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Olivio at Selmas Park
Gothenburg, Sweden

  • project Selma Lagerlöfs Parkstråk
  • architect ÅWL Arkitekter / Maja Forsberg
  • lighting designer Light Bureau
  • photographer Felix Gerlach
  • Representation Selux Sverige

The rapidly grow­ing suburb of Backa in Gothen­burg is one of the most impor­tant devel­op­ment areas in the city. Selmas Park is a new green hub there for leisure activ­i­ties, meet­ing people and recre­ation. The light­ing for this green­space, which has a highly varied design and is aimed at both young and old, uses lumi­naires from the Olivio Sis­tema design line.

Backa’s new urban con­cept com­bines modern houses with exist­ing build­ings erected in Sweden during the Mil­lion Pro­gramme era of the 1960s. The draft for Selmas Park by the land­scape archi­tects’ bureau ÅWL Arkitek­ter focussed on social sus­tain­abil­ity and inte­gra­tion. The goal was to create a park land­scape with a strong iden­tity, in which cit­i­zens can con­nect with one another.

It is Backa’s his­tory as a garden suburb, which inspires the new Selmas Park. In the 19th cen­tury, a series of farm­yards arose here and Backa became the garden of Gothenburg’s local econ­omy, sup­ply­ing res­i­dents with fruit, veg­eta­bles and flow­ers. But what about the safety con­cept for a new green­space designed for recre­ational use? The chal­lenge was to pro­vide small, inti­mate places where the var­i­ous users can inter­act with­out this result­ing in an unsafe envi­ron­ment,” explains Land­scape Archi­tect Maja Fors­berg, who was respon­si­ble for the project at ÅWL Archi­tects. Together with light design­ers from Light Bureau, a light­ing con­cept was devel­oped that increases the feel­ing of safety and sup­ports the location’s key focus – play and leisure activ­i­ties.

The major­ity of the park land­scape is illu­mi­nated using white LED light, which ensures better recog­ni­tion of colours and hence of faces. Coloured light pro­vides accent light­ing for the entrance area and play­ground. As well as increas­ing the attrac­tive­ness of the site, it is designed to encour­age vis­i­tors to par­take in activ­i­ties.

The main path through the park is illu­mi­nated using Olivio lumi­naires on low poles. The illu­mi­nated path­ways indi­cate their course with­out caus­ing exces­sive scat­ter light, thereby pro­vid­ing ori­en­ta­tion during dark­ness. Areas for leisure activ­i­ties are lit using Olivio lumi­naires on higher poles to attain wider and more uni­form illu­mi­na­tion of these spaces while addi­tional Olivio gobo spots are on hand to pro­vide artis­tic light pro­jec­tions. Tar­geted light set­tings of trees around the main square cre­ates an atmos­pheric ambi­ence – making for a sus­tain­able and safe loca­tion bristling with life and action.

  • The organic design of Olivio and its functional versatility due to the modular design of this luminaire family is inspired by role models from nature. As a result Olivio forms the basis for light concepts in urban living areas where the focus is on the well-being of people. Olivio luminaire heads are available in the sizes Grande, Medio and Piccolo and can be combined with various arms and pole types from the three design lines Sistema, Floracion and Candelabra. Yet it is not just the design that can be adapted individually according to the situation – various optics and light colours from 2,700 to 4,000 Kelvin also cater for challenging lighting tasks efficiently and without glare: from illumination of paths and squares, floodlighting of façades and accent lighting of buildings. The new Olivio Cap also reduces light scatter and for special requirements, with its camera and loudspeaker modules, Olivio can be integrated into smart application scene. The special wooden-pole aesthetic emphasizes the Olivio's high quality, organic luminaire design. Combined with luminaire heads in a harmonoius colour tone such as bronze, this results in a timelessly comforting spatial ambience.

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