Selux

The pre­vi­ous pat­h­way ligh­ting in the upper pala­tial garden stem­med from 1961 when the Nati­onal Hor­ti­cul­tu­ral Exhi­bi­tion was held there. Sphe­ri­cal lumi­na­ires, in fas­hion all over the world at the time, were ins­tal­led in the park gro­unds for the occa­sion. Almost 60 years later, the Studio DL team was on the lookout for a suitable exte­rior lumi­na­ire that would blend har­mo­ni­o­usly into the his­to­ri­cal sur­ro­un­dings. ​“While searc­hing, we came across featu­res of the lands­cape plan­ning such as roun­ded walls that matc­hed the round shape of the sphe­ri­cal lumi­na­ires,” exp­la­ins pro­ject mana­ger Johan­nes Käpp­ler. It was the­re­fore tho­ught it would be a good idea to use sphe­ri­cal ligh­ting once again for the new ligh­ting con­cept. The light­ness and trans­pa­rency of the Aira con­vin­ced the plan­ners, who thus opted to con­ti­nue with the tra­di­tion of sphe­ri­cal ligh­ting.

(Juli­ane Eirich)

(Juli­ane Eirich)

With its trans­pa­rent, almost imma­te­rial dif­fu­ser Aira demonst­ra­tes how natu­rally modern ligh­ting can blend into urban envi­ron­ments such as here in the Sch­loss­gar­ten. The luminaire’s appe­arance is dis­tin­gu­is­hed by its dual Tritec Optic. The golden ref­lec­tor has a par­ti­cu­larly war­ming effect, which links to the his­to­ri­cally foun­ded sen­sa­tion of com­for­table out­door ligh­ting and trans­forms the park gro­unds into a loca­tion where people can simply relax.

(Juli­ane Eirich)

When plan­ning the ligh­ting, besi­des aspects of well-being and tra­di­tion, the needs of nature con­ser­va­tion were also taken into acco­unt. Since the Sch­loss­gar­ten also acts as a habi­tat for bats and hermit beet­les, cre­ating insect-fri­endly ligh­ting was impor­tant for the ligh­ting con­cept. With its effec­tive upward shi­el­ding and pre­cise light guidance, light pol­lu­tion can be pre­ven­ted using the Aira Tritec optic.

All light points have been integ­ra­ted into a cent­ral, web-based light mana­ge­ment system that enab­les remote cont­rol of exte­rior ligh­ting. Dimmed light can be inc­re­ased to full lumi­nous inten­sity for safety reasons if requ­ired. As a result, the new Aira lumi­na­ires have ensu­red an imp­ro­ved feeling of safety while enhan­cing quality of urban life for the citi­zens of Stutt­gart.

(Juli­ane Eirich)