lighting design
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Contents
Inspiration....................................................................................................3
Riverkeeper’s Office..................................................................................4
24/7 Academic Student Center.........................................................18
Parti-Lite.....................................................................................................24
Levi’s............................................................................................................26
Volunteer Work........................................................................................32
“...Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building...” -Thomas Fuller
“...Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation...” -James Turrell
“...There is one fundamental fact about lighting: Where there is no light, there is no beauty...” -Billy Baldwin; Ruby Ross Wood
Inspiration
Studio III
Water + Oil Studio
Office of the RiverkeeperGreenpoint (Brooklyn), NY
Wind Analysis
Summer Winter
Summer
Overshadowing Diagram
Winter
Equinox
Butterfly Diagram
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This project was geared towards de-signing office space that would house The Riverkeeper, a non-profit organiza-tion and New York City’s clean waterway advocate. Along with the many pro-grammatic issues, it was paramount to deal with the site. The project site is located in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn and is in the immediate vicinity of one of the world’s biggest and perhaps most ignored oil spill. One of the biggest challenges was the long term vision for such an industrial area that was located along Newtown Creek, a highly contaminated body of water directly resulted from the oil spill. With these issues in mind the design team envisioned a project that would not only function as a standard for sustainable design but also a means of integrating social and cultural aspects that would help breathe life into the neighborhood.
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The lighting concept was derived from the relationship between the water’s edge and the changing landscape. The emphasis would be using light as a mediator between the old and the new both implemented in the landscape lighting as well was the interior lighting. The old, in terms of exterior would be Newtown Creek and the new is our newly designed landscape. On the interior, the old is the portion if the structure (column, beam, slab) that we kept whereas the new would be the walls that was added.
Concept
Maybe not necessarily a concept but an idea that was really important was integrating the lighting into the structure and material where possible. This resulted in having fixtures buried into the framing of the roof in the interstitial space as well as using the felt ceiling in the classroom to reflect light and also create depth and texture.
Tide- 0’ Tide- 2’ Tide- 4’
Site Lighting Visualization
Neighborhood Lighting Master PlanCeiling Lighting Mock-up
Residential
Commercial/ Retail
Industrial
Institutional
Park/ Open Space
Retail/ Residential
Parking
Waste Water Treatment Plant
Nature Walk
Bicycle Path
Boat Stops
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Massing Development & Building Concept
Adaptive Reuse Strategy
Concept Diagram (3 Cuts)
Building Massing Strategy
The cuts through the building allow specific pedestrian Access as a continuation of the nature walk. The cuts fracture the building, creating explicit moments within the voids. A stepped landscape reaches down to the water’s edge creating a dynamic, ever changing edge condition. The nature walk informs the building’s shape; the building’s shape infers the landscape, while the tidal change defines the landscape’s edge.
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Plans
Classroom
First Floor
Public Lounge Foyer
Second Floor Interstitial Space (Aerial)
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Reflective Ceiling Plan
Lighting Analysis
Landscape Bicycle Storage Lobby
First Floor
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Testing Lab Media Lounge Office
Reflective Ceiling Plan
Lighting Analysis
Second Floor
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Fixture Schedule
Fixture Name Fixture Type Description Quantity LocationInfinite 3 F1 Narrow 3’’ continuous slot T5 Fluorescent 13 Lobby; Lab
Bevel CFL Downlight F2 3x5’’ Accent Luminaire for residential, commercial, retail or hospitality application
8 Rest Room
Bevel LV Halogen Downlight F3 6’’ Accent Luminaire for residential, commercial, retail or hospitality application
20 Classroom; Meeting; Office
Bevel CFL Downlight F4 6’’ Accent Luminaire for residential, commercial, retail or hospitality application
7 2nd Floor Office
Holophane CCP Series F5 Fluorescent industrial luminaires is designed for interior attractive /rugged performance and high efficiency.
6 Bike Storage
Bevel CFL Downlight F6 4’’ Accent Luminaire for residential, commercial, retail or hospitality application
10 1st Floor Meeting Rm.
Verve IV F7 Suspended Linear direct/ indirect fluorescent with frosted acrylic, round or square patterned diffuser
12 2nd Floor Office
Focus 4 F8 High performance perimeter open wall washing system See RCP 2nd Floor Hallway; 1st Floor Meeting Rm.
