Transformations in Lighting Volume 5

Illumination Gallery

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Philips Color Kinetics continues to provide creative, practical, and intelligent LED lighting

solutions that set the standard for high-quality, efficient illumination. With new capabilities

and enhanced ability to share and collect data, LED lighting can go beyond illumination to

tell stories, stir feelings, and connect with users. Philips Color Kinetics is embracing the role

light can play in the new era of interactivity and community revitalization.

Many of the featured installations in these pages demonstrate how lighting can invigorate

communities with interactive experiences. The BCP Affinity bank building, Gateway

Community College, and the Stephen P. Clark Government Center engage visitors with

collaborative light shows and live data.

In addition to forming new connections through interactivity, Philips Color Kinetics

LED lighting systems empower renovation efforts at historical landmarks, underpasses,

transportation centers, or other venues around the world. Our full-color, dynamic white, and

spectrally tunable LED lighting solutions bring new life to antiquated buildings.

Along with providing superior lighting experiences and energy savings, Philips Color Kinetics

sees the future of light as a connected network of numerous capabilities. The installations

detailed in this showcase display the ways in which our light has become integral in cultural

conversation and importance.

Bringing people together

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Bluewater Shopping CentreiColor Cove MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore

The Bluewater Shopping Centre, located in the small English town of Greenhithe, stands out in the retail industry as the UK’s fourth largest shopping center. However, the previous lighting system in the 1.6 million sq ft (148,645 sq m) mall was not so prominent. With the help of Philips Color Kinetics, the lights were replaced with a new LED lighting solution that matches the grandeur of the shopping complex.

Architainment Lighting Ltd. partnered with Philips Color Kinetics to install iColor Cove MX Powercore LED fixtures that illuminate circular cove designs inside the building. The team also installed ColorBlast Powercore LED fixtures to highlight the glass ceiling of the mall. Together, the lighting systems create an ambience of clarity, which tones down the busyness of the mall.

Location Greenhithe, Kent, England, UK

Lighting Designer Lighting Design International

Lighting Specifier Architainment Lighting Ltd.

Photography Redshift Photography

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Dragon Bridge ColorReach Compact Powercore, ColorBurst Powercore, iColor Flex LMX gen2, ColorReach Powercore gen2

When the up-and-coming vacation city of Da Nang commissioned a new bridge, the city’s government chose to design and build the structure in the shape of a 2000 ft (610 m) long dragon, which is a treasured cultural symbol in Vietnam. The commissioners wanted the bridge to be lit in a way that accurately depicts the significance of the dragon for locals.

When Philips Color Kinetics was chosen to illuminate the steel structure, the team traveled to Da Nang to speak with the government on ways in which the LED lighting solutions could synchronize with traditional values of good fortune.

The team decided to use ColorBurst Powercore LED spotlights. By precisely placing the spotlights on the upper curves of the bridge, the dragon was etched into the sky.

To create a backdrop for the magnificent creature, the team installed a combination of ColorReach Powercore (now specified using ColorReach Powercore gen2) and ColorReach Compact Powercore LED floodlights, with strands of iColorFlex LMX LED nodes. The lighting system was tested in sections to ensure no failures occurred at the end of the commissioning process.

The lighting fixtures, which were tested to withstand the constant vibration caused by traffic going over the bridge, were each carefully aimed to ensure the intense light would not be a distraction to commuters. This lengthy process was instrumental in garnering the approval of the government and locals.

The combination of impressive architecture and LED lighting has helped attract more tourists to the city, and is helping local businesses to thrive.

Location Da Nang, Vietnam

Lighting Designer ASA Lighting Design Studios

Installation TP&S Philips Vietnam

Photography Tiz Tequilar

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St. Louis Public LibraryeW Blast Powercore, eW Graze MX Powercore, C-Splash 2, eW Fuse Powercore

The St. Louis Central Library has been a cornerstone in the community since it was built in 1912. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the library underwent major renovations. Using Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solutions, the lighting design team created an iconic nighttime look on the outside of the building and a welcoming and warm Great Hall and lobby area on the inside.

