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Published in November 2012

Sustainable lighting with LED Not only does the technological revolution of the LED mark a major step towards energy efficiency, it also drives an intelligent imple-mentation of new products and lighting concepts that, in turn, deliver new standards of quality – for sustainable architectural light-ing based on human perception – such as here at Bosch Siemens

Hausgeräte in Hoofddorp, where ERCO’s LED light was used to create the first “Cradle to Cradle” office building in the Netherlands.

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“100% LED” has now become common practice in many projects. This Lichtbericht is entirely focused on LEDs and provides an overview of the diversity of applications for this new tech-nology. It shows, without a doubt, that the LED has now advanced well beyond its initial appli-cations and has replaced conventional sources in many projects.

ERCO embraces this change in technology, and, as in the past year, our 2013 innovations are 100% LED. Pages 14 to 17 offer an introduc-tion to these new products – they have followed the same path of deploying LEDs whenever possible, thereby satisfying our clients’ interest in using superb, ground-breaking LED technol-ogy in a wide range of performance levels and a multitude of applications.

The projects described in this Lichtbericht are designed to give you an impression of the many different uses of LED lighting. It starts off with the headquarters of Bosch Siemens Haus-geräte (BSH) in the Netherlands from page 6 – an office and showroom project based entirely on the “Cradle to Cradle” concept; from the moment of architectural planning and design, its whole object is to promote both ecology and sustainability. The outcome is a building that combines modern aspects with ecology into a dynamic symbiosis of modern relevance.

A first-hand report on lighting at the town hall in Schorndorf, using LED lighting tools, is provided from page 10 onwards. Architect Gunter Fleitz from Studio Ippolito Fleitz in Stuttgart and lighting designer Stefan Hof-mann from Lichtwerke in Cologne recall, in great detail, their experiences of planning and implementing LED lighting for the renovation of the town hall – a project they sum up as one that will pave the way for 100% LED solutions in architecture.

Duvetica – still a young fashion concept for down jackets – has now opened its fourth showroom in Milan based on designs by Japa-nese architect Tadao Ando. Light as a feather, the down jackets are displayed in trendy colours in a space of 220m2 and stand in delightful contrast to the minimalist severity of the con-crete architecture devised by Tadao Ando. The

ERCO LichtberichtImprintPublisher: Tim H. MaackEditor in Chief: Martin KrautterDesign/Layout: Simone Heinze, Christoph SteinkePrinting: Mohn Media Mohndruck GmbH, Gütersloh

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Photographs (Page): Justin Alexander (3), Frieder Blickle (19), Howard Brundrett (4-5, 19), Julia Cawley (1, 2), Aksel Groß/electricgobo (14, 20, 21), David Kuntzsch (19), Thomas Mayer (U1, 2, 3, 6-9, 22-29), Rudi Meisel (2, 3), Thomas Pflaum (3), Alexander Ring (14-17, 18, 19, 20), Dirk Vogel (2, 10-13, 18, 19, 30-31), Edgar Zippel (2).

Translation: Lanzillotta Translations, Düsseldorf

Background

Planning practice with LED: “100% LED is a realistic vision”Renovations at the town hall in Schorn-dorf near Stuttgart, a project involving LED lighting supplied by ERCO, are near-ing completion. In September 2012, we talked to architect Gunter Fleitz (Ippolito Fleitz Group) and lighting designer Prof. Stefan Hofmann (Lichtwerke) about their experiences and deductions regarding the use of LED lighting in a real-life situ-ation.

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store is illuminated entirely with Logotec LED spotlights and Quintessence LED recessed lumi-naires. All in all, a showroom concept in which the sophistication lies in its clear simplicity.

In a ranking of the 100 top hospitals in the Netherlands, the Ikazia hospital in Rotterdam took second place. This high medical standard is equally evident in the hospital’s architecture. The new main entrance suggests the ambi-ence of the foyer of a elegant, modern hotel. The pleasant atmosphere is underscored by an LED lighting concept that helps visitors find their bearings, as warm white light adds to the friendly reception in the building.

LED light in the historic rooms of the Palazzo Anguissola in Milan was used with impressive effects in an application that pays respect to the building’s fabric. Here, the light is designed primarily to serve and so should harmonise discreetly with architecture – this was a prom-inent aspect for this project. The Optec LED spotlights accentuate the works of art incon-spicuously, but are equally effective in illumi-nating the architecture, thereby forging an elegant link that extends from the past to the future of light.

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Duvetica showroom, MilanLED light for fashion

Ikazia hospital, RotterdamLED light for health

Gallerie d'Italia – Piazza Scala, MilanLED light for historic rooms

Forsblom Gallery, HelsinkiLED light for art

Pizza Hut, SolihullLED light in gastronomy

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BSH headquarters Netherlands, HoofddorpCradle to Cradle, a concept for sus-tainable and ecological architecture. As a company, BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte has consistently imple-mented this concept in its new sales office building in the Netherlands – right down to the aspect of efficient and comfortable lighting using ERCO’s LED technology.

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BerlinNEO is the new label of adidas for Young Fashion. The NEO stores are a stage both for customers and products, dynamically bathed in the contrast-building light of Optec spotlights with colourful accents added by ERCO’s varychrome LED lighting tools. The stores underscore the possibilities afforded by LED technology in terms of brilliance and variability.

adidas Neo Store Tauentzienstraße, BerlinArchitect: adidas Visual Merchandising Team, Herzogenaurachwww.adidas.com/neo

GothenburgThe city on the Kattegat is home to the ‘Göteborg Konstmuseum’ (Gothenburg Museum of Art). Financed entirely by donations, it collects works of art from the 15th century through to the present day. The freshly renovated museum presents the works of Scandinavian, but also of Dutch and French, art-ists in the LED light of ERCO’s Light Board, Logotec and Optec spot-lights and wallwashers.

Göteborg Konstmuseum, GothenburgLighting design: Daniel Landahl, Göteborg Konstmuseum, Gothenburgwww.konstmuseum.goteborg.se

WorthingEngland is known for its seaside resorts and interest in its own his-tory. Worthing offers both – a long, bustling pier, opened well over a 100 years ago, and the Worthing Museum & Art Gallery. The muse-um describes itself as “the jewel in Worthing’s crown” – history, art and oddities are introduced to visi-tors under the light of Opton LED spotlights – admission free!

Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, Worthingwww.worthingmuseum.co.uk

LondonFrench fashion boutique Dior was established in 1946 and has since stood for creativity and exceptional haute couture. More than 40 per-fumes for ladies and gents now complement the label. The new Dior perfume and cosmetics shop accommodated in the venerable department store Selfridges on Oxford Street shines in the brilliant light of Optec LED spotlights.

Dior c/o Selfridges, LondonLighting design: Speirs + Major, Londonwww.dior.comwww.selfridges.com

Salsomaggiore TermeThis spa in the Emilia-Romagna region has welcomed its guests since 1847. The high mineral con-tent of the water here also attracts stars such as Sophia Loren. While the patron saint of San Vitale holds his hand over the town, ERCO’s outdoor spotlights and recessed luminaires illuminate the Piazza Lorenzo Berzieri and the façade of the historic spa building.

Piazza Lorenzo Berzieri, Salsomaggiore Terme Architect: Emilio Faroldi, Parmawww.termedisalsomaggiore.it

ParisThe trendy Marais district is con-sidered the home of fashion. At the boutique of a Parisian fashion designer, the spirit of the 1920s meets modern LED technology for an inspiring presentation of space and products. ERCO’s Logotec LED spotlights blend materials and inte-rior in perfect harmony.

Architect: Nicholas André, Saint-Ouen

NijmegenA common lighting concept for the main shopping street in the oldest town in the Netherlands – the Lange Hezelstraat. With more than 40 individually styled shops, the street lends itself to a leisurely shopping tour, illuminated in the evenings by the energy-efficient light of 120 Focalflood LED façade luminaires.

Lange Hezelstraat façade lighting, NijmegenLighting design: LICHTvormgevers B.V., Dongen

PaddingtonThree things attract Sydney’s residents to the Paddington suburb – excellent restaurants, Victorian town houses, and fashion. One of the most eminent Australian fashion designers is Rachel Gilbert. Since 2002 she has stood for suc-cessful collections sold in 90 bou-tiques and e-shops worldwide. Logotec LED spotlights illuminate her new flagship boutique store in Paddington.

