip around the world. The building, designed by architect Thomas Klumpp, houses the Klimahaus which was opened in June 2009. A tour takes visitors through different climate zones, along the 8 degrees east line of longitude. When evening comes tiny dots of light appear on the glass façade. These artificial stars get brighter and brighter, creating the illusion of a starlit sky combined with wind and water. Lighting designer Gerd Pfarré has successfully married aesthetics with symbolism in his concept of thematic connections.

Creating this nighttime scene on the 125 meter long and 82 meter wide building with its 10,000 square meters of glass was an enormous challenge in terms of programming and implementation. An in- credible sixteen kilometers of cabling were installed to connect the 2000 individually controllable light sources to the dynamic system. Software was written specially for this project to enable these huge quantities to be properly marshaled. So Bremerhaven now has a new landmark – a firma- ment on the glass skin of the Klimahaus.

Contractor: Bremerhavener Entwicklungsgesellschaft Alter/Neuer Hafen mbH & Co. KGArchitects: KLUMPP ARCHITECTS URBAN PLANNERS ATTRACTION DESIGN, BremenLighting Design: pfarré lighting design, Munich, www.lichtplanung.comElectrical Installation: WISAG Elektrotechnik GmbH, Frankfurt

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Dior Flagship Store, Osaka

»Anroidika Descending The Staircase« is the mysterious title of Angela Bulloch’s concept. A woman and a girl are coming down a staircase but the image is turned into an abstract movement by extreme »pixellation« (an allusion to Marcel Duchamp’s famous painting). What remains is a real staircase in the shop and a wall of cubic light modules. The constantly changing colors and configurations of these modules create a rhythmically pulsating zone in which the steps appear to dissolve into light.

The work of art is based on 252 pixel boxes, each one a 50 cm square housing three fluorescent lamps. The feno interface fi dmx-dali 4 signal converter, which acts as the interface between the DMX control system and the digital dimmable ballasts, enables any color in any intensity to be produced in any of the boxes – a kind of electronic palette for artwork in light for the 21st century.

Contractor: Dior, ParisLight Art: Angela Bulloch, London/Berlin

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Clouds inside

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House in a House, Hamburg

The trading hall in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce with its classic arcades and colonnades has recently been transformed into an architectural landscape. In 2007 in the middle of this impressive space a five-storey office building designed by BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN was con- structed – light and airy, completely independent, and only now and again connected to the galleries of the historical late 17th century building by bridges.

The light inside this building within a building is also independent. More than 160,000 LED light dots, arranged in square modular panels, have been installed under the glass floors of each of the storeys. Lighting designers from the Nimbus Group specified that the light in each of the zones should be variable. In view of the quantities involved, this presented a special challenge for the reliability of the LED dimmers from feno. The complexity of the project also called for intensive consultation and on-site support. The entire process was one of precision and dynamics, and this seems to be expressed symbolically in a subtle effect – a wave-like motion of light that can be activated on a touchscreen and that looks like clouds passing over the LED panels.

Contractor: Hamburg Chamber of CommerceArchitects: BEHNISCH ARCHITEKTEN, StuttgartLighting Design: Nimbus Group GmbH, Stuttgart

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Products & Projects

before light Products

fc assist usb-rs232USB-to-RS232 adapter

fc assist z-cableRS232 null modem cable, length 3m

fc dali 3eDALI sequencer, RGB, preprogrammed

fc dmx 512uUSB-to-DMX converter, 512 channels

fc dsi 3eDSI sequencer, RGB, preprogrammed

fc pwm 3ePWM sequencer, RGB, preprogrammed

fi dmx-dsi 4dDMX-to-DSI converter, 4 channels, DIN rail mounting

fi dmx-pwm 1eDMX-to-PWM converter, 1 channel

fi dmx-pwm 4DMX-to-PWM converter, 4 channels, pc board

fi dmx-pwm 4dDMX-to-PWM converter, 4 channels, DIN rail mounting

fi multi-dmx 3eDALI/DSI-to-DMX converter, 3 channels (DALI)/1 channel (DSI)