On the exterior, eW Blast Powercore fixtures were placed in window bays on the north side of the building, articulating the four-story vertical window slots and cornice. On three sides of the building, eW Graze Powercore fixtures (now specified using eW Graze MX Powercore) were placed in windows, creating a rhythm of lighted arches. eW Graze Powercore fixtures were also mounted in continuous rows atop the second-floor cornice to reveal architectural details that were previously obscure. A burst of color was added to the front of the building with color-changing C-Splash 2 submersible spotlights on the lion’s head fountains.

Inside, designers illuminated each arched opening of the Great Hall with eW Graze Powercore fixtures. eW Fuse Powercore fixtures were concealed within the lobby’s cornice to provide upward illumination at the entrance.

The lighting scheme highlights the classic architecture of the building, while using cutting-edge technology.

Location St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Lighting Designers Steve Andert, Mark de la Fuente, Larry Patrick, Bill Shaw (William Tao & Associates), Lynn Grossman (Cannon Design)

Photography Courtesy William Tao & Associates, Inc. Lighting Design

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P-Hämppi ColorGraze MX Powercore, eW Fuse Powercore, eW Graze MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, Light System Manager

P-Hämppi is the first multi-story parking garage in Europe to replace fluorescent lights with energy-efficient LED lighting. Timo Meuronen devised a visually stunning lighting plan using Philips Color Kinetics solutions that plays on the garage’s expansive, sloping shape, suffusing rich light into even the remotest corners.

Meuronen used ColorGraze Powercore fixtures (now specified using ColorGraze MX Powercore) to gradually shift through phases of blue and white to turn the vaulted ceiling into a sky awash with drifting cumulus clouds. He applied a similar treatment to the glass walls of the elevator lobbies, illuminating them with pure white light at ground level, and a deepening blue as the elevator ascends. White light from eW Fuse Powercore fixtures complements this effect, accentuating the elevator walls. eW Graze Powercore fixtures (now specified using eW Graze MX Powercore) line the sides of the intermediate parking levels, highlighting the cave-like texture of the walls and illuminating pockets of darkness. ColorBlast Powercore fixtures bathe intersections in vibrant, color-changing light.

The solution delivers practical benefits and substantial savings. Garage sections are assigned individual color schemes to help drivers remember where they parked. The system is controlled by a Philips Light System Manager Ethernet lighting controller that allows management to reduce general lighting to 10% of capacity during off-peak hours.

Location Tampere, Finland

Lighting Design Timo Meuronen, Aihio Arkkitehdit

Developer Finnpark Ltd.

Photography Reijo Hietanen

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For its 100th anniversary, the Los Angeles Natural History Museum underwent a renovation that greets patrons with an actual size fin whale skeleton suspended in mid-air. The whale, measuring 63 ft (19.2 m) and weighing in at an enormous 7,000 lb (3,175 kg), lives in the Otis Booth Pavilion, a three-story glass-enclosed entrance designed to look like a large aquarium. Designers used LED lighting to create a new look for the pavilion while it underwent an intense two-year restoration.

The lighting design team at KGM, led by partner Dan Weinreber and designer Patrick McCollough, had used Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting extensively throughout the museum and knew that it was the perfect solution to create a new home for the whale skeleton. The biggest challenge was creating a suitable backdrop that could match the enormity of the whale without overpowering it.

Weinreber and McCollough tightly spaced iColor Flex LMX strands (now specified using iColor Flex LMX gen2) to create a low-resolution video screen on the backdrop behind the whale. Spaced only 4 in (102 mm) apart, the strands display impressive and magical effects.

“Imagine seeing this magnificent skeleton appearing to swim against a backdrop of the ocean depths and then looking up to see a whale’s view of the sky from under water. The possibilities are endless,” said Weinreber.