Rachel Gilbert flagship boutique, PaddingtonArchitect: Tobias Partners, Sydneywww.rachelgilbert.com

KochiThe first biennale for modern art in India is held in the historic Kochi assembly hall in Kerala province. In the tropical climate of Southwest India, this new avenue of exchange creates a buzz: modern art by Indian and international artists presented in the atmosphere of the historic building – illuminated by Logotec LED spotlights.

Durbar Hall Biennale, Kochi (Kerala)Architect: Vikas Dilawari (Head of Con-servation Department at KRVIA Mumbai), Design Bureau Consultant, MumbaiLighting design: Satish Rana, LVI, Punewww.kochimuzirisbiennale.org

New YorkThe focus at this Poggenpohl showroom in New York is firmly on design. Its location, on Park Avenue, enables the German kitchen manufacturer to posi-tion itself prominently in the US American market. High-quality kitchen furniture is complemented in style by high-quality lighting tools – Cantax LED spotlights on ERCO track.

Poggenpohl kitchen studio, New YorkArchitecture and lighting design: Poggenpohl Interior Design Team, Herfordwww.poggenpohl.com

ViennaThe Museum of Natural History, in the heart of the metropolis on the Danube river, stands for mod-ern exhibition concepts in historic premises. Built in 1889 by Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer, the building today houses more than 30 million objects. The dra-matic exhibits in the Dinosaur Hall are illuminated, to great effect, by Logotec LED spotlights.

Dinosaur Hall in the Museum of Natural History, Viennawww.nhm-wien.ac.at

StuttgartThe architects at Labor Weltenbau have developed a shop concept for optical products company Zeiss Optik that will be implemented worldwide. In their hometown of Stuttgart, Kästner Optik was fitted out in equal manner – bright and reflective surfaces illuminated by Quintessence downlights and wallwashers, Compact 100 recessed luminaires, and Parscan and Optec spotlights.

Zeiss Optik Kästner, StuttgartArchitecture and lighting design: Labor Weltenbau, Stuttgartwww.kaestner-stuttgart.de

StuttgartThe new city library, Bibliothek 21, is a literature temple. Light defines the “heart”, an empty contempla-tion room, as well as the gallery hall above it, with its vertical illu-minance for the book shelves. For a perfect result, the designers opted for Quintessence wallwashers for metal halide lamps.

Bibliothek 21, city library at Mailänder Platz, StuttgartArchitect: Prof. Eun Young Yi, Yi Architects, Cologne/SeoulLighting design: Conplaning, Ulmwww1.stuttgart.de/stadtbibliothek


Bright prospects Photographers Marco Grob, David Hiepler and Fritz Brunier (hiepler, brunier) documented staff and sites of Swiss building materials group Holcim AG world-wide. The exhibition was illuminated using Light Board LED spotlights.

Berne Museum of Fine Arts, “Industrious” Exhibition2 March – 6 May 2012Photographer: Howard Brundrett, Basel

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If it can be said that every nation has certain characteristics, these are no doubt shaped by their respective environments. The Nether lands owe large parts of the Dutch territory today to its age-old wrestle with the North Sea. Many people in this small, yet densely populated and highly productive country maintain a pragmatic attitude to nature, a clear commitment to envi-ronmental and climate protection and – as many parts of the land are, after all, below sea level – an appreciation of good design as a means of popularising technical and social innovations for acceptance.

It should therefore come as no surprise that German chemist and environmental visionary Michael Baumgart successfully set up a “Cradle to Cradle” (C2C)* chair at the Erasmus Univer-sity in Rotterdam, where he conducts further research into this approach to ecological pro-duction, which he developed in partnership with American architect William McDonough. McDonough has now put the C2C concept into practice at the first office park of its kind in the Netherlands – in Hoofddorp, a town founded in the 19th century in the Polderlands, south of Amsterdam. An anchor point of the site dubbed “Park 20/20” is an office building designed by McDonough, which serves as the Dutch sales office of German home appliance group Bosch Siemens (BSH), but also as a showroom and an interpretive experience of the company’s Bosch, Siemens, Neff and Gaggenau brands.

Sustainability has long since been a corporate objective of BSH, yet the new building takes it a step further still with C2C. Here, the aim is to recycle all used materials or return them to the natural environment. With features such as high efficiency, long life and easy recyclability, ERCO’s LED lighting tools qualify for illumina-tion of this project – but equally because of their superior light quality. This, in turn, helps to drive greater acceptance of ecologically sound solutions among the building users.

The interior design was devised by D/Dock in Amsterdam. Its design concept combines the ultimate experience of the BSH brand with a unique work environment, themed around the

BSH headquarters Netherlands, HoofddorpCradle to Cradle, a concept for sustainable and ecological architecture. As a company, BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte has consist-ently implemented this concept in its new sales office building in the Netherlands – right down to the aspect of efficient and comfortable lighting using ERCO’s LED technology.

aspects of ecology. This aesthetic union results in a welcoming place for visitors that radiates a sense of calm and openness. Optimal lighting, tactile materials, soft colours and flexible design elements throughout underline this approach – clarity on the whole, with attention to detail. The cooking school in the building shows just how flexible this concept really is. Here, the dif-ferent brand appliances can be swapped with each other in next to no time, so that the facil-ity can be shared by all brands. Flexible lighting tool, such as spotlight and track systems, are integrated effortlessly into this environment. At the centre of the office is a four-storey atrium with an indoor/outdoor Living Green Wall and a building-integrated photovoltaic glass roof which satisfies the goal of renewable energy.

In the public areas and showrooms of BSH brands Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau and Neff, the effective lighting concept used by BSH in Hoofddorp is oriented around accent lighting. Here, the designers opted for Logotec LED spot-lights for track mounting. They can be flexibly positioned and aligned, while their Spherolit lenses – which are easily replaced without tools – provide beam characteristics ranging from spot and wide flood to oval flood or wallwash.

Other efficient lighting tools, used alongside different types of LED spotlights, include LED recessed luminaires from the Quintessence range, but also luminaires from the Compact 100 range with compact fluorescent lamps. Their purpose is to provide situation and perception-oriented lighting. Efficient visual comfort as a leading principle maintained at ERCO fits ideally in this project with the cradle-to-cradle concept of the building, helping to present the BSH brands and products in an attractive and future-oriented light.

* Cradle to Cradle® and C2C® are registered trade-marks of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC). Further info at: www.mbdc.com

LogotecA universal system of spotlights, floodlights and wallwashers with LED for track mounting. At BSH, the brilliant light accentuates exhibits, specific zones in the room and wall surfaces. The LED optical system with Spherolit lenses ensure superior efficiency and light quality.

Master plan and design: William McDonough + PartnersExecutive architects: KOW, The HagueInterior design: D/Dock, AmsterdamLandscape architecture: Nelson Byrd Woltz, Charlottesville / New York

Photographer: Thomas Mayer, Neuss

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The presentation area of the high-quality Stu-dioline range of Siemens appliances is also illumi-nated using Logotec LED spotlights mounted on a suspended track system. Spotlight lens systems in Spherolit technology are adjusted to the format of their target surfaces without spill light to pro-duce striking contrasts with optimum efficiency.

Oval floodERCO’s LED lens systems with Spherolit technol-ogy produce an oval flood beam as one option, which is suitable for the efficient illumination of long objects or surfaces, but also produce light strips for wide luminaire spacing.

The auditorium is used both for internal purposes and for public events – from marketing training through to jazz concerts. In this area, Logotec LED spotlights with oval flood characteristic help to model the physical make-up of the wall panelling without causing glare.

Exhibits, materials of the furniture elements and decorative objects are shown off, as the rough ceiling retreats into the dark.

A Living Green Wall across the four storeys of the atrium is a symbol of the ecological nature of the architecture. Common areas such as conference rooms or staff cafeterias are positioned around this sector. Mounted on track systems freely sus-pended in the room, the narrow-beam Logotec LED spotlights bridge even

The brand experience of Bosch, Siemens, Gagge-nau and Neff extends over the lower two levels of the building. Lines of sight throughout the atrium contribute to the open, inviting character of the building.

large distances between luminaire and target sur-face.