fi pwm-analog 4dPWM-to-1..10V converter, 4 channels, DIN rail mounting

fc s.dmx 48dDMX controller, 48 channels, 4 sequences, DIN rail mounting

fc s.dmx 144dDMX controller, 144 channels, 4 sequences, DIN rail mounting

fc s.multi 4dDALI/DSI controller, 4 channels, real-time clock, DIN rail mounting

fi assist display-45Display unit for DMX start channel, pc board

fi dali-dali 1dDALI bus power supply, signal amplifier, DIN rail mounting

fi dmx-dali 1DMX-to-DALI converter, 1 channel, pc board

fi dmx-dali 1eDMX-to-DALI converter, 1 channel

fi dmx-dali 4DMX-to-DALI converter, 4 channels, pc board

fi dmx-dali 4dDMX-to-DALI converter, 4 channels, DIN rail mounting

fi dmx-dmx 1eDMX splitter/amplifier, electrically isolated

fi dmx-dsi 1DMX-to-DSI converter, 1 channel, pc board

fi dmx-dsi 1eDMX-to-DSI converter, 1 channel

fi dmx-dsi 4DMX-to-DSI converter, 4 channels, pc board

fd analog 1-24e1..10V LED dimmer, 1 channel, 24V, 1 x 6A constant voltage

fd analog 3-24e1..10V LED dimmer, 3 channels, 24V, 3 x 2A constant voltage

fd booster 3-24ePWM amplifier, 3 channels, 24V, 3 x 2A constant voltage

fd dmx 1-24eDMX LED dimmer, 1 channel, 24V, 1 x 6A constant voltage

fd dmx 3-24eDMX LED dimmer, 3 channels, 24V, 3 x 2A constant voltage

fd dmx 3-24e 350DMX LED dimmer, 3 channels, 24V, 3 x 350mA constant current



fd dmx 4-24 350DMX LED dimmer, 4 channels, 24V, 4 x 350mA constant current, pc board


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before light Products

fm disc 2110 wLED module, 95mm, 3 x 500mA, common anode, 40W, white

fm disc 2120 wLED module, 95mm, 3 x 500mA, common cathode, 40W, white

fm s.disc 5900 rgbwDMX LED module, 4 channels, 88mm, 24V, 6W, RGBW warm white

fm s.disc 5901 rgbwDMX LED module, 4 channels, 88mm, 24V, 6W, RGBW neutral white

fm s.disc 7200 wDMX LED module, 1 channel, 50mm x 50mm, 24V, 1W, white

fm s.line 7100 wDMX LED module, 12 channels, 333mm x 24mm, 24V, 10W, warm white

fm s.line 7101 wDMX LED module, 12 channels, 333mm x 24mm, 24V, 10W, neutral white

fm s.line 7500 rgbDMX LED module, 36 channels, 333mm x 24mm, 24V, 6W, RGB

fm s.panel 7600 rgbwDMX LED module, 32 channels, 170mm x 170mm, 24V, 6W, RGBW warm white

fm s.panel 7601 rgbwDMX LED module, 32 channels, 170mm x 170mm, 24V, 6W, RGBW neutral white

fe s.soft 9400 rgbwDMX LED light source, 4 channels, 250mm x 90mm, 40W, Softlight, RGBW warm white

fe spot 1610 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, narrow beam, warm white

fe spot 1611 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, narrow beam, neutral white

fe spot 1612 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, narrow beam, cold white

fe spot 1620 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, medium beam, warm white

fe spot 1621 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, medium beam, neutral white

fe spot 1622 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, medium beam, cold white

fe spot 1630 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, wide beam, warm white

fe spot 1631 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, wide beam, neutral white

fe spot 1632 wLED light source, 50mm, 10W, wide beam, cold white

feno led modules feno led engines



fd multi 1-24eDALI/DSI LED dimmer, 1 channel, 24V, 1 x 6A constant voltage

fd multi 3-24eDALI/DSI LED dimmer, 3 channels, 24V, 3 x 2A constant voltage

fd sequencer 3-24eLED sequencer, RGB, preprogrammed, 24V, 3 x 2A constant voltage

Lentos Art Museum LinzLinz, 2003. At night the building seems to be a floating body of light with ever changing colors. Architecture by Weber Hofer Partner AG.

Zug StationZug, 2003. Flowing color-chases from red, green and blue fluorescent lamps illuminate the building after dark. By James Turrell.

Tornado TowerDoha, 2009. Lighting system on the façade of the Tornado Tower with more than 35,000 lighting elements by Lehner WerkMetall. Lighting installation by Thomas Emde, emdelight. Contractor: QIPCO Holding.

Dior Flagship StoreOsaka, 2004. A wall of cubic light modules with constantly changing colors and configurations by Angela Bulloch.

Hotel CastellZuoz, 2005. A fascinating view of the sky and its colors as it changes at twilight, accompanied and enhanced by lighting effects. By James Turrell.