Otis Booth PavilioniColor Flex LMX gen2

Location Los Angeles, California, USA

Lighting Design Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting Dan Weinreber, Design Partner Patrick McCollough, Project Designer

Architect CO Architects

General Contractor MATT Construction

Electrical Contractor Morrow-Meadows Corporation

Photography Anthony Masters

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Light Rails ColorGraze MX Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, ColorBurst Compact Powercore, iPlayer 3

LightRails, a colorful lighting installation illuminating Birmingham’s 18th Street railroad underpass, led an initiative to bring the magic back to Alabama’s largest city. REV Birmingham, the city’s economic development organization, partnered with the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and city officials on the program, which called on lighting designers to illuminate key structures and potential pedestrian traffic hotspots within the city center and surrounding districts. The revitalization project uses lighting as a connective thread throughout these areas, turning underutilized structures into safe, vibrant passageways between districts and communities.

To create the city’s inaugural installation, light artist Bill FitzGibbons interspersed Philips Color Kinetics ColorGraze MX Powercore fixtures along the road-facing archways on each side of the underpass. He positioned ColorBlast Powercore fixtures against the back walls of the two pedestrian walkways, and in groups in front of the ColorGraze MX Powercore fixtures. He rounded out his design with ColorBurst Compact Powercore fixtures placed in the center of each walkway.

An iPlayer 3 lighting controller produces a myriad of color combinations and displays across the underpass’s concrete interior. “My goal for LightRails was to create an exciting urban light sculpture that would engage the public and provide a joyful experience,” FitzGibbons said.

Location Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Lighting Artist Bill FitzGibbons

Photography Courtesy of the artist

Special thanks to REV Birmingham, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, and the City of Birmingham.

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Toffee FactoryeW Graze MX Powercore, ColorGraze MX Powercore, ColorReach Powercore gen2

Location Newcastle, England, UK

Architect xsite architecture

Lighting and Electrical Scheme Designer

Stainton Lighting Design Services

Lead Designer Anthony Smith, FILP, IEng

Senior Lighting Designer

Steve Edwards, BSc

Lighting Controls, Commissioning, and Programming

LITE

Main Contractor Brims Construction

Installation Rotary Northern

The original Toffee Factory building was erected in 1878 as a cattle sanitarium. Despite devastation from a fire in 1993, Newcastle City Council and local development company 1NG saw promise in the historic site. They enlisted a team of experts, headed by xsite architecture, to transform the dilapidated structure into a dynamic, flexible office space for digital and creative businesses of all sizes. The building is now bathed in vibrant, color-changing light, created by high-quality LED lighting fixtures from Philips Color Kinetics.

Energy savings and minimizing future maintenance costs were central goals of the Toffee Factory’s overall design. This proved why LED lighting was the most viable solution. The entire project met BREEAM sustainability requirements, and the lighting system afforded the energy savings necessary to achieve — and exceed — the goal. The LED lighting solution consumes 60% less energy than comparable conventional systems, helping Toffee Factory achieve a BREEAM “Very Good” rating.

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SandRidge CommonseW Reach Powercore gen2, eW Graze MX Powercore

Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Architect Rogers Partners

Lighting Designer Renfro Design Group, Inc.

Photography Darius Kuzmickas

After a move from the outskirts of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, SandRidge Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company, catalyzed the city’s revitalization efforts by constructing a new innovative headquarters in the heart of downtown. The campus, SandRidge Commons, spans multiple buildings and city blocks. The centerpiece of the complex is a 30-story historic tower, which serves as the primary office building.

Renfro Design Group, Inc., was commissioned to provide SandRidge Commons with an innovative illumination system to complement the site’s architecture. Philips Color Kinetics eW Reach Powercore floodlights (now specified using eW Reach Powercore gen2) project 4000 K white light evenly up the 393-foot (36.5 sq m) tower. The plaza canopy that provides shade relief for the outdoor plaza during Oklahoma’s extreme summers is lit at night with eW Graze Powercore (now specified using eW Graze MX Powercore) in 3000 K, creating an inviting light.

The Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solution met the architectural goals of the project, and proved to be an energy-efficient choice. Compared to the previous conventional lighting system, the new lighting system reduced the amount of energy necessary to light the façade by 73%.

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Reflect at Stephen P. Clark Government CenteriColor Flex LMX gen2, iColor Cove QLX Powercore

Artist Ivan Toth Depeña enlisted Focus Lighting of New York City to help develop his concept for a permanent interactive light-based art installation in downtown Miami, Florida. The installation, commissioned by Miami-Dade Art in Public Places, is located in the busy Stephen P. Clark Government Center MetroRail station. Today, Miami visitors and commuters moving through the station often stop to take a second look at what they see — abstract versions of themselves.

Depeña’s vision was to highlight the communal nature of the space and to integrate the idea of the daily movement within the space into his piece using sensors and light. Depeña and Focus Lighting custom-designed and developed five 13 ft (3.9 m) light boxes, between 6 ft (1.8 m) and 8 ft (2.4 m) wide, and outfitted them with Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex LMX LED strings (now specified using iColor Flex LMX gen2) and iColor Cove QLX Powercore linear LED fixtures. The LED light boxes are controlled by a Philips Color Kinetics Video System Manager Pro (VSM Pro), an integrated hardware and software solution enabling video playback and visual effects. Focus Lighting developed custom camera tracking software that collects data from passersby, which is then sent to the VSM Pro to generate the abstract reflections.

Even when there is no movement in the lobby area, the light boxes replay animations from previously recorded interactions with visitors. The installation seeks to engage the public and promote a sense of community.

Location Miami, Florida, USA

Lighting Design Focus Lighting Inc.

Artist Ivan Toth Depeña

Photography Ivan Toth Depeña

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Baron PalaceeW Burst Powercore, eW Graze QLX Powercore, Vaya Flood LP White & Mono

In the early 1900s, Baron Empain, a Belgian industrialist and colonial entrepreneur, settled and formed Heliopolis, a desert suburb 10 mi (16.1 km) outside of Cairo. Here, the Baron commissioned the construction of his own personal palace that was inspired by the Hindu temples of Orissa in India and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

Heliopolis today is an elite district of Cairo and Baron Palace has become a landmark of curiosity, legend, and Egyptian history. The Egyptian government bought the palace in 2005, although it remains closed to the public today. The palace was in need of a refreshing makeover, and in 2014, it was chosen to be lit as part of the Philips Cairo to Cape Town Roadshow.

The lighting design team wanted to highlight the main points of architecture, decoration, and particular details of the palace that mimic the Angkor Wat temple. The lights also needed to create different scenes to complement the various functions of the palace. But most importantly, the lighting system would need to respect the integrity of the historical landmark with subdued lighting.

Philips Color Kinetics eW Graze QLX Powercore fixtures fill void areas, such as doors, windows, and dome openings, to create a contrast between warm and cool white. eW Burst Powercore fixtures spotlight the palace’s ornamental architecture with a warm white light. Vaya Flood LP White & Mono fixtures were used for washing the steps and fences with of white light. Altogether, the LED fixtures decreased the palace’s power consumption by 80%.

Location Cairo, Egypt

Lighting Designer Ramez Youssef

Project Manager Mohamed El Okda

Façade Lighting Segment Manager

Mohamed Khamies

Photography Anmar Keylani

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Big Four BridgeColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore

The historic Big Four Bridge was originally built in 1895 by railway companies to transport goods across the Ohio River, and was in use until 1969, when the bridge was essentially decommissioned. Through public-private partnership, the bridge was re-opened in 2013 as a pedestrian and bicycle path, reconnecting Louisville, Kentucky, with Jefferson, Indiana, and revitalizing the waterfront area. Since its re-opening, the mile-long bridge has seen an estimated 1 million visitors, making it a destination for locals and travelers alike.