The One HO F9 Luminaire ideal for inaccessible areas and heat or uv sensitive applications
See RCP Interstitial Zone in 3 Buildings
Covelight 68 F10 Intended for concealed cove installations See RCP 2nd Floor OfficeSkydome 2’ F11 Surface mounted or recessed round dome with acrylic
diffuser3 Media Center
Skydome 5’ F12 Surface mounted or recessed round dome with acrylic diffuser
5 Media Center
Spreadlite 20 MH PV112 F13 Cove mounted metal halide grazing fixture See RCP Walls adjacent to buffer zone
Lightmark Bollard F14 Pathway lighting with single-sided light emission 27 Landscape Path (Approach)
Fluorescent Fusion F15 Pendant mount luminaire available in 1, 2, 3and 4 lamp compact fluorescent.
5 Kitchen; North Building Lobby (1st)
Ratio 1.5 F16 Pole mounted exterior luminaire 46 Landscape
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Lighting Mock-Up Detail
Section 1 Section 2
Plan
Integrated Ceiling Detail Wall Light Detail
Reference Plan
The full scale mock-up reinforced the lighting concept of emphasizing the edge. In this case the significance would be using light to harmonize the old (floor & columns that was retained) and the new (walls that was added). This attempt was successful in using light to bring attention to the old and the new by silhouetting the columns and detaching the walls from the floor.
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Lighting Mock-Up Detail
Final Model
Corner: No Shadow
Corner: Shadow From Lamp
Elevation
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Environmental Strategies
West Elevation
East Elevation
Section B
Section A
Section D
Section C
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Day/ Night Sections
Longitudinal Section- Day
Longitudinal Section- Night
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Day/ Night Renderings
Day
Night
Approach Interstitial Space Public Plaza
Approach Interstitial Space Public Plaza
Studio II
JENGA is a game with concept of pulling and stacking blocks as the tower gets taller and has a Swahili name meaning “to build”. As a team, we were interested in expanding this idea of pull & stack. By pushing and pulling the blocks and creating various forms, which led us to selecting the massing that was suitable for maximum daylight penetration into the space. Also these blocks were configured so that some could used as overhangs for blocking out the unnecessary light and while still delivering good quality of light to the space.
24/7 Student CenterThe New SchoolNew York, NY
Site Plan
Push/ Pull Based Facade Program/ Shading Based Facade Early Massing Investigations
Final Massing Strategy
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Site Analysis
Overshadowing With Views
South Bearing: 45o
West Bearing: 40o
South Shading System -2
Sun View Study
West Shading System- 1
South ShadingRed- SummerTeal- Equinox Gold- Winter
Reference Model
8:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00
8:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00
8:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:006:00
Winter- 12/21
Summer- 6/21
Equinox -3/21
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Day/ Night Interior Views
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth FloorReflected Ceiling Plans
Second Floor Study Lounge- Day Second Floor Study Lounge- Night
Third Floor Student Lounge- Day Third Floor Student Lounge- Night
Second Floor Study Lounge- Day Second Floor Study Lounge- Night
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Day/ Night Sections
Longitudinal Section- Day
Longitudinal Section- Night
Lateral Section- Day
Lateral Section- Night
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Lighting Integration
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth FloorDaylight Zones
Daylight/ Electric Light Curves- Lateral
Daylight/ Electric Light Curves- Lateral
LegendRed- Target Illuminance LevelTeal- Electric LightYellow- Daylight
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Glare Analysis
Study Lounge AtriumShading: No Shading: No
Shading: Yes Shading: Yes
Worst Case- June 21Contrast Ratio- 42:1
Typical Case- November 21Contrast Ratio- 34:1
Worst Case- June 21Contrast Ratio- 20:1
Typical Case- November 21Contrast Ratio- 25:1
Worst Case- June 21Contrast Ratio- 23:1
Typical Case- November 21Contrast Ratio- 4:1
Worst Case- June 21Contrast Ratio- 8:1
Typical Case- November 21Contrast Ratio- 2:1
Luminaire D
esign
Parti-lite II
In most design projects the rest room is often ignored, resulting in boring spaces that add little to the projects overall design. In an effort to add some character to the space I decided to use an overlooked component already in the space, the partition. There would be no ceiling fixtures, instead the partitions would provide the ambient lighting and a little interest at the same time. Also the pictured luminaire from Aqua Creations served as inspiration for the preliminary form of the luminaire.
