Embedded Lighting The Future of Integrating Lighting

into Architectural Systems

07-May-2015

Brad Koerner Venture Manager – Luminous Patterns

Philips Lighting

What is “embedded lighting”?

The fusion of light and architectural materials

Embedded Lighting: Architectural lighting is still

rooted in fire & stone

Lighting Technology

Architectural System

Architects want to treat light as a material

Light as a material Bahrain Air Terminal Proposal (2010) Leo Villareal

Embedded Lighting: Timeless paradigms

Le Corbusier “Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light.”

…but what happens when the masses themselves emit light?

Masses in light? Ronchamp (1950) Le Corbusier

Rory Hyde Rory Hyde

Transcendence? Ronchamp (1950) Le Corbusier

Rory Hyde

Richard Kelly • Focal Glow • Ambient Luminescence • Play of Brilliants

Embedded Lighting: Ambient Luminescence

Ambient luminescence Seagram Building (1959) Richard Kelly

Ambient luminescence Seagram Building (1959) Richard Kelly

Ambient luminescence Manufacturers Hanover Trust Building (1961) SOM

Ambient luminescence Apple Store (2015) Foster & Partners

Ambient luminescence One Space (2014) Philips Lighting

Ambient luminescence Philips Lighting Application Center (2015) LAVA

Ambient luminescence Luminous Textiles (2010) Philips Lighting

Ambient luminescence Georgia Aquarium (2005) Quentin Thomas Associates

Embedded Lighting: Ambient Luminescence

+ parametric design?

Parametric design Parametric wall concept (2013) Brad Koerner & Pablo Tejada

Embedded Lighting: Ambient Luminescence

+ parametric design? + media control system?

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Ambient luminescence Aurora – DirectTV Headquarters (2013) Electroland

Embedded Lighting: Play of Brilliants

Richard Kelly

“Play of brilliants is Times Square at night. It is the eighteenth century ballroom of crystal chandeliers and many candle flames. It is sunlight on a fountain or a rippling brook. It is the rose window of Chartres. “Play of brilliants excites the optic nerves, and in turn stimulates the body and spirit, quickens the appetite, awakens curiosity, sharpens the wit….”

Play of brilliants Four Seasons Restaurant (1959) Richard Kelly

“Light reflecting metal curtains, a golden shimmering sculpture and underwater lighting for the pool generate a highly sophisticated scene for luxury dining.” -Thomas Schielke

Hagen Stier

Patterns of brilliants Kresge Chapel, MIT (1955) Eero Saarinen

Patterns of brilliants Rainbow Church (2013) Tokujin Yoshioka

Play of brilliants Aston Martin Reveal (2010) Jason Bruges Studio

“In a modern twist on pulling a silk cloth to reveal a beautifully crafted super car…sequence of light patterns is programmed to build a sense of theatre, speed and motion leading to a crescendo of sound and light”

Play of brilliants Dornbracht (2012) Meire und Meire

Play of brilliants Diamond Sea (2007) Leo Villareal

Embedded Lighting: 5 Characteristics

1. Light Effect • Style of light effect selected

2. Composition • Composition or patterning of the light effect

3. Material • Material expression and properties of the surface

4. Animation • Dynamic animation of the luminous pattern

5. Interactivity • Responsiveness of the dynamic animation

5 characteristics of embedded light

Embedded Lighting: 1: Light effect

Selecting a Light Effect • Shape? Points, lines, planes,

graphic?

• Brilliant or diffused?

• Inset, flush, or protruding from the wall surface?

• Direct-view or indirect-view?

• Sculptural relief? Shadow-play?

• Color system? White or color? Fixed or dynamic?

Sparkling Dots Glowing Forms

Example: 4 Light Effect Styles

Radiant Lines Luminous Graphics

Light effect selection Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Light effect selection Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Light effect selection Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Light effect selection Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Embedded Lighting: 2: Composition or patterning

Light pattern selection • Resolution

– Number of individually controlled pixels?

• Density – Size and spacing of pixels/light effects?

• Visual Field – What style of pixels and what surrounds them?

• Structure – Are the pixels flat or dimensional? What are they

mounted to? What is their order?

• Graphic Arrangement – Scaled, flowing? Repetitive tiles? Deforming pattern?

Compositions of light Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Compositions of light Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Compositions of light Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Compositions of light Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Composition of light NYU Department of Philosophy (2007) Steven Holl Architects

Composition of light Star Wars (1977) George Lucas

Composition of light 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick

Embedded Lighting: 3: Material expression

Material expression of the surface • Contrast?

• Texture? Tactility?

• Color?

• Fusing the ephemeral magic of light plus the tactility of a material creates a whole new range of surface expressions

Material expression Shanghai Museum of Glass (2012) Logon Architecture

Material expression Elie Tahari Beverly Hills (2007) Lissoni Associati

Material expression SK Media (2009) Glas Platz Gmbh

Embedded Lighting: 4: Animation

Dynamic animation of the luminous pattern

• Humans are naturally attracted by movement, which is part of our base survival instinct.

• Movement creates pleasurable visual sensations.

• Animation has an inherent capacity to make us feel comfortable, to make a space feel more natural and attractive.

Richard Kelly

Six Qualities of Light • Intensity • Brightness • Diffusion • Spectral Color • Direction • Motion

Veronica Strang

“I suspect that the shimmer of light on water echoes what is going on inside our heads. This constant neurological ‘fizz’ or ‘shimmering’ of thoughts might remind us of the mesmerizing effect of sitting beside a glittering body of water, watching the light sparkle on the surface…its powerful mesmerizing or hypnotic effects…”

Images: Tim Macauley

Aboriginal anthropologist

Video Placeholder Leo Villareal

Animation provides distraction Great Ormond Street Hospital (2012) Jason Bruges Studio

“The brief was to design and install a distraction artwork helping to create a calming yet engaging route that culminates in the patient’s arrival at the anaesthetic room.”