Martin Krautter:Mr Fleitz, why don’t you start by telling us a bit about Schorndorf’s town hall?

Gunter Fleitz:The town hall dominates the historic marketplace in the heart of the old town and is the town’s “landmark”, built around 1730, and is now a listed building. The semibasement with its distinctive arcade windows used to be an open hall where the market took place. The arcades were later closed to produce a foyer that is now used for many purposes including tourist information and events. There are also two multifunctional rooms – the large Council Chamber is used for events such as technical committee meetings and seminars. Above it lies the builtin Wedding Chamber, which also serves as the session room for the Lord Mayor and his team.

Martin Krautter:What state was the town hall in when you first saw it?

Gunter Fleitz:When we started the project in 2007, the building was in desperate need of renovation due to significant shortcomings in terms of fire protection and building infrastructure. The young Lord Mayor was also keen for the town hall to get a makeover that would give it, and so the town itself, a new image. When the economic crisis hit in 2008, the project was put on hold until funds came in

Planning practice with LED: “100% LED is a realistic vision”

Renovations at the town hall in Schorn-dorf near Stuttgart, a project involving LED lighting supplied by ERCO, are near-ing completion. In September 2012, we talked to architect Gunter Fleitz ( Ippolito Fleitz Group) and lighting designer Prof. Stefan Hofmann (Lichtwerke) about their experiences and deductions regarding the use of LED lighting in a real-life situation.

again for its energyefficient refurbishment. The last restoration in the 1980s had left it with many features in dark wood as well as terracottacoloured flooring. We wanted to get rid of these and have a more open façade again to create transparency from the marketplace into the building. The Wedding Chamber now sits, as it were, as a glass structure inside the building. Separated by glass walls, the foyer and chamber converge into a single room differentiated by filters such as curtains and point grids printed on the glass. The acoustic ceiling throughout is curved around the perimeter and has continuous holes to maintain this space continuum.

Martin Krautter:How did the contract come about, was there a competition?

Gunter Fleitz:No, we were directly contracted for the project. We had a number of projects in Schorndorf, the most recent ones a radiology practice and a care home. At the opening, we were introduced to the Lord Mayor. He wanted to renovate the town hall with external experience and a new, uninhibited attitude. The good thing was that the Lord Mayor, the Town Councillor for Building and Construction and the head of the Building Department all knew what to expect and were all on the same page.

Martin Krautter:What specifically were your clients looking for?

Gunter Fleitz:The functional requirements did not change substantially. We have a variety of complex uses, but we did not want to design a multifunctional room as a sort of “jack of all trades and master of none”. Special focus was given to creating a stately entrance and transparency, also to the Chamber. Closed sessions required the option of appropriate discretion. Relatively early on, we presented a visual concept that would considerably change the character of the room. Our clients were highly enthusiastic about it, and it allowed us to show them what the concept could offer.

Martin Krautter:Which brings us right to the point – transparency always has a lot to do with lighting. How did you come to cooperate with Stefan Hofmann as a lighting designer?

Gunter Fleitz:We had already worked on a restaurant project together. We had urged our clients to hire a lighting designer. Our basic interior design concept included initial ideas on lighting, which we expanded together. We often use 3D software for our designs, so very early on we had visual simulations of the room to hand. At the same time, when we got to the detailed lighting design with Stefan Hofmann, all options were still open in terms of exact definition.

Martin Krautter:Mr Hofmann, what was your first impression?

Stefan Hofmann:I knew from our previous project how the architects worked, what was important to them, and how they approached things. The lighting is always only as good as the architecture and in the bestcase scenario it reduces itself to enhancing superb archi

lighting move in the same forwardlooking direction? At the end of the day, we conducted an analysis calculating the energy and maintenance costs for two lighting concepts – one for conventional light sources using metal halide lamps or dimmable halogen lamps and the other for LED.

Martin Krautter:You actually calculated these costs?

Stefan Hofmann:Yes, and compared them to the acquisition costs. In 2010, LED lighting systems cost around a third more than conventional lighting. We presented these figures with the architect to the Lord Mayor. We were quite frank and said it may take a few years to pay off these additional costs, but he would have a building that demonstrates responsibility and progressiveness. It didn’t take long for him to decide on LED lighting for the whole project.

Martin Krautter:Did you ever, at any point during the planning, feel that LEDs would compromise on quality?

Gunter Fleitz:No, but I must admit I have never really seen the light at night. What really impressed me was the colour rendering and the very agreeable light colour everywhere.

Stefan Hofmann:Similar to lowvoltage halogen lamps, LEDs are point light sources. Their superb integration into optical systems produces intense and brilliant light exactly where it is needed. You can see under the Wedding Chamber, for instance, that it works really well now with LED lighting.

Martin Krautter:What is the light quality of the LED like in terms of visual comfort or glare?

Stefan Hofmann:A single, fingersized lamp previously produced a very high lumen package. To achieve the same luminous flux you would need a grid of several lightemitting diodes. Only in conjunction with a sophisticated lens technology, such as ERCO’s, would you get the result you are looking for. We questioned various scenarios with LED spotlights in this project. For instance, is it possible, from a height of 10m, to illuminate the

On-site inspection of the renovated town hall in Schorndorf near Stuttgart – will the LED lighting stand up to critical scru-tiny? The designers agree: yes, based on experience gained in the project, architectural lighting with 100% LED is a realistic vision. From right to left:

desktop of a single workplace precisely? The result shows that yes, it is possible. Glare control is ensured using a completely different technology, but it is available. There are areas, however, where we could not install LED technology because the right luminaires here simply don’t exist yet – ceiling washlights, for example, or recessed floor uplights.

tecture. As lighting designers, it helps us, of course, when the architect communicates his philosophy, what room is to have which function, and how you move through the rooms.

Gunter Fleitz:We had a strong design vision that we were able to work on together.

Martin Krautter: When was the first time that you entertained LEDs during the discussions?

Stefan Hofmann:It was when we designed the sculpturelike ring pendant luminaires in the foyer, which were only feasible with LED lamps.

Gunter Fleitz:We knew here that it would boil down to using LEDs, yet not initially for the room’s overall lighting concept. The issue then arose in meetings with the client, who was open to the idea, so Stefan Hofmann explored it in more detail.

Stefan Hofmann:It was obvious, for some areas, that we would use LEDs – for vertical illuminance, for instance, specifically for effective illumination of the curtains. The next question was how we would handle the lighting in general. Should we use conventional lamps or opt for modern LED technology? We have open, transparent architecture – would the

Martin Krautter:But how do you ultimately decide on one specific supplier, a specific brand like ERCO?

Gunter Fleitz:We were completely open when we started, but Stefan Hofmann recommended your products for many situations, as they are simply ideal here. But with so many specific lighting situations, you can’t get it all from one source.

Stefan Hofmann:It was relatively simple. Apart from the odd decorative and functional exception, most of the lighting comes as point light sources from the ceiling. As a lighting designer, I prefer to use a manufacturer that offers a range, a complete portfolio. ERCO provides LED downlights, wallwashers and directional luminaires all with an exact and consistent design, and these are the very luminaires we needed: with the same diameters and a unified appearance.

Martin Krautter:So there are design aspects and technical aspects. Was it also a question of service?

Stefan Hofmann:Initially it was a question of portfolio. For the Chamber we needed LED directional luminaires with a narrow beam angle of 10°. The market, in this segment, is relatively

Gunter Fleitz (Ippolito Fleitz Group), Martin Krautter (Editor-in-Chief, ERCO Lichtbericht), Stefan Hofmann (Licht-werke, Cologne), Hendrik Schumacher (ERCO Leuchten GmbH). Photos: Dirk Vogel, Dortmund.


Ippolito Fleitz Group, StuttgartThe multidisciplinary, internationally active design studio sees its role as "identity architects” – together with its clients, the team develops architecture, products and communication always as part of the whole and yet as something entirely unique. Its two managing part-ners, Peter Ippolito and Gunter Fleitz, set up the studio in 2002, after they had already been working together at zipher-spaceworks since 1999. Their work has earned them many design awards – out-standing projects include the new canteen for the German magazine DER SPIEGEL, the exhibition stand for Burkhardt Leitner constructiv and the Palace of Interna-tional Forums in Uzbekistan.