Men’s Restrooms
Restroom Plan Luminaire Plan
Luminaire D
esign
Luminaire Description
The PARTI-LITE II is a custom modern fixture. It has a fairly simple profile and was designed to provide ambient illumination for the restroom initially two 14 watt T8 lamps was used but due to the quality of the uplight a directional LED lamp was specified instead. The fixture measure 22” x 2.5” x 48” and has a stainless steel finish.
Luminaire ViewsLongitudinal Section Lateral Section
Studio I
Architectural lighting: Lighting for an Office Building
Levi’s Corporate OfficeMeatpacking DistrictNew York, NY
The objective for this final project is the lighting design for an office building. The office building is a renovation encompassing private
offices, open office spaces, a meeting room, public areas, and circulation spaces for two of the floors of the building. The building is to be sited in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan. The interior lighting design, the “presence” of the building from the exterior at nighttime is an important component of the design.
The project will include a windowless space that has a student-determined program. Although other interior spaces will have daylight contribution, their design will not include daylight considerations, but focus on electric lighting.
Deciding on a client was first on the ballot for this assignment. Based on an overview of the area we concluded that a company such as Levi’s would mesh well with the existing character of the neighborhood. The meatpacking district is filled with high end fashion retail stores, numerous restaurants, the Highline, and the famous Apple store, which is adjacent to the site. We believed that the presence of such of businesses and the high foot traffic at that intersection makes it quite welcoming to a company such as Levi’s, who is well recognized and steeped in tradition.
City Map Vicinity Map
Original Building
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Concept
When you think of Levi’s you tend to think of jeans and when you think of jeans there is a good chance that you think of denim. Hence the root of our concept. We studied the attributes of denim and were struck by the texture and the form of the fabric. One of the objectives of the assignment was to work with the architecture as is; therefore, we were inclined to think of the design as a composition of fixtures, colors and other subtleties that when viewed as a whole would be unlike the traditional office.
One of the ideas we wanted to pay attention to were the certain colors that are a s s o c i a t e d with Levi’s such as the red
in the logo and blue, the color of denim. We wanted to use color to accentuate certain walls that wouldn’t emphasize a sense of place but also give the office its own personality. For example the Yellow Cafe on the first floor or the denim wall in the corridor on the first and second floors.
Denim: Texture Denim: Form
First Floor
Second Floor
Windowless Space
Studio IAnother aspect of out concept was to have the fixture vary in height depending on the program. For example at the workstations on the second floor the height is fixed to in order to provide enough illumination for the work related tasks. The remaining fixtures alternate heights from 9’ to 13’from finished floor, creating the illusion of a rugged ceiling.
Diamagnetic section showing the array of fixtures and accentuated walls
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Interior Renderings
Ground Floor
Aerial View: Ground Floor
History Wall and Corridor Main Stair
Cafe
Reception Area Coffee Bar
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Aerial View: Second Floor
SE View of Second Floor
View from Third Floor Stair 2View from Third Floor Stair
Second Floor From ElevatorNE View of Second Floor
Second Floor from Top of Stairs
Second Floor
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One of the things we had to be aware of and design for was the buildings e x t e r i o r presence at night. Since the c o r n e r
where the building is located is basically a black hole, in terms of the lighting of the adjacent buildings, we decided to go with a moderately lit building as compared to the brightness of the Apple store. Above is an idea of what the building looks like in the evening. Exterior Rendering.
Aerial View: Windowless Space and Lobby
3.5 Floor Mezzanine Approaching Windowless Space
View Looking Into Retail Mock-up Space
View From Lobby
Windowless Space (3rd Floor)
Volunteer Work
Volunteer Work
AL Magazine 2009 Awards“Table Design”
Architectural Lighting Magazine held their annual awards
ceremony and dinner at Parsons for the third consecutive year. The students were in charge of providing dinner to the award recipients as well as the students that were involved. We also had to design the table at which we would sit for dinner. The table did not have to incorporate lighting but it did have to seat 36 people and be safely disassembled for transporting purposes.
Preparing to Sand Individual Parts Applying Veneer
Aligning LampsAnchoring Tombstones Using Snap Ties to Organize Wires
