Prize(s) Winners in Heritage Lighting Design
Lighting Design/Product Company allume arquitetura de iluminação
Lead Designers Marina Makowiecky
Other Designer's names Rubia Collaço; Paola Polla
Architecture Company Restoration project: Prospectiva Arquitetura Restauro e Consultoria
Client IPHAN - Instituto Patrimônio Histórico Nacional
Photo Credits Fernando Wiladino
Other Credits Landscaping design: José Tabacow / Eduardo Barra
Completion Date december 2022
Project Location Florianópolis
Entry DescriptionThe Fortress, dating from 1765 and listed by IPHAN since 1938, was part of the defensive system of Florianópolis, located approximately 25 km from the city center. The architectural complex is made up of thick walls and three buildings. The lighting was designed to reinforce the construction's protagonism in the landscape, offering it’s lighting a supporting role, indirectly, to reveal new elements, built in the revitalization process, highlighting their functionality, through contrast. The physical changes to the existing structure presented challenges in defining lighting solutions, as the objective was to keep artificial light sources imperceptible, avoiding physical interference in the building. The lighting concept consisted of using homogeneous lighting to uniformly highlight the different levels of the architectural complex, using diffused light equipment with low intensity, minimizing light pollution. Historical elements of the scene received direct and more intense lighting, such as artillery objects and cannons, while the vigils were illuminated internally in a diffuse way with a warm tone to highlight them and allude to their function as a vigil, evoking the presence of somebody. The main access to the interior of the Fortress received pendant lamps for general lighting of the space, alluding to the vaulted structure that existed there.
Sustainability ApproachUse of LED luminaires with the possibility of maintenance without changing the luminaire.
Use of luminaires with life maintainance LM80 or LM70
Luminaires with optical control with addicional complementary accessories to avoid light pollution and glare.
Preference for use of lighting fixtures manufactured in Brazil, minimizing the carbon impact of transport.