Sofitel Munich BayerpostMunich, 2004. A free-standing four-storey sculpture in light based on a steel structure that is divided into cubes by horizontal and vertical elements. By k/h, interior designers.

Unicef SnowflakeNew York, 2004. Ornament made of stainless steel, light and more than ten thousand crystals by Ingo Maurer.

Dresdner BankFrankfurt am Main, 2003. Interactive steps, bridges and paths with lighting effects created individually by the people walking over them. By Magdalena Jetelová.

AngerhofMunich, 2009. LED technology and a specially developed plastic reflector illuminate every detail of the façade with colored strips of light to match the building. By Ingo Maurer. Provided by WÖHR + BAUER GmbH.

Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8°OstBremerhaven, 2009. Artificial starlit sky on a glass façade with 2000 individually controllable light dots by Gerd Pfarré.

beyond light Projects

Media/light façades Light art, light objects

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Apartment Building HerrlibergHerrliberg, 2006. The supporting wall on the northern terrace is structured with four horizontal strips and is used as a projection surface for constantly changing color images. By Klaus Hornberger, Hornberger Architekten AG.

Galeries Lafayette MaisonParis, 2004. LED modular lighting designed by Ingo Maurer. Inter-changing welcome messages in various languages and a firma-ment of white dots of light.

Lighting Workshop, Rosenheim UniversityRosenheim, 2009. The ceiling and wall panels are equipped with numerous fluorescent tubes including two different white tones. By Mathias Wambsganß, ip5 ingenieurpartnerschaft.

Subway Station HeddernheimFrankfurt am Main, 2006. As trains approach and leave the station they trigger a signal that changes the light on the platform. By SCHOYERER ARCHITEKTEN BDA.

Berlin Marriott HotelBerlin, 2004. 10 meter wide and 30 meter high lighting installation made from copper and bathed in a golden yellow light. By Stefan Hofmann, LICHT KUNST LICHT AG.

Incheon International AirportIncheon, 2008. Built-in sensors detect approaching trains and create an atmosphere with changing color patterns. By B2 Co., Ltd.

Audi Exhibition StandPeking, 2008. White LED lighting installation for Audi TDI Flames by FOUR TO ONE.

House in a HouseHamburg, 2007. More than 160,000 LED light dots, arranged in square modular panels, have been installed under the glass floors of each of the storeys. By Nimbus Group GmbH.

Chanel – Rèves de DiamantsNew York, Paris, Seoul, et al, 2002. LED modules create a landscape of vibrant red, brilliant green and shiny black. By Ingo Maurer.

Generali InsuranceMunich, 2007. Light meanders through the link between the main buildings, emphasizing the continuity and transparency of the structure. By Werning Day & Light.

beyond light Projects

Interiors, trade fairs, shops


feno GmbH, Raiffeisenallee 3,82041 Oberhaching, GermanyP +49 89 613725 30F +49 89 613725 [email protected], www.feno.com

Concept & Design:KMS TEAM GmbH

Lithography:Serum Network GmbH

Print:Kastner & Callwey Medien GmbH

Picture credits/photographers:Pages 4–9: Thomas KollerPages 10–13: Engelhardt/SellinPages 14–21: Florian HolzherrPages 22–25: Ingo Maurer GmbHPages 26–29: Markus TollhopfPages 30–33: Daici Ano with courtesy of Dior und Esther SchipperPages 34–37: HANS JüRGEN LANDES FOTOGRAFIEPages 40–41: Thomas KollerPages 42–43: Engelhardt/Sellin (Lentos), Florian Holzherr (Zug Station), Lehner WerkMetall (Tornado Tower), Marcus Vetter/with courtesy of the project developer and owner WÖHR + BAUER GmbH (Angerhof), Markus Tollhopf (Klimahaus), Daici Ano with courtesy of Dior and Esther Schipper (Dior), Florian Holzherr (Hotel Castell), Semperlux AG/expo norm GmbH (Bayerpost), Ingo Maurer GmbH (Snowflake), Semperlux AG (Dresdner Bank), HANS JüRGEN LANDES FOTOGRAFIE (House in a House), Florian Holzherr (Herrliberg), Ingo Maurer GmbH (Galeries Lafayette), photographer Andreas Keller (Audi), Dietmar Strauß (Generali Insurance), Lena Grass (Rosenheim University), Gerhard Kassner (Heddernheim), Werner Huthmacher (Marriott Hotel), B2 Co., Ltd. (Incheon International Airport), Ingo Maurer GmbH (Chanel)

All the wiring diagrams shown in this brochure are simplified extracts.

The quality management system at feno has been certified to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008.

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