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underdeveloped. ERCO was the pioneer, and that ultimately tipped the scale for us. Fortunately ERCO also quite recently changed the light colour from warm white to really warm white.

Martin Krautter: That means we use LEDs with a colour temperature of 3000K in the project?

A new image for Schorn-dorf’s “landmark”: Located in the heart of the town, the historic town hall with its multifunctional rooms on the ground floor plays a crucial role in public life – this is where visitors are welcomed, medals are awarded, election victories are celebrated, marriage ceremonies are conducted.

Stefan Hofmann:Yes, and you get ideas what the next step could be. We already have custombuilt lumi naires in the project that are fitted with a mix of LEDs in 3000K and 4000K. We can therefore either produce warm light or complement daylight with neutral white light as needed. We want to see the same for downlights and wallwashers, that they can easily be switched between these light colours. Finally, a directional luminaire with a light colour of 3000K that gets warmer still when dimmed – that would be perfect for restaurants, for instance.

Gunter Fleitz:I think it’s only nuances that are currently still missing. When we had a recent tour of the project with the Lord Mayor and the Town Councillor for Building and Construction, we could still sense some nervousness about the generally halffinished work, but they did say, “The light is superb, sensational, let’s hope the rest is the same...”

Martin Krautter:That’s what one likes to hear!

Gunter Fleitz:It’s true, there were still things not quite finished yet, but you could sense the ceremonious atmosphere already.

Ippolito Fleitz works intensively with 3D soft-ware from the design stage. The strong visual concepts produced as a result are designed to win over the clients (top). It speaks to the quality of the architects that the concepts lose none of the fascination after imple-mentation.

Martin Krautter:The Spherolit lenses actually do make LEDs more flexible than conventional lamps – does that make it easier for the designer?

Stefan Hofmann:That was an interesting experience – I phoned ERCO on Wednesday, the lenses arrived by 10 a.m. on Thursday, and on Friday, I was in Schorndorf to replace them. That’s what I call stellar service.

Martin Krautter:Mr Hofmann, is there anything else you would like to see in terms of product information, product documentation for LED products?

Stefan Hofmann:Clear standards for technical data and measurements would be helpful for designers and manufacturers. With ERCO, I know that such data as luminous flux or luminance on the target surface are realistic. At the same time, I guess it will take a few years yet for a standardisation of data. Another issue, if I may, is the enormous price pressure because of a changed market situation with altogether new providers. Not all clients are prepared to spend a third more initially on LED solutions.

Hendrik Schumacher:We all know what it’s like – new technologies cost more at the start before the price comes down. The expectations for LED technology are the same, and, as suppliers, we need to deal with that.

Stefan Hofmann: Well, conventional lighting systems will likely soon be replaced by LED systems, but the market setup here is completely different. That makes the question of price and product portfolio a legitimate one. Of course, it would be nice to get a simple LED downlight at a reasonable price – with ERCO’s quality.

Stefan Hofmann, Lichtwerke, CologneFascinated by the subject of light, Stefan Hofmann has spent his time since his stud-ies of scenography and exhibition design working with this medium in the context of theatre and architecture. Alongside well-known lighting designers, he gained experience as a project manager in such undertakings as the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum or the Uniqa Tower in Vienna. Many of his projects have won interna-tional awards. In 2008, after various uni-versity teaching positions, he accepted a chair of lighting design at the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern. In 2009 he set up his own office – “Licht-werke” – to design light projects individ-ually from start to finish.

www.lichtwerke.com

Gunter Fleitz:Yes, this significantly increases acceptance. I don’t believe our architectural style is plain and sober, we use coloured, albeit quite dark, textiles, complemented by natural stone. Nonetheless, the unusual stylistic features, the modernity of the glass architecture – the warm light makes it easier, it simply feels nice.

Hendrik Schumacher:The colour rendering properties are also excellent. The colour scale with its beige and brown tones is wellserved with this colour temperature.

Martin Krautter:The town hall has not been officially opened yet, what phase are we currently in?

Gunter Fleitz:The offices on the upper floors are now moving back in. Official business in the town hall will resume on Monday, but not on the ground floor yet. The grand opening is scheduled for 8 October.

Martin Krautter:Mr Hofmann, you have already seen the lighting at night – what is your opinion?

Stefan Hofmann:It is exactly as we had hoped it would be. The light of the downlights illumi nating the various areas is intense and brilliant, but also highly uniform. The same goes for the directed light. The change from conventional lighting to LED sources was a success – it works. It was a rewarding project and helped us gain further experience. We will know in future projects what wattages, what characteristics, what systems to use. Hendrik Schumacher:You are starting to get a feel for LEDs?

Stefan Hofmann:It only works when you have good architecture. When you trust each other, listen to one another – then you can work in fruitful partnership.

Gunter Fleitz:It also helped that we weren’t too short of time. The dry construction work on the floating ceiling panels was time critical. The luminaires and the mounting rings needed to be available on time here. It all worked out fine though. Or, when we were talking beam characteristics, you said, “I had actually imagined it a little softer”...

Stefan Hofmann:The 10° option was simply too narrow in a few places, where the ceiling was much lower because of ceiling joists. There were, however, other lens options, from spot and flood through to wide flood. We tried these and ended up changing them.

Martin Krautter:We are definitely taking a close look at all these issues. The sector at the moment is indeed undergoing enormous changes. Would you say that the LED has become a focal point in lighting design, and also believe LEDs to be the way into the future, as other lamps will cease to be available or be banned?

Gunter Fleitz:What I have seen in Schorndorf, so far, has really encouraged me and shows me that we can choose LED for future projects without hesitation. The project will reach a new standard of quality.

Stefan Hofmann:Same from my side – this experience makes me optimistic. If the beam of the LED directional luminaire is too narrow, you simply exchange the lens and don’t need to install new luminaires. This flexibility gives you certainty. I have a good feeling about this.

Martin Krautter:So you believe architecture with 100% LED is a positive, realistic vision?

Stefan Hofmann:Absolutely, yes.

Gunter Fleitz:This project has certainly paved the way here.

Martin Krautter:Thank you both for the interview and for the nice closing comment!


New products 2013 100% LED

Optec spotlights with LED- New LED generation with higher

output and compact light heads- Three sizes and wattages- The range includes LED projector

spotlights with framing attach-ment for crisp-edged beams

- Interchangeable Spherolit lenses for different beam characteristics

- Universal spotlight range for applications ranging from sales-rooms through to museums

- Dimmable (trailing edge and with potentiometer on the spotlight), DALI versions available

LED

Compact LED- Highly efficient lens system- Excellent visual comfort with 30°

cut-off angle- Exceptionally shallow recess

depth- Wide flood for effective and uni-

form, brilliant general lighting in retail or administration applica-tions

LED

Quadra- Highly efficient lens system- Excellent visual comfort with 30°

cut-off angle- Clear and elegant design with

square cover glass- Exceptionally shallow recess

depth- Wide flood for general lighting

in foyers, restaurants, hotels or homes

LED

Logotec with LED- A new, larger size offers increased

lumen packages- Interchangeable Spherolit lenses

for different beam characteristics- For differentiated lighting con-

cepts in salesrooms- Dimmable (trailing edge and with

potentiometer on the spotlight), DALI versions available

LED

LED

Pollux spotlights with LED- Cylindrical, highly compact light

head made of cast aluminium- The range includes LED projector

spotlights with framing attach-ment for crisp-edged beams

- Interchangeable Spherolit lenses for different beam characteristics

- For applications in retail, gas-tronomy, galleries or homes

- Dimmable (trailing edge and with potentiometer on the spotlight), DALI versions available

ERCO uses all its experience as a “Light Factory” to shape advanced LED technology into lighting tools with simplicity, logic and intuition, enabling all users to implement efficient visual comfort. 100% LED – this approach not only applies to our new products in 2013, which we will introduce on the following pages. 100% LED also describes the future potential that ERCO wants to open up to any designer and user of light in architecture – for creative, effective and economical lighting concepts.

