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The glazed entry hall becomes transparent at night and reveals the base of the sixteen storey office tower behind. In-ground LED strips of corporate orange guide the visitor across the 35,000 square metre site towards the main entrance. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
Inside the entry hall, a luminous cloud of polished aluminium wire and innumerable xenon light points defines the visual centre of the space. Together with two water feature walls it forms a narrative approach to the theme of energy. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
Full glazing allows plenty of daylight into the the entry hall. Strong directional downlights attached to the roof structure in groups of four give a sense of light and shadow in the entry hall. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The concept of strongly directional light is being continued in the waiting area. Another greatly appreciated effect is that some light is reflected from the lightly coloured floor and slightly brightens up the ceilings and the underside of the bridge. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The colour temperatures of the discharge downlights, the LED-lit water features and the fluorescent lamps in the stair stringers are finely tuned to a coherent composition. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The access bridge leads towards the three adjacent six storey office blocks which accomodate a total of 2,000 workstations. The reflecting pools and the luminous cloud are part of the same narrative on the natural hydrological cycle. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The access bridge leads towards the three adjacent six storey office blocks An additional Forum building houses meeting rooms and a staff canteen, arranged around a four storey atrium. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The height of the space is emphasised by accentuating the vertical volumes of the monoliths, and crowned by a string of downlights at the roof structure which quote the downlighting principle of the main entry hall. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
Some areas of the staff cantine do not receive much daylight but are lit with well perceptible artificial light. Bright light on the tables and lightly coloured surfaces create a pleasant environment. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
The vertical surfaces of the canteen service pods are visually defined through graze-lighting and a confident colour scheme. (Photo: Lukas Roth)
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Lighting Designer
Licht Kunst Licht AG Engineers Designers Architects for Illumination Project
EnBW-City
Stuttgart / Germany, 2009 Description
Light is energy, and energy is the business of EnBW, the third largest supplier of power, gas and water in Germany. Energy is made tangible throughout their newly opened headquarter complex, the EnBW City, while not only adhering to, but undercutting strict European regulations for reduced power consumption, which also concerns artificial and natural lighting. In the entry hall, the punchy direct downlighting is almost haptic, and a luminous cloud above the reception desk together with water feature walls represent a lighting scheme that strikes a balancing act between evoking an allegorical and sensual experience of energy – and saving energy. Client
EnBW Systeme Infrastruktur Support GmbH
Occupant EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG Architects RKW Rhode Kellermann Wawrowsky Architektur + Städtebau Düsseldorf Team leader Licht Kunst Licht Alexander Rotsch |