Building on the success of the project, Louisville’s Waterfront Development Corporation spearheaded an initiative to extend the bridge’s appeal into the evening hours with color-changing light. The system creates an inviting atmosphere for waterfront activities, and enhances local special occasions.

“This was a strategic opportunity to leverage LED technology to further enhance the city’s most popular attraction and continue the momentum of moving Louisville forward as an innovative and independent city,” said Mayor Fischer. “The new lighting will make the bridge safer at night, enhance waterfront events, and contribute to the artistic flair and pride of this community.”

More than 1,500 Philips fixtures and the software-based control system were installed and commissioned by Vincent Lighting Systems, the Kentucky-based systems integrator. Now pedestrians in the surrounding parks have a dynamic light show to watch from dusk to 12:30 am. Louisville joins other innovative cities in revitalizing their bridges and lighting them as modern icons.

Location Louisville, Kentucky, USA

System Design, Integration, and Programming

Vincent Lighting Systems

Lighting Representative Bright Focus Sales, Inc.

Photography Darius Kuzmickas

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BCP Affinity ArchiPoint iColor Powercore, iColor Flex MX gen2

In 2014, Banco del Crédito de Peru (BCP), Peru’s oldest and largest bank, wished to update their headquarters to symbolize their new brand identity of transparency and celebrate progressive Peruvian society. Collaborating with lighting designers Claudia Paz and Nicholas Cheung, BCP’s exterior façade was transformed into BCP Affinity — a three-dimensional façade that consists of an LED canvas, an interactive LED outdoor podium with multi-touch sensors, and an interactive lighting control system.

The outermost of the façade’s six layers features Philips Color Kinetics ArchiPoint iColor Powercore, daylight-visible, exterior-rated LED points of light. Each fixture (532 in total) is secured to a perpendicular pole in a 62 ft x 92 ft (19 m x 28 m) grid. Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex MX gen2 compose the remaining five layers. The result is two distinct grids — one bright, bold, and sparse for dramatic moments, and the other concentrated and subtle for nuanced sculptural effects. In total there are 26,182 individually addressable nodes.

A podium of LED panels mimics the façade on a smaller scale, enabling interactivity with the façade. Passersby choose from eight interactive shows which emit light and sound. Multi-touch sensors detect when the screen is touched, triggering a network of interactive servers that remotely process the live input data. The content then simultaneously appears on both the façade and the LED podium.

The dynamic canvas forges a unique connection between the bank and community by engaging city dwellers, and creating a space for social participation for people of all ages.

Location San Isidro District, Lima, Peru

Client Banco del Crédito de Peru (BCP)

Architectural Designer Felipe Ferrer

Concept Claudia Paz

Artistic Direction and Interactive Concept Design

Claudia Paz and Nicholas Cheung

Production and Management ARQUILEDS

Podium Design and Implementation

Nicholas Cheung Studio

Lighting Specification Cesar Castro, ARQUILEDS

Interactive Programmer

Chris Plant, Colour Burst

Sound Designer Neil Spragg, Future Sound Design

Non Interactive Programmer Ruby Rosenthal (USA) and Cesar Castro (Peru)

Photography 2014 Paz & Cheung

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Lenox HotelColorGraze MX4 Powercore

Since its opening in 1900, the Lenox Hotel has remained one of Boston’s most prized historical landmarks and today is famous for its unwavering commitment to eco-innovation. The Lenox has become a benchmark in hospitality and environmental sustainability, launching an industry-first environmental program and continuing its efforts as a global pioneer in luxury urban ecotourism.

The hotel’s aging fluorescent exterior lighting system was expensive to run and maintain. Maintenance was only done twice a year and resulted in months of burnt-out fixtures that were visible to passersby. Lenox management decided it was time to update the outdated lighting with a new technology that was sensitive to the preservation of both the hotel’s rich history and its focus on sustainability.