More from 1 January 2013 in the Light Scout: www.erco.com/products

Spotlights4W – 24W360lm – 2400lmNarrow spot, spot, flood, wide flood

Floodlights12W – 24W1080lm – 2400lm

Lens wallwashers12W – 24W1080lm – 2400lm

Downlights8W – 40W720lm – 4000lmWide flood, oval floodSize 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Downlights8W – 24W720lm – 2400lmWide flood, oval floodSize 3, 4, 5


Floodlights6W540lm – 600lm

Lens wallwashers6W540lm – 600lm

Projector spot-lights6W540lm – 600lm


Floodlights6W – 24W540lm – 2400lm

Lens wallwashers6W – 24W540lm – 2400lm

Projector spot-lights6W540lm – 600lm

- Oval flood for linear lighting in traffic zones or for merchandise tables

- Connection-ready with ideal driver combination

- Dimmable (trailing edge) - DALI versions available

- Oval flood for linear lighting in traffic zones or for merchandise tables


- Dimmable (trailing edge) - DALI versions available


Compact LED recessed luminaires- For economical general lighting

in entrance zones and roofed outdoor areas such as arcades, passages or atriums

- Highly efficient lens system- Two beam characteristics- Excellent visual comfort with 30°

cut-off angle- Sealed housing in protection

mode IP65- Dimmable (trailing edge)

Parscoop with LED- Wallwashers/ceiling washlights

with sealed housings for outdoor applications

- Archetypal design- Highly efficient LED lighting

technology with collimators and Spherolit lenses

- Wide and deep beam character-istics

- Two sizes and wattages- Dimmable (trailing edge) - No spill light on mounting surface

LED

LED

LED

Compact LED surface-mounted luminaires- For economical general lighting

in entrance zones and covered outdoor areas such as arcades, passages or atriums

- Highly efficient lens system- Two beam characteristics- Excellent visual comfort with 30°

cut-off angle- Cylindrical housing for surface

mounting, made of aluminium, double powder-coated

- Dimmable (trailing edge)

Quintessence LED directional luminaires narrow spot- Beam angle <10° for precise

accentuation even from large distances

- High visual comfort due to Darklight reflector

- Highly efficient LED lighting technology with collimators and Spherolit lenses


- Mounting ring in Quintessence system design, mounting without tools

- Rotatable through 360°, up to 30° tilt

LED

Trion ceiling washlights with LED- Archetypal design- Two sizes and wattages- Highly efficient LED lighting

technology with collimators and Spherolit lenses

- Wide and deep beam character-istics

- Dimmable (trailing edge) - DALI versions available- Varychrome RGBW versions

available

LED

Quintessence double-focus downlights with LED for slanted ceilings- Discreet general lighting for high

rooms with slanted ceilings (up to 30° tilt)

- Optimum visual comfort due to matt black anti-glare cone

- Tiltable and rotatable suspension for beam direction perpendicu-larly downwards

- Highly efficient LED lighting technology with collimators and Spherolit lenses


- Mounting ring in Quintessence system design, mounting without tools

LED Double-focus downlights6W – 24W540lm – 2400lmSize 4, 7Flood, wide flood

Directional luminaires2W – 24W180lm – 2400lmSize 3, 4, 5, 7Narrow spot, spot, flood

Ceiling wash-lights12W – 24W1080lm – 2400lmWide beam, deep beam

Wallwashers/ceiling wash-lights24W – 48W2160lm – 4800lmWide beam, deep beam

Downlights8W – 40W720lm – 4000lmWide flood, oval floodSize 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Surface- mounted downlights16W – 24W1440lm – 2400lmWide flood, oval floodSize 4, 5

New products 2013 100% LED


ERCO services worldwide:Advice and logistics for perfect light

Anyone who starts a project will usually be aim-ing to find the best solutions. The material has to be just right, the design must be optimal, the lighting perfect. The end result should be unique and distinctive, bearing the hallmarks of the creative mind behind it, the one who fought so passionately for his or her ideal. Achieving this goal for architects and lighting designers often means involving ERCO and its products in the planning.

The most obvious place to start today – accessible anywhere and that 24/7 – is the Light Scout at www.erco.com. ERCO’s website provides an overview of products, projects, specifica-tions and also gives quick access to the contact data of the many competent regional experts in ERCO’s worldwide lighting network. Trained employees in 35 cities are at hand to answer personally and competently all question clients may have right from the point of planning. They are there to provide advice during the planning stage, assist with lighting aspects throughout construction, and ensure the familiar high qual-ity standards as an after-sales service.

For clients, the major advantage of this sales network is to be able to see products in action on site, to experience light in the showroom or in existing architecture. Designers no longer need to trust catalogue data blindly; rather, the light-ing effect can be observed and compared first hand. ERCO will even stand up to a comparison with competing products in mixed sampling inspections – these, after all, illustrate most viv - idly the superior performance of ERCO’s own products.

Once the decision has been made in favour of ERCO, there are many other services available to the client including advice in the construction phase or the provision of facilities for planning and other project meetings. This allows archi-tects to concentrate on the core aspects of their work, while availing themselves of the expertise and in-depth know-how of our highly trained team.

As well as giving technical support, ERCO also lends a helping hand in the lighting design. Our lighting advisers in the offices and show-rooms see their role as being “consultants to the consultant” – providing professional advice to designers in all matters relating to lighting technology and in each individual project phase. If challenges are encountered, there are also many experts available at ERCO’s head office who can be consulted to work out a quick solu-tion – always with a view to ensuring the suc-cess of the whole project.

Visualisations and simulations are increas-ingly instrumental in the planning process.

Reliability of the manufacturer’s data is crucial to the designer. To this end, ERCO attaches great importance to exact and reliable values from its laboratories for all photometric data made available for use in DIALux and other software with specific formats such as IES.

ERCO’s mission is to provide solutions in the project process. This includes helping clients with luminaire focussing, commission a lighting control system, or with maintenance aspects. This service to the client ensures that the prom-ised performance of the luminaires and the control system, and with it, the effect in the room, is guaranteed at all times in every respect. A further important aspect in the building pro-cess is the logistics. Nothing is worse in project planning than when planned materials are not available at the agreed time or when they are constantly in the way because they have been delivered too early. ERCO can help plan delivery dates to the day. Planning and delivery as a result mesh seamlessly – minimising logistical problems.

Irrespective of the specific project, our regional teams see it as their role to embed the issue of architectural lighting in the minds of architects and lighting designers, but also contractors and owners, through seminars and other events. Many ERCO showrooms and offices around the globe have, as a result, become meeting places for local lighting and architectural specialists.

Events and seminarsThese turn ERCO show-rooms into meeting places for the local light and architecture scene. The showroom is designed to make it possible to explain the concept of “tune the light”: to design the qualities of light in terms of time and space.

ContactThe global ERCO team looks forward to getting to know you. You will find the addresses of our offices and showrooms at:

www.erco.com/contact

Project managementThe offices provide ideal facilities for project meetings. Your ERCO contact is trained to sup-port clients through all the stages of a project.

Light in spaceThe effect of light in space is difficult to express in words – it must be experienced. The ERCO showrooms provide ideal, flexible facilities for such dem-onstrations.

Light qualitiesA wide variety of ready mounted, operable luminaires individually addressable through connection to a lighting control system allows demonstration of even subtle light qualities in the showroom.

On-site supportERCO employees on site lend a helping hand when it comes to focus-sing the luminaires cor-rectly and commissioning the lighting control sys-tem. This ensures that all components are perfectly coordinated.

Efficient LED lens systems for downlights: Technology In developing the new LED lens system for general lighting, ERCO focused specifically on factors such as compact functional style, shallow depth, simple system design, efficiency and visual com-fort. To provide optimum glare control in downlights for conven-tional lamps, the lamp is recessed from the mounting surface in an almost concealed position – with a corre sponding height of the lumi-naire. The much smaller dimen-sions of LED packaging are already advantageous, and combined with the new lens system and glare con-trol, this makes for exceptionally compact, yet highly efficient lumi-naires with good visual comfort. In order to minimise loss due to the the refractive index for reflections as well as the transitions between several lenses and air, the lens system combines two components – the collimator to focus the LED light and the lens for the required light intensity distribution. The very principle of the one-piece lens system enhances the effi ciency even in contrast to other LED downlights with light mixer and Darklight reflector or a two-piece system with collimators. While the flexi bility of interchangeable Spherolit lenses is a crucial advan - tage in spotlights, it is less signifi-cant in downlights meaning that efficiency can become the primary goal. Glare control is ensured through a flat cross baffle. It reduc-es the view of the LED with its high luminance and improves the visual comfort.

