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Art inviting you to explore further. Pleasant ambient lighting is created by indirect illumination of the ceiling. Thanks to the Zumtobel Supersystem’s focused LED spots, exhibits can be put centre stage – without any harmful UV radiation
LIGHT ART Zumtobel LED lighting solution for Hamburg’s Museum of Art and Industry
The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg now welcomes its guests in an entrance hall flooded with light. New visual axes across the building provide improved orientation for visitors and allow lots of daylight to enter the historic building. The contemporary interior design is enhanced by a state-of-the-art lighting solution incorpo- rating Zumtobel’s Supersystem LED lighting system.
“More light” was the approach favoured by the Hamburg-based architectural studio of MRJ-Architekten, which was commissioned with the redesign of the entrance areas, among other things. In collaboration with interior designer Renate Müller, refurbish- ment of the museum was carried out in several construction phases. While former storage areas were turned into modern ad- ministrative offices, a new annex was added in the inner courtyard to accommodate the museum management. A special highlight is the new main entrance, that together with the adjacent foyer has been redesigned to form a brightly lit, visitor-friendly entrance area including a book store and a display area for special exhibitions. With an average of 250,000 visitors per year, the Museum of Art and Industry, which is over 130 years old, is one of the lead- ing museums of its kind in Europe. The
historic stucco ceilings were completely exposed and restored, the plasterboard walls that had been raised were removed, and connecting doors were shifted to the side wings. On the basis of the remaining masonry, the pilasters with their bases and capitals that had formerly been integrated into the walls could be reconstructed in their entirety, so that now they act not only as an embellishment of the entrance area in their original beauty, but also as load-bearing structures of the cross vault again. A pleasant atmosphere is created by discreetly built-in special luminaires provid- ing indirect illumination of the ceiling. In an east-west direction, the view is now clear through to the opposite western entrance, where walls were removed and replaced by a glass door, analogous to the main en- trance. Thus, the building’s central axis is now lit by sunlight, both in the morning and in the evening. The view into the exhibition areas through the glass doors stirs up curios- ity and provides a visual link between the various areas. It was the museum’s director, Prof. Sabine Schulze, who suggested the use of Zumto- bel’s LED Supersystem in order to present the works of art displayed in the exhibi- tion areas in the right light. The visually unobtrusive system incorporating a delicate
aluminium section impressed Schulze when she set eyes on it at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, where it had been installed for the very first time. With the multi-func- tional LED Supersystem, power consump- tion is reduced to a minimum. Only 2.5W is required by the light-emitting diodes that are arranged in groups of three on the un- derside of the pendant luminaires. Directed downwards, they provide pleasant ambi- ent lighting in the lounges and exhibition areas. In order to allow illumination of the artworks in a targeted manner from various directions, they can be pulled out individu- ally and aligned towards an object. The light is UV- and IR-free, so as not to cause any damage to the highly sensitive paint- ings and sculptures. The indirect component comes from fluorescent lamps, that can be adjusted in brightness. To fit into the exhibition showcases, the Supersystem was modified and can now be integrated unob- trusively, yet efficiently into the frame. A variety of lighting scenes have already been pre-programmed and can be selected using the switch panel. Thus, the exhib- its, decoration and lighting system can be matched perfectly, so that visitors will be faced with a well-balanced overall experi- ence.
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