The Lenox management team and Foley Electric chose Philips Color Kinetics to replace the exterior lighting because of its outstanding reputation for illuminating many of Boston’s famous landmarks. ColorGraze MX4 Powercore RGBA fixtures were installed to highlight the decorative rooftop cornice of the historic urban building and enhance the atmosphere of the building.

On most days, the fixtures emit a soft white or gold light that complement the Lenox Hotel’s black and gold exterior. Management also has the flexibility to easily change the color scheme to celebrate holidays, New England sports teams, and local events. The new system has lowered maintenance and energy costs and has been another way to further the hotel’s commitment to the environment.

Location Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Installer Foley Electric

Photography John Brandon Miller

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Poznań City CenterColorReach Compact Powercore, Vaya Cove Color, Vaya Linear MP RGB, Light System Manager

Location Poznań, Poland

Project Management TriGranit Development

Photography Jacek Bakutis

In 2010, TriGanit Development collaborated with the city of Poznań to revitalize the main railway station, adding a bus terminal, a park and ride facility, and Poznań Shopping Mall. The area of the entire facility, called Poznań City Center, is nearly 190,300 sq ft (58,000 sq m).

TriGanit commissioned an eye-catching and dynamic lighting system for the interior and exterior of Poznań City Center to establish the mall as a high-end shopping center. To illuminate the building’s north façade, the installation team mounted Philips Color Kinetics ColorReach Compact Powercore fixtures onto each of the columns to evenly project light onto the 525 ft (160 m) long wall. The east façade is illuminated with color-changing Vaya Linear Color fixtures (now specified using Vaya Linear MP RGB), creating stripes of dynamic color and subtle wall-washing accents around the mall’s entrance. Vaya Cove Color fixtures were installed in recessed lines in the ceiling inside the mall, giving management the ability to control the atmosphere throughout the mall.

Philips Poland created a coordinated control system for the center by linking three separate installations in and outside the building, using a Light System Manager controller. The east and north façades can be coordinated to display light shows when special events are taking place within the shopping center, to match the season of the year, or for marketing purposes.

The LED lighting system has significantly reduced the energy costs and has simplified the maintenance of the entire lighting network. The dynamic lighting design attracts both residents of Poznań and travelers passing through the train station, putting the mall on par with similar shopping centers throughout Europe.

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Gateway of IndiaColorReach Powercore gen2, ColorBlast Powercore, iPlayer 3

Built in commemoration of King George V and Queen Mary’s visit in 1911, the Gateway of India stands 85 ft (26 m) high on Mumbai Harbor. Presently, it is the most popular tourist destination in Mumbai, attracting thousands of visitors each year.

The Gateway’s owner, Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), desired to use light to transform the monument into a colorful collage symbolizing Indian diversity. MTDC knew that a Philips Color Kinetics LED lighting solution would deliver long service life, low operating costs, and a palette of millions of colors.

ColorReach Powercore gen2 and ColorBlast Powercore fixtures were installed to saturate the Gateway with intense washes of vibrant light. ColorReach Powercore gen2 fixtures were installed to wash its walls evenly, while ColorBlast Powercore fixtures were placed 10 ft (3 m) away from the wall to create sharp spots of color.

LED lighting has reduced the connected load by 55%, from 18 kW to 9 kW. In addition to dynamic effects, the installation’s cost-saving benefits complemented the request for an efficient, lively lighting solution.

Location Mumbai, India

Lighting Designer Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation

Photography Philips

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Gateway Community College iColor Flex LMX gen2

Location New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lighting Designer Cameron McNall, Electroland

Photography Electroland

When students pass from building to building at Gateway Community College, they are greeted by photos of their classmates, professors, and administrators on a 30 ft x 30 ft (9 m x 9 m) LED screen. This piece of lighting art, appropriately named “College Faces,” is a slow-motion movie that transitions every thirty seconds between photos retrieved from smartphones or a website.

