Architectural Lighting Proposal
for the National Library of Athens
Made by :
Angeliki Boumpopoulou
Thomas Berghofer
lIse Van den Broeck
Horațiu Ciprian Armenean
Our design proposal
Precedents :
• First impression: not attractive
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Lack of lighting in the front to emphasis qualities
Lack of lighting in the back, lack of safety
No illumination of the sides
No depth in the windows
Our design proposal
Concept :
• Handle all buildings together>not the assignment
• 1+1+1+1=1
• Lateral Experience, different treatment of sides
• Masterpiece
• Lead the way to the garden
• Garden = place to read daytime
• Garden = place to relax safely at night
Inspiring images
Which are the positions of your luminaires and where
are they targeted at ?
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the position in ground, uplighting
on the wall
on post
targeting different aspects or/and details of the building.
Ledstrips shining down on the handrail of the stairs
Luminaries – Entrance
We are going to use the lighting fixture of Philips with the family
name ColorGraze MX Powercore
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Are LED Lights – so energy efficient
Consists of half pieces of cold and half pieces of worm type of LEDs so
as giving the ability to the designer to control the color temperature of
them and affect in the final color of the building
Different color temperature starting from 2700o C until up to 6500o C
The diffusers inside the luminaries also differs starting from 9, 10, 15,
30 degrees, so as the spread of the beam makes the light fit
everywhere for every application
This luminaries have also different dimensions so as to fit in any place
Luminaries positions and direction placed
in the Entrance
Luminaries – Main Columns
in the Entrance
In front of the 6 columns – in the lower part of them – 48W Led –
10o diffuser – Length L1219
Luminaries - Around the statue
SIMES ART. S.5125.19 CFL HIT-TC CRI 20W G8,5 1700 lm
the beam is directional so as to light the statue in an appropriate way
Luminaries direction and position – Entrance
Luminaries – Back Columns
in the Entrance
Downlighting the back of the columns
to enlighten the entrance
give some width to the entrance
48W Led – 15o diffuser – Length L1219 – so as to
linear LED lighting fixtures ideal for
• surface grazing
• wall-washing applications
• offers superior illumination quality
• dramatic energy savings
• space-efficient, low-profile aluminum
housing
• flexible mounting options
• discrete placement within a wide range
of compact architectural details
Luminaries - Entrance
In the upper triangle of the entrance 12W Led – 9° diffuser –
Length L305
On one front side of the building
only for a better image in the Relux
Rendering.
Problems of 3D – model
•no windows in the frond part of
the building
•Column distances
•No real staires
Luminaries - Entrance
In the handrail of the stairs we use ledstrips to downlight
Dialux from the Frontside
Dialux from the Frontside
Image from the Frontside
Luminaries in the backside
Less light in the back:
•used for study
•used to relax
General Illumination – Indirect Lighting – metal halide lamps
70W
Architectural Illumination
•around the trees – Compact Florescent lamps
•the paths – Compact Florescent lamps
Image from the Park
General Illumination in the park
Ambient lighting Indirect Lighting
SIMES - MiniSlot Disk S3982 with lamp
metal halide HIT-CRI 70W 6600lm
Architectural Illumination in the park
Around the trees
SIMES ART. S.5189.19 CFL TC-DEL 10W 1600 lm
Architectural illumination in the park
SIMES REEF BOLLARD WITH GRID S.5293-UNV with lamp
26W T4 CFL 1800lm
Signaling for the visitor seats
Using led lighting strips
Lateral side
Lateral side – The side near the Academy
Tell us what you would do differently if you had more
time?
– Illuminate Library’s windows better
– Work out the park, make it more attractive to the students
, athenians, tourists, readers
– design a place in this park for those who want to read a
book in the middle of a park
– Do a better study on the projections
– Visualize better the whole concept
– We would improve the 3D model
We wish you all nice exams and the help of the
ancient Gods to accomplish this work of Sisyfos!