Efficient LED lens systems for downlights: ApplicationThe size of a luminaire factors as highly in its efficiency as does its price and operating costs, since compact luminaires save space and ease the planning process. Earlier luminaires with a very flat design had occasional issues with glare control due to their depth. The cross baffle of the Compact LED has a cut-off angle of 30° resulting in good visual comfort despite the reduced depth. Direct glare is minimised and the atten-tion of the observer is directed onto the illuminated surface.

The two different light distri-butions of Compact LED solve different lighting tasks. The wide, round beam is used for the effi-cient general lighting of surfaces and spatial zones, particularly for product presentations. The oval beam, on the other hand, is suit-able for the illumination of rows of tables, counters or pathways with wide luminaire spacings. The system design of the compact LED recessed luminaires presents a variety of options from medium to high lumen packages thanks to different luminaire sizes and tech-nical adaptation to suit the archi-tecture. Round luminaire apertures feature in Compact LED and square ones mark Quadra. Compact LED is also available with an increased IP rating for outdoor or damp environments.

Thomas Schielke

Lens system oval flood The upper parallel ribs of the lens system bend the rays of light to pro-duce an axially symmet-rical light distribution. The oval beam is aligned as required by turning the luminaire insert in the mounting ring.

Efficiency with compact lighting technologyA light output ratio (LOR) of up to 87% illustrates the efficiency of the new LED lens system compared to conventional recessed luminaire designs. At ERCO, the entire optical system – from the calcula-tion and design to the dies and tools in production – is produced in-house.

Lens system wide flood The collimator functions by aligning the light into a parallel beam. The upper circular lens then creates a rotationally symmetrical light distribution.

Precise lighting technology The one-piece lens system made of optical polymer is notable for its high effi-ciency and striation-free beam for general lighting. It lends a distinct and attractive appearance to products fitted with it.

Good visual comfort for workplaces The cut-off angle of 30° in recessed luminaires ensures good visual comfort when used for general lighting of traffic zones and workplaces.

Focus Double focus

Wide floodThe wide, rotationally symmetrical distribution is suitable for the general lighting of outdoor areas such as arcades, passages and traffic zones.

Oval floodThe axially symmetrical light distribution is ideal for efficient and uniform illumination of pathways.


The business idea to focus a fashion label solely on down jackets took a detour via Japan to bring with it architecture designed by Tadao Ando – so goes the story of Duvetica in a nutshell. In 2005 Giampiero Vagliano and Stefano Rovoletto, two experienced fashion designers, lauched the label and started sales in Asia with great success. The recipe: superior European quality of mate-rial and workmanship, ethically correct origin of the raw down material from the Périgord – and trendy, unusually figure-hugging cuts that have revolutionised the conventional image of volu-minous down. Duvetica now operates four shops in Tokyo, Kitzbühel, Courmayeur and Milan, each designed by Tadao Ando, the Japanese master of architectural minimalism. Special feature of the latest store in Milan’s Via Santo Spirito, a side street of the Via Montenapoleone fashion mile – the premises are illuminated throughout using LED technology supplied by ERCO – as a sustain-able investment with optimum light quality.

The premises spread across two levels, each having around 220m2 of space, placing the store on the ground floor and a showroom for resellers in the basement. No design would be complete without Tadao Ando’s trademark – immaculate exposed concrete in Tatami grid style. Two side walls made of this material divide the room and together with light plastered ceil-ings and dark grey cement flooring provide a neutral background for the brightly coloured jackets, which are displayed effectively in backlit shelved niches. The grazing light added by Nadir recessed floor luminaires brings the otherwise clinical concrete surfaces to life, as brilliant light accents produced by the Logotec LED spotlights give prominence to the shiny material of the down jackets. Technical details such as the large flat screen monitors, track and recessed ceiling luminaires integrate seamlessly with the archi-tecture. In this way, the interior masters a deli-cate balancing act expertly – the atmosphere even in summer is cool enough to create the mood for down jackets; it is, on the other hand, so fascinating in terms of clarity and precision that the brand image is firmly implanted in the mind of shoppers.

LED light for fashion:Duvetica showroom, Milan

Immaculate exposed concrete in the grid of Japanese Tatami mats, structured with the point pattern of the form ties – the trademark of architect Tadao Ando, who received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995. His philoso-phy and reduced style are not suitable for all fashion labels – at Duvetica, however, the chemistry is just right.

Versions of vertical illumi-nance: The Duvetica shop highlights the impor - tance of using illuminated walls to define archi-tectural space. Uniform wallwashing emphasises the exposed concrete walls, wallwashing with focal emphasis effec-tively sets off the rows of jackets. Horizontal illuminance produced by LED downlights directed

Light as a feather, shiny, figure-hugging and unconventional – the Duvetica jacket has little in common with last century’s down jacket. The label helps fashion- conscious people throughout the world protect in style against the cold and the elements.

downwards is used spar-ingly, for instance in the area of the ramps and stairs between the levels.

Quintessence LED downlights/wallwashersQuintessence is a compre-hensive system of tools for ceiling- integrated lighting. For Duvetica, the designers opted for square versions with flush mounting detail and LED as energy-efficient, long-life light source.

Logotec LED spotlightsThe focused light of the Logotec LED spotlights is brilliant with very little spill light – thanks to the Spherolit lens technol - ogy developed by ERCO. This allows the store designer to present the jackets attractively in all their shine and colours in sharp contrast to the sur roundings.

Logotec LED recessed spotlightsAs a ceiling-integrated solution for accent lighting, the light heads of the Logotec LED spotlights are combined with the mounting rings and frames of the Quintessence system. At Duvetica, floodlights with oval flood charac-teristic accentuate the jackets.

Architect: Tadao Ando, OsakaPhotos: Thomas Mayer, Neuss

www.duvetica.com


Get well soon: In a ranking of the 100 top hospi-tals released by the Dutch daily newspaper “AD”, the Ikazia hospital in Rotterdam took second place in 2011. The rating reflects purely the hospital’s medical merits, yet it scores equally highly on patient satisfaction. This may well have something to do with the fact that great importance is placed here on architecture and interior design. As early as the 80s the hospital began to cooperate closely with the architec-tural firm EGM based in Dordrecht, one of the largest Dutch firms with special focus on health-care facilities. In the 90s, EGM planned renova-tions and extensions including new wards, an auditorium and a chapel. The most recent building project involved the urbanistic calling card of the hospital – the main entrance with the accident and emergency department, both of which were opened on 31 October 2011.

It is clear how the image of hospital archi-tecture has changed over the last few years: the new entrance suggests more of a modern hotel lobby than the dark portals of old hospi-tals with their linoleum flooring and distinct smell of disinfectant. Even from afar, the glass façade grants insight into the foyer; wall sur-faces inside are illuminated by wallwashers for an attractive effect in the dark, creating the impression of a transparent cube shining from within. Bright room surfaces not only make for a pleasant appearance; their high reflectance also contributes as much to energy efficiency as does the use throughout of ERCO’s LED recessed luminaires from the Quintessence system.

LED light for health:Ikazia hospital, Rotterdam

The entrance section guides the stream of visi-tors to the various hos-pital wings. Technology and appearance remind more of a modern hotel or airport than of the hospital architecture of times gone by.

Friendly reception with human scale: For patients and their visitors in partic-ular, the positive attitude of the service staff is as important as a pleasantly designed environment.

The light in the comfort-ably furnished, cosy waiting areas is muted. A further factor adding to the wellbeing is the good colour rendering of the warm white LEDs in excess of Ra90 with a colour temperature of 3000K.

Calling card of an insti-tution: After dark, the new main entrance pre-sents itself to the city as a shining glass cube. To produce this effect, the designers used uniform wallwashing inside the building.