Conventional lights were unable to produce full-color video, so an LED lighting solution was chosen to bring this concept to life. Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex LMX (now specified using iColor Flex LMX gen2), strands of full-color LED nodes, were positioned 4 in (95 mm) apart on a custom-made frame by RGB Lights Inc. in the atrium space connecting the campus buildings.

The installation was completed in September 2012. Cameron McNall, principal at Electroland and lighting designer for the project, was satisfied that he chose a Philips Color Kinetics solution. McNall said the “wide product line [offered by Philips Color Kinetics] allowed us to find a product that most clearly matched our needs, and they offered invaluable technical support.”

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VEGAS Crocus CityiColor Flex LMX gen2

Boasting 1.2 million sq ft (112,500 sq m) of retail space, VEGAS Crocus City, a five-story mall, is a cornerstone of Russia’s retail industry, placing Moscow on par with the industries of Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, and Istanbul.

Crocus City Group partnered with Philips Lighting in Russia to realize an imaginative lighting project that would be the first and largest of its kind in Russia: transforming VEGAS Crocus City’s media façade into a vibrant, polychromatic spectacle mirroring the iconic digital billboards of New York City’s Times Square.

To fulfill this vision, Philips Color Kinetics iColor Flex LMX gen2 nodes were mounted on VEGAS Crocus City’s ventilated façade. The nodes, capable of displaying over 16 million colors, can be programmed with a remarkably wide range of media content and managed from a single location. This enables the media façade to easily generate text, images, and color effects for decorative, entertainment, or commercial purposes such as broadcasting online sports coverage and other news events.

Since VEGAS Crocus City’s unveiling in June 2014, the installation’s diverse lighting capabilities have given the mall’s retail businesses a major competitive edge, drawing consumers inward with its cheerful, vivid appearance.

Above all, the lively setting produced by the media façade’s brilliant illumination generates pride for the city of Moscow, demonstrating on a global scale the growth of Russian business and local expertise.

Location Moscow, Russia

Photography Gleb Igrunov

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Belfast City HallColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, ColorGraze MX Powercore, iW Blast Powercore

Location Belfast, Northern Ireland

Design Team Peter Horner, Belfast City Council, Design Officer

Belfast City Hall Project Team

Gerry McFall, Belfast City Council Property Maintenance Manager

Design Consultation Annette Tang, TIR Lighting Design

Electrical Installer JD McGeown, Electrical Installer

Photography Redshift Photography

Since its opening in 1906, Belfast City Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been a great source of civic pride and a symbol of Belfast’s success. Its traditional Baroque Revival architecture, beautiful lawns and gardens make it a popular destination for residents and tourists alike. Most importantly, it houses the city’s local governing arm, Belfast City Council.

The structure was one of seven European buildings chosen to be part of a pilot for the ILLUMINATE program, a European Union (EU) initiative to demonstrate the viability and benefits of solid-state lighting technology through a wide range of applications in cities around Europe.

While planning, the City Council ran into several technical and budgetary challenges. Belfast City Hall is a historically listed building with strict rules and regulations regarding physical and structural changes, including rewiring. Running cabling for the new LED lighting system would be cost-prohibitive and exceed the allocated budget. IntelliPower, a solution from Philips Color Kinetics that leverages existing electrical and physical infrastructures to enable the affordable installation of dynamic, digitally controllable LED lighting systems, was an efficient alternative to rewiring. IntelliPower enabled installers to reuse the current electrical wiring, reducing the cost of the installation and allowing the Council to stay within budget.

Philips Color Kinetics ColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, ColorGraze Powercore (now specified using ColorGraze MX Powercore), and iW Blast Powercore LED lighting fixtures light the façade with varying shades of warm and cool white light throughout the evening. The City Council can also produce color-changing effects for special occasions. It is estimated that the system will save around $21,000 (£14,000) in annual electricity costs, while reducing annual carbon emissions by almost 200,000 pounds (90 tonnes)— around half of its carbon reduction target.

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