Animation reveals history Sunderland Station (2010) Jason Bruges Studio

“Behind the wall is a disused platform, which long ago used to see passengers waiting for trains. Now the tracks are long gone and the old platform is hidden from view, we have created ghostly characters

that appear behind the glass wall opposite passengers waiting for the trains.”

Animation – content? Luminous Textiles (2010) Philips Lighting

Embedded Lighting: 5: Interactivity

Interaction with a luminous surface Interactive control systems allow for a highly personal and dynamic experience of an architectural surrounding.

What kind of interactions are meaningful in architecture? • Deliver “function”

• The correct type of light, at the correct place, at the correct moment in time.

• Deliver “delight” • Enriching human environments

• Dynamic-lighting-vs-the-compression-of-memory

• Deliver “content” • Architecture can act as a portal to the digital world

Interactivity Design Concept (Not-built) Electroland

Interaction Hotel Puerta America (2005) Jason Bruges Studio

Interaction Hotel Puerta America (2005) Jason Bruges Studio

Video Placeholder Lighting Design Collective

Wind

Video Placeholder Lighting Design Collective

Echo

Embedded Lighting: What does the future hold?

Sheila Kennedy, Harvard Graduate School of Design (1999)

“The integration of energy harvesting, sensing, control, and illumination into a single, flexible, high-volume, eco-friendly material…”

Lighting as a material?

Miniaturization Leteras Chip-Scale Package (2014) Toshiba

Embedded Lighting: Lighting as a sheet?

Conductive inks Electronic Popables (2009) Leah Buechley - MIT Media Lab

Applied surface materials LED Wallpaper (2011) Ingo Maurer

Planar sheets of light Cooledge Lighting (2014) StoneGate Design

Planar sheets of light Undercabinet Lighting (2014) DesignLED Products

Roll printing electronics Roll Printed Flexible Electronics (2013) Holst Center

Roll printing electronics Roll-to-Roll Plastics Assembly (2015) Bosch Rexroth

Conformal electronics Rogers Research Group (2009) University of Illinois

LED die suspension on paper LightPaper (2014) Rohinni

Embedded Lighting: Lighting as a strip?

Flex tape PrevaLED Flex Linear (2014) OSRAM + Timo Dilger

Robotic flex tape application LED Tape Robot (2014) BJB

Best use of rope light ever? Cineteca Madrid (2012) CH+QS

Best use of rope light ever? Cineteca Madrid (2012) CH+QS

Architectural panels System X (2009) Ross Lovegrove for Yamagiwa

Embedded Lighting: Lighting as a textile?

E-Textiles Sparkfun (2014)

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/sewing-with-conductive-thread

Textile Electronics E-Static Shadows (2009) Zane Berzina, et al

TITV Greiz – The Institute for Special Textiles and Flexible Materials

Textile Electronics E-Static Shadows (2009) Zane Berzina, et al

Textile Electronics E-Static Shadows (2009) Zane Berzina, et al

Textile Electronics E-Static Shadows (2009) Zane Berzina, et al

Health Philips Bilirubin Blanket (2011) Philips Research

The Bilirubin Blanket: It’s a regular textile blanket that incorporates a new light-emitting textile technology consisting of a woven fabric with integrated blue LEDs. These tiny, robust and efficient LEDs are linked by conductive wires running through

the fabric – and then covered with a light-diffusing layer so that the light is spread evenly over the patient’s skin.

Flexibility Soft House (2013) Kennedy & Violich Architecture

Integrated touch controls Living Wall (2010) MIT Media Lab

Integrated surface controls Living Wall (2010) Leah Buechley – MIT Media Lab

“This project experiments with interactive wallpaper that can be programmed to monitor its environment, control lighting and sound, and generally serve as a beautiful and unobtrusive way to

enrich environments with computation.”

Embedded Lighting: Lighting as a floor surface?

Luminous flooring CELL LED (2009) LAMA Concept

Luminous carpets Luminous Carpets (2014) Philips Lighting

Luminous Carpets Video Placeholder

Embedded Lighting: Lighting in architectural panels?

Architectural panels Bahrain Air Terminal Proposal (2010) Leo Villareal

Luminous Patterns Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Luminous Patterns Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Luminous Patterns Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Luminous Patterns Luminous Patterns (2015) Philips Lighting

Architectural panels Rise Nation (2015) SOFTlab

Embedded Lighting: Sustainability implications?

Studio Aisslinger

BASF + Draexlmaier: BMW 7 Series Door Panels

Bio-derived or bio-degradable parts?

Rogers Research Group University of Illinois

Dissolving electronics?

Embedded Lighting: Construction innovations?

On site fabrication/customization of

embedded lighting?

Zaha Hadid

One machine that prints conductive traces, places LED and driver chips, prints optics and cuts the substrate to size?

Conductive Inks

Micro-LEDs and Drivers

Conductive Adhesives

“2.5”D Printed Optics

Micro-Production of Lighting Sheets?

Embedded Lighting: Conclusion

Light as a material? Textile Inspection Station (?) Milliken

Cut it?

Bend it?

Mold it?

Stamp it?

Glue it? Light Emitting Wallpaper (2008)

Jonas Samson

Brad Koerner Venture Manager – Luminous Patterns Philips Lighting

www.lucept.com

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