Cosy, comfortably furnished waiting areas with their reduced lighting level contrast with brightly illuminated traffic and service zones. The warm white light of the LED downlights and wallwashers has a high colour rendering factor, further contributing to the creation of a feeling of wellbeing. The lighting concept helps visitors find their bearings providing functionally suitable lighting for the various spatial zones, but also defines the architectural space itself – intelligent planning and modern LED lighting tools blend to ensure efficient visual comfort.

Quintessence LEDDepending on the ceil-ing height, the designers worked with square Quintessence downlights and lens wallwashers with 27W or 40W LED mod-ules in warm white. The result proves that ERCO’s LED recessed luminaires excel even in such major

Architecture and lighting design: EGM Architecten B.V., DordrechtPhotos: Thomas Mayer, Neuss

www.ikazia.nl

projects – allowing liberal and, therefore, economi-cal luminaire spacing.


Royal rooms with opulent ceiling frescoes, marble fireplaces, elaborate stuccowork and polished terrazzo floors – Milan’s Palazzo Anguissola at Piazza Scala is a neo-baroque palace hailing from the early 19th century. It is also a prime example of the wealth of historic architecture worthy of preservation in Italy, a country with a rich cultural heritage. As luck would have it, the building today is used as a museum of art. The Gallerie d’Italia is hosted here in these rooms as well as in the adjoining Palazzo Brentani – presenting masterpieces of 19th century Italian art from the collections of the Intesa Sanpaolo bank and the cultural foun-dation of banking origin, Fondazione Cariplo. Drawing on a rich stock of thousands of mas-terpieces from various collections, the gallery’s curator Fernando Mazzocca selected around 200 works for the exhibition. Now, a wider audi-ence can rediscover masters such as Antonio Canova, Francesco Hayez, Angelo Inganni or Giovanni Boldini, who were primarily known better to specialists of the era.

Milan-based architect and designer Michele de Lucchi and his office aMDL took the oppor-tunity to renovate and redesign the facility. Out of respect for the building’s fabric, de Lucchi placed many of the works on movable walls or stands reminding of easels. Even the lighting submits to considerations of preserving cultural heritage; at the same time, lighting designer Adriano Caputo was able to convince the cli-ents of opting for a future-proof and energy-efficient LED lighting solution. The result proves, once again, just how well ERCO’s LED technol-

LED light for historic rooms:Gallerie d'Italia – Piazza Scala, Milan

Uniform beams with a soft, yet defined edge and without annoying spill light: ERCO’s LED spot-lights with Spherolit lens technology are not only efficient and flexible, they also offer superior light quality.

ogy integrates even in historic structures while perfectly performing its functional tasks – alone and in combination with original chandeliers or other decorative luminaires. As is often found in historic buildings, many of the rooms in the Gallerie d'Italia have all-round stucco friezes at the upper wall end, ideal for the inconspicuous mounting of track. In harmony with the room’s geometry and the exhibition concept, the track is flexibly equipped with Optec LED spotlights. Producing different beam characteristics, these accentuate the works of art, but also ensure uniform illumination of the decorated ceilings to provide soft ambient lighting and lend an airy feeling to the room. In terms of controls, ERCO’s LED spotlights are usually available either with DALI interface or for connection to trailing edge dimmers. Highly efficient LED luminaires thus offer even more energy savings while providing the museum technicians with greater scope for meeting the requirements of both conservation and scenographic effects.

Optec with LEDInterchangeable Spherolit lenses in the Optec LED spotlights allow for a vari-ety of beam characteris-tics. The new 2013 Optec generation (see page 15) now includes versions with narrow spot as a regular feature, here still supplied as a special solu-tion for the project.

Architect: aMDL Architetto Michele De Lucchi S.r.l., MilanLighting designer: Studioillumina, Arch. Adriano Caputo, RomePhotos: Thomas Mayer, Neuss

www.gallerieditalia.com


He knows Scandinavia’s art market like the back of his hand, but he is just as much at home in the international art scene – Kaj Forsblom, founder and senior director of Helsinki’s gallery of the same name. Since its opening in 1977, the Forsblom Gallery has transformed into the leading exhibition venue in Finland and a major centre for contemporary arts in Northern Europe. Forsblom represents such well-known international artists as Julian Schnabel, Tony Oursler, Joel Shapiro, Günther Förg and Stephan

LED light for art:Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki

A neutral background throughout for the changing exhibitions of contemporary artists: white walls and floor-boards made of light Douglas fir timber. Uni-form wallwashing gives the room width, while accent lighting on the artwork emphasises shape and materials.

Interior and lighting design: Gluckman Mayner Architects, New YorkPhotos: Thomas Mayer, Neuss (sculptures by Stephan Balkenhol: VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2012)

www.galerieforsblom.com

Balkenhol, but draws equal attention to its forum for Finland’s own art scene. Forsblom is of course found at all major art fairs around the world – whether the Art Paris, the Armory Show in New York or the Art Cologne. Yet the centre of his art galaxy is and remains Helsinki, a city voted “World Design Capital 2012” and increasingly the focus of attention among art-ists and creative minds. The new premises in which Forsblom opened his gallery here reflect his standards and ideals – offering exhibition space of more than 600m2 and accommodating as many as 500 guests at vernissages, Forsblom is playing in the Champions League.

These uncompromising standards were simi-larly applied to the gallery’s architecture. The new premises are housed on the ground floor of a prestigious office palace built in 1911 by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren and Onni Tarjanne. The monumental building clad in red granite originally served as the headquarters of the “Suomi” insurance company. Today, the dark vestibule of the building opens into a light

gallery with glass front. Along with a reception area, offices and storage rooms, it also offers two exhibition sections. A former atrium was trans-formed into a high room with natural lighting, followed by a succession of cabinet-style gallery rooms. The interior design was placed in the hands of Gluckman Mayner Architects, an office whose founders are well described as absolute insiders of the art and gallery scene. The New York-based firm had already worked with leg-endary gallery owners such as Larry Gagosian creating charismatic exhibition rooms and designed museums including the Dia Center for the Arts in Chelsea or the Museo Picasso in Malaga.

To provide a neutral background for the ten or so changing exhibitions offered by the gallery during a year, the interior follows the modern tradition of the “white cube”. Gluckman Mayner devised a space with extremely reduced detail-ing and clear, white wall areas complemented by light Douglas fir timber provided by Danish specialist Dinesen for the floorboards and

the built-in furniture. In terms of lighting, the interior designers were convinced of ERCO’s approach to opt straight for future-proof LED technology as an energy-efficient solution in museum quality throughout the premises. The gallery’s lighting concept makes intensive use of the space-defining effect of wallwashing, applied in traffic zones, as an example, or to the back wall of the reception area. The curato-rial requirements in the exhibition rooms are efficiently and flexibly met by Optec LED spot-lights on 3-circuit track. Thanks to the inter-changeable Spherolit lenses, the arrangement and alignment of the spotlights is as quick and easy as changing their beam characteristic.

Quintessence down-lights and wallwashers with LEDReception, traffic zones and the offices are all illuminated using Quintessence LED down-lights and wallwashers. The square luminaires are mounted flush with the ceiling. As precise architectural details, they augment, correspond-ingly, the high-quality appearance of the inte-rior.

Optec with LEDPerfect lighting solu-tions for galleries: The zenithal, diffuse day-light is complemented by the warm white light of the LED spotlights and wallwashers. Using interchangeable Spherolit lenses, Optec with LED is available with beam char-acteristics ranging from spot, flood, wide flood and oval flood to wallwash.


The secret to the culinary success of pizza all across the world may well be its integrative power – everyone joining in eating the same thing, and yet the choice of different toppings ensures an almost endless array of customised versions to suit every taste. With such versatil-ity, the savoury flat pie soon conquered the USA as Italian immigrants arrived in the country, only then to be exported from there all over the world as a logistically perfected product of system gastronomy. Today, the Pizza Hut restaurant chain has more than 11,000 outlets in 95 countries. The company is continuously developing new products and concepts, further stimulating the appetite for pizza. The vari-ous new-look test restaurants that have been opening across England since 2011 are just one example – the first of these was found in the Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull near Birmingham.

