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ZHANGBEI MIRAGE, ZHANGBEI COUNTY, CHINA LIGHTING DESIGN: PURI LIGHTING DESIGN
Designed by Beijing-based Buzz, Zhangbei Mirage, a cultural centre north-west of Beijing in Hebei province, sits isolated in a vast open field. Puri’s scheme plays on the contradictory structural qualities of the building – heavy concrete enveloped by a lighter geometric metal steel framework – turning its after-dark appearance into what it describes as ‘a vessel of light’. The scheme relies on precision and integration. ‘Our approach centred on amplifying the building’s inherent duality: solidity versus weightlessness,’ says Puri. ‘We created a luminous exoskeleton by integrating uplighting directly into the steel framework.’
Light fittings have different wattages and precise beam angles – including 36W with a 10º beam, and 48W with a 30º beam – which were angled to project light upward, emphasising the structure’s geometric lattice. ‘This technique achieves a nuanced contrast,’ says Puri. ‘While the interior glows softly, the exterior’s uplighting is intentionally more pronounced, injecting dramatic depth. The result is a kinetic play of shadows and highlights that enhances the building’s transparency and lightness, making it appear to hover above the grassland at dusk.’
www.purilgt.com/projects/Cultural/ Zhangbei-Mirage
THE TRICK PRINCIPLE
One of the more ingenious fittings to introduce an element of visual playfulness into schemes in recent years is Trick by iGuzzini, designed by award-winning lighting designer Dean Skira. Its latest, and fifth, iteration is Trick Em.
The cleverness of the Trick principle lies in innovative optics, which allow a single fitting to throw its beam 360º – lighting an entire window conceal, for instance, or simultaneously throwing a line of light on ceiling, floor and both walls of a corridor. ‘Its main function is not to create general illumination or answer to specific mathematical requirements to illuminate the space; instead it’s something to be played with,’ says Skira. With inbuilt DMX and multi-projector beam, Trick Em can produce sequences and rhythms of moving light, creating graphic patterns that can highlight and emphasise different architectural features at different moments or simply animate the space. The new optics are divided into ten autonomous and multifunctional segments, with 360º movement, that can be controlled or managed separately. Eight preset lighting scenes are available, and customised lighting scenes can be created.
In interior and exterior versions, the fitting can be wall, ceiling or ground-installed.
iguzzini.com/trick-em
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