Chazen Museum of Art
CulturalLOCATION: | Madison, WI |
COMPLETED: | 2011 |
OWNERS: | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
ARCHITECT: | Machado Silvetti |
PHOTOGRAPHER: | © Glenn Heinmiller |
DESIGN TEAM: | Paul Zaferiou |
Jennifer Pieszak | |
LOCATION: | Madison, WI |
COMPLETED: | 2011 |
OWNERS: | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
ARCHITECT: | Machado Silvetti |
PHOTOGRAPHER: | © Glenn Heinmiller |
DESIGN TEAM: | Paul Zaferiou |
Jennifer Pieszak | |
LOCATION: | Jerusalem, Israel |
COMPLETED: | 2005 |
SIZE: | 190,000 sq. ft. |
OWNERS: | The Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority |
ARCHITECT: | Moshe Safdie and Associates with Tafnit Wind Ltd. |
PHOTOGRAPHER: | © Tim Hursley, © Glenn Heinmiller |
DESIGN TEAM: | Paul Zaferiou |
Glenn Heinmiller | |
This holocaust memorial museum’s central circulation spine is driven through the hillside site like a spike, which bursts open to a terrace looking towards Jerusalem.
The skylight running the length of the spine lights the space with daylight, so that no obtrusive hardware competes with the solemnity of the walls and the ribbon of light above.
Fixtures hidden in side galleries, aimed into the central corridor, supplement daylight invisibly to further preserve the purity of the structural expression.
To light the spine at night, extensive model-testing enabled a serendipitous discovery: whereas lighting the clear glass directly would have been ineffective, lighting the upper parts of the concrete walls with concealed uplights creates a visible veiling reflection in the glass. A common annoyance that would be avoided in other contexts produced an unusual and creative effect.
In the circular Hall of Names, a truncated cone ceiling is inserted below a skylight. The drum’s exterior reflects light to the walls; inside, it has a diffusing surface to backlight photographs. In effect, the ceiling design comprises a single large-scale fixture.
Smooth gradients of daylight and electric light unify the Museum; lighting design is a subtle, integral part of the architectural expression.
LOCATION: | Overland Park, KS |
COMPLETED: | 2008 |
SIZE: | 41,000 sq. ft. |
OWNERS: | Johnson County Community College |
ARCHITECT: | Kyu Sung Woo Architects |
AWARDS: | 2008 BSA Honor Award for Design Excellence |
2010 IES Illumination Award | |
PHOTOGRAPHER: | © Tim Hursley, © Michael Spillers |
DESIGN TEAM: | Paul Zaferiou |
Justin Brown | |
Understated, or simply unadorned?
Where is the line drawn between minimalist and nondescript?
These questions are especially relevant where lighting design is a subtle, integral part of the architectural expression – where quality of light, rather than patterns of lighting hardware, makes architecture succeed. Such is the case with the Nerman Museum.
A set of intersecting, stacked boxes forms the Museum’s spare, clean massing. One is a glazed solarium linking the Museum to an existing academic building; another cantilevers over the entry, creating an arrival that is at once dramatic and restrained. The ground-level expanse of glass lets the second floor hover effortlessly. Architectural planes are kept pristine and bare by illumination extending right to the edge of the glass.
The massing transforms at night into an array of glowing interior volumes. A few in-grade CMH wallwashers skim the upper limestone surfaces to balance contrast, but mostly the structure remains crisply defined by lighting from within.
At sunset, the boundary between daylight and electric, between reflective and transparent, is blurred. The design’s signature is the way materials come together with spare, invisible detailing, and, critically, light is treated as one of those building materials. The stair’s crisp geometry, exactingly realized with minimal embellishment, is set off by the softly glowing wall it touches.
LOCATION: | Calgary, AB, Canada |
COMPLETED: | 2012 |
SIZE: | 16,710 sq. ft. |
OWNERS: | Esker Foundation |
ARCHITECT: | Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. |
AWARDS: | 2013 IES Illumination Award of Merit |
2013 IES Illumination Section Award | |
PHOTOGRAPHER: | © Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. |
DESIGN TEAM: | Paul Zaferiou |
Matt Latchford | |
Designed as a premier destination in Calgary’s East End, this gallery space is itself a work of art. Perched on the top floor of a 4-story building below an undulating roof, this space provides a forum for the city’s vibrant emerging artistic community. The large open area is subdivided into smaller galleries and working spaces to suit installations of varied size and scope, and is shaped by a reading room, a unique “nest” conference room, and a black-box gallery space with LED track heads. The low-voltage dimmable halogen track system is overlaid with concealed fluorescent work lights, and the LED fixtures are tucked into the architecture allow the space to speak for itself. A central dimming system was incorporated to extend halogen lamp life, conserve energy, and allow the staff to easily adapt the lighting to suit a wide variety of show requirements – with the convenience of a custom iPad control surface.