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LIGHTING


Architect


Aesthetic


Manufacturer of lighting fixtures


Proposal and commercial offer Figure 2: Involving a manufacturer as an intermediary. Architect


Engineering


Consulting MEP engineer


Aesthetic


Lighting designer


Engineering


Consulting MEP engineer


Aesthetics of fixtures


Lighting design


Technical aspects


Tender Figure 3: The lighting designer as an intermediary.


‘Light can also create intimacy and the feeling of privacy for patients in an unknown environment, which can help to create a healing environment.’


for the lighting design. The architect is strongly connected with the end-user and in relation to lighting is mainly focused on the aesthetics of the lighting fixtures in relation to the interior. The consulting engineers’ focus is on building physics and designing


the installations needed to create a suitable environment. Coming from their own background they both have their own goal and languages that do not match. Therefore communication between them, specific to lighting design, which is hard to express in words, is often difficult. However they are both involved in the process from start to end so they both have the ability to preserve the lighting design. A manufacturer of lighting fixtures or other commercial party is sometimes involved as an intermediary (Fig. 2). They are commissioned with the lighting design as well as the selection on lighting fixtures. With a focus on sales and limited product portfolio they are often not the ideal partner in a design team, as the lighting design often begins with selecting suitable fixtures first. The result of their contribution is, in the end, often only a commercial offer for lighting fixtures, sometimes even lacking a motivated


vision behind the design. Further, they are often not fully involved during the building process. The design team is best served by an independent person who is able to create a motivated design that is independent from lighting fixtures (Fig. 3). When describing the typology of the required fixtures only, advantage can be taken of developments in the near future. LED fixtures are still rapidly improving in performance. Therefore the moment of selecting an actual product should be postponed as far as possible. The lighting designer translates both the input of the architect and the consulting engineer into a lighting design that is based on a strong concept and provides the advantages previously mentioned. Being independent, the lighting designer is able to select from a wide range of options to get the best price/quality ratio for the design by creating tender documents at any time.


Figure 4: Custom-made design – Light integrated in the ceiling element that combines light and ventilation in a hospital room (MCA, Alkmaar, NL). IFHE DIGEST 2014 45


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