ARCHITECTURAL
project lighting design architect
Triple Bridge Gateway, Leni Schwendinger Light PKSP
72 BRIDGE
New York City Projects
USA
GATEWAY TO HEAVEN
LENI SCHWENDINGER HAS HELPED TO TRANSFORM A DESOLATE AREA INTO A DESTINATION
After more than ten years of com- es. Recalls PKSB lead principal illuminate the bridge structure
munity planning, design and con- Henry Stolzman: “We saw this and the area under the bridges
struction, the bus ramps above project as a rare opportunity to without interfering with ramp-
Ninth Avenue at 40th Street celebrate infrastructure and mass roadway lighting.
have been transformed into an transportation – transforming Linear fluorescents emphasise the
infrastructural public-art illumina- both into art and architecture.” I-beam webs and bolted plates.
tion installation that is delighting As the job grew in scope, facades Metal-halide CSI sources graze
residents, visitors, passersby and on both the west and east side the mesh scrim, and wallpacks
motorists. Created in collabora- of the street were incorporated wash the bridge coffers with light.
tion with the Port Authority of New - including replacement with A sculptural addition creates ‘a lu-
York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) titanium panels of the terminal’s minous room’. Pendant-mounted,
by the design team of PKSB brick façade, creating a new entry high-polish, adjustable reflector
Architects and Leni Schwendinger marquee and opening com- panels pierce the scrim. Metal-
Light Projects (LSLP), a formerly mercial storefronts to enliven the halide light sources on the east
desolate stretch of Hell’s Kitchen streetscape. and west walls of the underpass
roadway - shadowed by exposed The design process for Triple focus onto the panels that, in turn,
steel and concrete overpasses - Bridge Gateway began in cast reflected light patterns onto
now shimmers with colour-infused 1996. A series of mock-ups the street. The reflections unify the
light. and installations continued from existing lines and spaces of the
Notes lighting artist and designer 2001 through 2008. The design bridges, and accentuate move-
Leni Schwendinger: “Instead of a choices - metals, lighting and ment and animation as cars pass
place to rush through, our team color pattern - were conceived as underneath.
has created a destination - a emphasis for the bridges’ I-beam A computer-sequenced illumina-
PKSB TEAM:
dynamic urban oasis for the eye engineered structure. A chain- tion scheme brings this urban
Wayne Berg, Kentaro
and a visual landmark for the link containment system wraps sculpture to life with a weekly
Tsubaki, Henry Stolzman
community.” the sides and underside of each rotating schedule of visual com-
In 1994, Community Board #4 ramp. This highly-detailed stain- positions: LIGHT PROJECTS TEAM:
convened the Triple Bridge Task less-steel metal mesh works to • Chambers of Colour - This Leni Schwendinger, David
Force. Leni Schwendinger joined reflect and diffuse light, as well as formal composition focuses on
Lander, Jodi Geroux,
in this volunteer effort to solicit providing full-time maintenance the beam structure and corner
Charles Cameron, Eric
neighbourhood input and create access. shapes.
Chenault
design guidelines for aesthetic The lighting fixtures were selected • Spectacle - A bright and bold
renovation of the bus ramps. In for their capacity to withstand composition.
LIGHTING SUPPLIERS:
collaboration with the PKSB team, vibration and extreme weather • Reflections - Creates a connec-
ETC, Kim Lighting, Hess
Leni Schwendinger Light Projects conditions. Unique mountings tion of the street and the bridges’
America, Holophane,
LTD won the PANYNJ-invited were designed to achieve site- underside through volumes of
competition to design architectur- specific effects from industrial reflected light on the roadbed.
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