Launched with a “Prime Time” motto, the new restaurant concept was devised in partner-ship with brand agency Checkland Kindleysides. Similar to prime time television, the aim was to see families and friends gather, not around the TV, but a steaming hot pizza, to share and enjoy time together. The atmosphere – so the briefing said – was to be both sociable and stimulating to encourage patrons to try out more unusual combinations from the new menu modules. The consultants, designers and interior decora-tors of Checkland Kindleysides were extremely thorough in their approach – taking into account every point of contact between brand and patron, from the interior throughout the restaurant and the design of dishes and cutlery, right down to staff clothing and the menus. Particular attention was paid to the lighting in the restaurant. Once again, the agency’s design-ers did what they had done for the highly suc-cessful concept applied to the award-winning Levi’s store on Regent Street – they called on the expertise of ERCO’s retail specialists in the London offices.

The result is a lighting concept that draws on abundant scenographic resources, offers a rich dramaturgy and takes account of all three

LED light in gastronomy:Pizza Hut, Solihull

Fun for the whole family: Pizza Hut caters to every taste – the new concept now satisfies even more customers to suit their individual convenience. Experimenting is encour-aged – as communicated by the atmosphere of the interior and the lighting.

Emanon projector spotlightsProjections in very bright surroundings, as here in the traffic zones of a mall, require powerful light sources. Emanon projec-tor spotlights with metal halide lamps HIT 70W efficiently provide appro-priate luminous flux over long periods. Moving light patterns are a particular head-turner – the tool used here is the Emanon Goborotator.

functions of lighting as coined by Richard Kelly – ambient luminescence, focal glow and play of brilliants. Equally, ERCO’s advanced LED technology ensures sustainability of the light-ing system – based on low energy usage, long maintenance cycles and correspondingly lower operating costs.

The “play of brilliants” category involves the intensive use of projections in the form of lettering or decorative light patterns to draw attention. The ambient lighting provided by Quintessence LED downlights with a mere 7W in the rooms may be somewhat more low-key, yet is equally as important. The luminaires’ brightness level is deliberately muted to produce a strong contrast with the accent light using a contrast ratio of 1:10. Quintessence LED direc-tional luminaires deliver flexible accent light, their Darklight reflector ensuring a high level of visual comfort and, in combination with the downlights, a uniform ceiling appearance. Also new in the restaurant concept is “free unlimited salad with every main course” – the salad bar appropriately highlighted by a ring of Logotec LED spotlights in spot characteristic. Their brilliant light with excellent colour rendering ensures that the food looks fresh and appetis-ing: a demonstration of the high standard of ERCO’s LED technology.

Logotec LED spotlightsA ring of Logotec LED spotlights makes the salad bar the centre of attention. The spot char-acteristic with a beam angle of around 15° provides brilliance and striking contrasts. Warm white LEDs ensure opti-mum colour rendering without infrared compo-nents on the food.

Quintessence with LEDThe Quintessence range of recessed luminaires solves diverse lighting tasks, yet gives the ceiling a homogenous appearance – in this case ambient lighting using downlights and flex-ible accent light on the tables provided by direc-tional luminaires. LEDs are used as an effective light source with a long life; Darklight reflec-tors ensure high visual comfort.

Pollux projector spotlightsFor many years, the Pollux range of spotlights has included compact projec-tor spotlights, initially with low-voltage halogen lamps, here with 20W HIT lamps. The new LED generation of Pollux now for the first time features LED projector spotlights (see p. 15).

Interior design: Checkland Kindleysides, LeicesterPhotos: Dirk Vogel, Dortmund

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Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf:El Greco and ModernismMore than 180,000 visitors took the opportunity from 28 April – 12 August 2012 to learn about the inspiring effect which El Greco as a paint-er born on Crete around 1541 had on artists of early Modernism, before he died in Toledo in 1614. Düsseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast pre-sented around 40 works by El Greco from major European and American collections. These works were placed opposite some 100 creations by modern artists who had studied the pictorial world of El Greco: Cézanne, Picasso and Delau-nay, but also Beckmann, Kokoschka or Franz Marc told of their great fascination with the painter. ERCO’s Logotec LED spotlights played a significant role in the concentrated, dramatic presentation of the artwork, combining sus-tainability with qualities that are ideal for the illu mination of art. Architecture: O.M. Ungers, Cologne Exhibition design: Andreas Nabrotzky, Bastian Erhard (SMKP Düsseldorf)Photos: Thomas Mayer, Neusswww.smkp.de

100% LED: New ERCO showrooms Since the Light+Building trade fair last April at the latest this much is clear – ERCO has a range of LED lighting tools that is wide and diverse enough to implement practically any architectural lighting concept in impressive quality. A logical conclusion is, therefore, that the same slogan that was used for the trade fair stand should now be applied to ERCO’s showrooms worldwide: 100% LED. The appro-priately redesigned first showrooms have now been opened in such cities as Paris, Frankfurt and London. They demonstrate vividly what current LED lighting technology can provide – whether as spotlights, wallwashers, down-lights or varychrome luminaires for dramatic coloured accents. Contact your local ERCO lighting expert to arrange a visit:

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Swedish Lighting Award 2012 for the Götaplatsen, GothenburgThe Swedish Lighting Award is an annual event arranged by Sweden’s lighting organisations together with the magazine Ljuskultur. As in the previous two years, ERCO contributed once more to the success of this year’s winning pro-ject, the Götaplatsen in the heart of Gothen-burg. The redesign of this square had been hotly debated in Gothenburg for many years. Despite the fact that prominent public build-ings, such as the art museum and the theatre, surround it, the space offered little in terms of appeal as a meeting point or sense of security. The new lighting concept has changed all that and has been widely welcomed by the general public. A central element in the concept devised by planning services provider Ramböll Sweden AB is vertical illuminance on the façades as spatial borders, generated by Tesis wallwashers for metal halide lamps. Congratulations to all involved in the project!

Lighting design, architecture and electrical design: Ramböll Sweden ABPhotos: Thomas Mayer, Neusswww.ljuskultur.com

London ERCO Lighting Ltd.38 Dover StreetLondon W1S 4NLGreat Britain

Tel: +44 20 7344 4900Fax: +44 20 7409 1530E-mail: [email protected]

FrankfurtERCO Leuchten GmbHShowroom FrankfurtZum Gipelhof 160594 Frankfurt Germany

Tel: +49 69 959 324 60Fax: +49 69 959 324 615E-mail: [email protected]

ParisERCO Lumières E u r l6ter, rue des Saints-Pères75007 ParisFrance

Tel: +33 1 447 784 72Fax: +33 1 492 706 48E-mail: [email protected]

It is the vertical illumi-nance on the façades that defines urban space at night. In this case, the lighting designers used Tesis in-ground wall-washers for metal halide lamps.

Dramatic illumination without spill light, excellent colour render-ing without IR and UV components for optimal protection of the exhibits: Logotec LED spotlights present El Greco’s master-pieces in the best possible light – with minimum energy consumption.

E ERCO GmbHPostfach 246058505 LüdenscheidGermanyTel.: +49 2351 551 0Fax: +49 2351 551 [email protected]

Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna (GNAM), Rome Exhibition and lighting design: larderArch studio di architettura, dott. arch. Federico Lardera, Rome

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The building devoted to art of the 19th and 20th centuries was radi-cally renovated over the past few years. This includes an entirely new presentation concept, and also the decision to use primarily ERCO’s LED spotlight for illumination. Here, in Room 7, with its dedication to the “Survival of the myth from neoclassicism to symbolism” and at its centre the monumental marble

sculpture “Hercules and Lichas” by Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Two rows of other Greek deities – some of the statues created by students of Canova – are grouped on either side almost as if observ-ing the battle scene.

LogotecThe Logotec LED spot-lights, floodlights and wallwashers feature ERCO’s proprietary LED optical system with col-limators and Spherolit lenses. This results in pre-cise and highly efficient distribution without spill light providing a wide variety of beam charac-teristics – from wallwash and oval flood through

to rotationally symmet-rical light distributions including wide flood and narrow spot, which is used here with a beam angle <10° from a height of 9.60m – with a mere 4.5W per spotlight.

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