Prize(s) Winners in Bridges and Public infrastructures Lighting
Lighting Design/Product Company Concepto
Lead Designers Sara Castagne / Maelle Tertrais
Architecture Company TER AGENCY
Client SOLIDEO
Photo Credits © Design de Lux 2024 / V. Muracciole
Completion Date February 2024
Project Location Saint Ouen, France
Entry DescriptionLampadéphories
The creation of festive lighting to reinforce the memory of the site and the Olympic PARIS 2024 games, with the creation of interactions
between the public and the light:
The interactive installation ‘Lampadéphories’: Lampadéphories preceded the ritual of the Olympic flame during the first games in Olympia: a torchlight race was part of the programme of the games festivities. The ramp leading down from the Place Olympique to the banks of the Seine is a reference to this ancient ritual. There are 878 points of light integrated into this ramp. 878 correspond to the number of Olympic and Paralympic competition in the 2024 games. Each time a new medal is won a small light point start flashing and different light scenarios follow one another throughout the evening.
There are four different colour temperatures to recreate the shades of the Olympic flame. This lighting scheme also makes the route an
immersive night-time experience, to make the descent to the Seine pleasant. The lighting will also bring the ramp to life at night, making it an eye-catching feature of the landscape. And finally, after the games, this lighting scheme will help to preserve the memory of the events, thanks to an interaction between the 878 lampadephories and the public, who will be connected via a QRcode to an app that will enable them to remember the events.
Sustainability ApproachThe lampadéphories experiment is part of an ecological approach. First of all, these light points, integrated into the ironwork of the Olympic ramp, avoid the production of bulky lighting equipment, while the miniaturization of the light points saves on materials.
Secondly, the color temperatures of the light have been designed according to seasonality, so as to have a spectrum that is the least harmful to biodiversity. This is part of the “dark infrastructure” approach, which aims to accompany night-time uses in a soothing and pleasant way, while also taking into account any nuisance to flora and fauna. So, for example, in summer, when the fauna present on site is most active and often in the breeding season, the ramp will be tinted red (the least harmful spectrum for these spaces) in the middle of the night, with a lowering of power.
