Architectural Lighting Proposal for the National Library of Athens

Made by :

Angeliki BoumpopoulouThomas BerghoferlIse Van den BroeckHorațiu Ciprian Armenean

Our design proposal

Precedents : •First impression: not attractive– Causes:• Lack of lighting in the front to emphasis qualities• Lack of lighting in the back, lack of safety• No illumination of the sides• No depth in the windows

Our design proposal

Concept : •Handle all buildings together>not the assignment•1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 1•Lateral Experience, different treatment of sides •Masterpiece•Lead the way to the garden•Garden = place to read daytime•Garden = place to relax safely at night

Inspiring images

Which are the positions of your luminaires and where are they targeted at ?

– the position in ground, uplighting– on the wall– on post – targeting different aspects or/and details of the building.– Ledstrips shining down on the handrail of the stairs

Luminaries – EntranceWe are going to use the lighting fixture of Philips with the family name ColorGraze MX Powercore

- Are LED Lights – so energy efficient- Consists of half pieces of cold and half pieces of worm type of LEDs so as giving the

ability to the designer to control the color temperature of them and affect in the final color of the building

- Different color temperature starting from 2700o C until up to 6500o C- The diffusers inside the luminaries also differs starting from 9, 10, 15, 30 degrees, so as

the spread of the beam makes the light fit everywhere for every application- This luminaries have also different dimensions so as to fit in any place

Luminaries positions and direction placed in the Entrance

Luminaries – Main Columns in the Entrance

In front of the 6 columns – in the lower part of them – 48W Led – 10o diffuser – Length L1219

Luminaries - Around the statue

SIMES ART. S.5125.19 CFL HIT-TC CRI 20W G8,5 1700 lmthe beam is directional so as to light the statue in an appropriate way

Luminaries direction and position – Entrance

Luminaries – Back Columns in the EntranceDownlighting the back of the columns to enlighten the entrance give some width to the entrance48W Led – 15o diffuser – Length L1219 – so as to

linear LED lighting fixtures ideal for

•surface grazing •wall-washing applications •offers superior illumination quality •dramatic energy savings •space-efficient, low-profile aluminum housing •flexible mounting options •discrete placement within a wide range of compact architectural details

Luminaries - EntranceIn the upper triangle of the entrance 12W Led – 9° diffuser – Length L305

On one front side of the building only for a better image in the Relux Rendering.

Problems of 3D – model•no windows in the frond part of the building•Column distances•No real staires

Luminaries - EntranceIn the handrail of the stairs we use ledstrips to downlight

Dialux from the Frontside

Dialux from the Frontside

Image from the Frontside

Luminaries in the backside

Less light in the back:•used for study•used to relax

General Illumination – Indirect Lighting – metal halide lamps 70WArchitectural Illumination•around the trees – Compact Florescent lamps•the paths – Compact Florescent lamps

Image from the Park

General Illumination in the park

SIMES - MiniSlot Disk S3982 with lamp metal halide HIT-CRI 70W 6600lm

Ambient lighting Indirect Lighting

Architectural Illumination in the parkAround the treesSIMES ART. S.5189.19 CFL TC-DEL 10W 1600 lm

SIMES REEF BOLLARD WITH GRID S.5293-UNV with lamp 26W T4 CFL 1800lm

Architectural illumination in the park

Signaling for the visitor seatsUsing led lighting strips

Lateral side

Lateral side – The side near the Academy

– Illuminate Library’s windows better– Work out the park, make it more attractive to the students

, athenians, tourists, readers– design a place in this park for those who want to read a

book in the middle of a park– Do a better study on the projections– Visualize better the whole concept– We would improve the 3D model

Tell us what you would do differently if you had more time?

We wish you all nice exams and the help of the ancient Gods to accomplish this work of Sisyfos!