Prize(s) Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination / Exterior Lighting Software Development
Company Lighting Design Collective
Lead Designers Lighting Design Collective, Barbara Rodriguez Pando
Completion Date 15.06.2018
Project Location Geneva, Switzerland
Entry DescriptionAmandolier Building in the centre of Geneva, Switzerland, is an elegant cubic structure housing offices and surrounded by a garden combining vegetation, metallic figures, black shale and water vapour in nothing less than a symphony. It was built in 2004 by Société Privée de Gérance.
Lighting design collective re-imagined this iconic media façade introducing calm movements of light and expressive geometries drawn from the architecture itself. Real-time weather data is collected and parameterised triggering changes in Digital content that is created continuously by visual algorithms.
LDC developed, together with the manufacturer MCI, a custom luminaire to fit the existing niche in the facade. SPG requested that the shadows in the corners be minimized and that each window blind be evenly illuminated. LDC built a mock-up in Madrid to test different combinations of optics and holographic diffusers. The new fixture control was designed to be flexible and allow for soft movements of light.
Company DescriptionLighting Design Collective (LDC) specialises in customised architectural lighting solutions and applications with a uniquely integrated portfolio covering cutting-edge services such as digital content creation, software development and innovative design strategies.
Our multicultural team of lighting designers, software coders and digital artists has created world-class projects in more than 20 countries. Our experience covers cultural, hospitality, retail, office, and mixed-use schemes as well as residential, landscape and infrastructure developments.
As a complementary service, we design contemporary luminaires that capture the essence of our design philosophy. Based in three studios in Europe, we operate globally with a network of collaborators stretching from Madrid to Miami, London to Mexico and Helsinki to Hong Kong.
