2014 Lumen Awards

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Parrish Art Museum
Lighting Designer: Arup
Andrew Sedgwick, Brian Stacy, Molly McKnight, Matt Franks, Rohit Manudhane,
and Theresa Mahoney
Architect: Herzog & de Meuron
Owner: Parrish Art Museum
The lighting design of the Parrish Art Museum reflects the natural rhythms of its surroundings, while at the same time, mirrors the lighting effects of a working art studio. Daylight is the primary source of illumination. To prevent excessive daylight from damaging the artworks, custom skylights include a high-performance, ultraviolet-blocking interlayer, a fine-tuned capillary system for optimizing sun-control, and daylight harvesting are incorporated into the glazing. Supplemental illumination is provided by custom side-mounted socket high CRI T6 fixtures. An iPad-controlled gallery dimming system allows staff members to adjust gallery lighting. The use of skylights and lighting controls resulted in eighty-two percent lighting energy savings.

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Steven L. Anderson Design Center and the Vol Walker Hall Renovation
Lighting Designer: Renfro Design Group
Richard Renfro, Sarah Randall, Jennifer Bickford, Fabio Tuchiya, and Jennifer Stafford
Architect: Marlon Blackwell Architect
Owner: University of Arkansas
The renovation of Vol Walker Hall and the new Steven L. Anderson Design Center addition at the Fay Jones School of Architecture provided an opportunity to teach about design through example. The goal of the lighting design was to demonstrate a variety of successful techniques and sources while creating a unified lit environment. At circulation spaces, metal halide wallwashers light walls, lines of LEDs indicate main traffic flow through intersections, and continuous vertical fluorescent pockets transgress all floors at stairwells. The double-height gallery features a monolithic back-lit fabric ceiling that appears to float with the contrast of daylight from perimeter slots. A lantern on the campus at night, repetitive elements at studios create a cohesive nighttime image.

AWARD OF MERIT
Tao Downtown
Lighting Designer: Focus Lighting
Michael Cummings, Juan Pablo Lira, Jenny Nicholas, Samuel Kitchel, Rachael Stoner, David Kinkade, and Dan Nichols
Architect: Rockwell Group
Owner: TAO Group
TAO Downtown is a 22,000-square-foot dining experience inspired by the idea of an underground speakeasy. By carefully analyzing the visitors’ primary viewpoints, a lighting design that guides their exploration of the space and provides a new experience at every turn, was created. Integrated lighting ties the various spaces together as accents add a sense of drama and reveal intricate architectural details, artifacts, and reveal intricate architectural details, artifacts, and hand-painted murals. Decorative fixtures were custom- designed to radiate TAO’s aesthetic and provide an apparent source of light. In the tiered dining area, downlights were integrated into the decorative pendants to reduce the quantity of fixtures and shift the focus designed to radiate TAO’s aesthetic and provide an apparent source of light. In the tiered dining area, downlights were integrated into the decorative pendants to reduce the quantity of fixtures and shift the focus toward the grand dining space. Here, five layers of light are used to sculpt the room’s the main attraction – a 20-foot-tall Quanyin statue.

AWARD OF MERIT
Les Haras Strasbourg
Lighting Designer: L’Observatoire International
Herve Descottes, Solenn Borchers, and Etienne Gillabert
Interior Designer: Agence Jouin Manku
Having spent its first 150 years as the historic National Stud Farm of Strasbourg, this beautiful structure has been reborn as Hotel Les Haras Strasbourg, a luxury hotel located in the city center. Inside, the bronze tones of custom-design fixtures play off of and compliment the exposed-wood, rich brown color palette and earthy textures of the interior, all of which harken back to its previous life as a stable. In the hotel’s Brasserie restaurant, integrated linear LEDs and custom-designed hanging cylindrical fixtures provide an intimate ambiance that perfectly tempers the vast, airiness of the space. Exuding warmth and sensuality, the light design melds old and new in this arresting space.

AWARD OF MERIT
Yonkers Casino
Lighting Designer: Tillotson Design Associates
Suzan Tillotson, Ellen Sears, Mitul Parekh, and Kate Nelson
Architect: Studio V Architecture
Owner: Yonkers Casino
The glowing, organically-shaped, 200-foot-long entry canopy, sits in front of a four-story high, arc of frameless glass. The glass brings daylight into the gaming hall, and allows a dialog between interior and exterior. The steel tube canopy structure is covered by pillows of pressure-inflated ETFE membranes. Linear RGB LED fixtures, stem mounted above the structure, illuminate the translucent fritted top membrane. Small, white LED downlights, integrated into the frame node, light the driveway below. Highlighting the curved glass wall, roof mounted, metal halide floodlights curve over the façade to graze light down the veil-like fritted top edge of the glass.

AWARD OF MERIT
Baldwin Auditorium Renovation at Duke University
Lighting Designer: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Francesca Bettridge, Michael Hennes, Nira Wattanachote, and Glenn Fujimur
Architect: Pfeiffer Partners Architects
Owner: Duke University
The re-lighting of the historic Baldwin Auditorium brightens and enlivens the space without touching its fragile structure. Previously, the room had few windows, the oculus was covered, and the decorative fixtures were inadequate. Since the ceiling and dome could not be altered, the designers had to find creative ways to light the space on a very low budget. The oculus and dome now glow, pendants provide visual interest as well as balcony lighting, side-vault ceilings are illuminated, and decorative accents embellish the balcony fronts. Thoughtful, deceptively simple solutions deliver maximum impact while remaining 45% below the energy allowance, transforming the theater into a welcoming arts destination.

AWARD OF MERIT
The Theatre School at DePaul University
Lighting Designer: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design
Francesca Bettridge, Marty Salzberg, Nira Wattanachote, Jiyoung Lee, Nathalie Faubert, and Chi Iamsakul
Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Owner: DePaul University
The lighting design for the Theatre School at DePaul University, a LEED project, enhances the solidity of the building yet speaks to the flexibility and free-flow of the spaces within. Throughout the building the lighting serves a dual purpose. First, it responds to the architectural integrity of the space and second, another layer provides opportunities for theatrical lighting, achieving the university’s goal of making every inch of the building – even back-of-house areas – into a performance space. Whether a playful array of lights mimicking the movement of performers or an arrangement of fixtures to create a sculptural element, the lighting serves the building’s mission.

CITATION AWARD
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
Lighting Designer: AKF Lighting Design
Susannah Zweighaft and Claudia Saavedra
Architect: Perkins + Will
Owner: Partners Healthcare
Lighting has the power to enhance, to reveal, to guide and to delight. Interior and exterior lighting solutions were designed to allow maximum healing for patients and visitors, for the new 350,000-square-foot Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Tremendous care was given to accommodate long patient stays in rehabilitation units and to provide the healing power of a warm and comforting environment. Careful balance of light levels and quality was required to meet the needs of the local community, safety and the aesthetic goals of the architect and the design team. Our integrated approach met these requirements, while providing aesthetic lighting solutions to make certain that each patient’s experience is both positive and curative.

CITATION AWARD
Imagining the Lowline
Lighting Designer: Arup
Star Davis and Matt Franks
Architect: Raad Studio
Industrial Designer: D.N.I.
Owner: The Lowline
The Lowline, a proposed subterranean park seeks to repurpose an unused trolley station on the Lower East Side. The park will be illuminated and sustained through captured, redirected sunlight. A recent exhibition, “Imagining the Lowline,” included a full-scale mockup to demonstrate the feasibility of the design to the public. The lighting design team worked with the design team on testing, technology integration, material study and geometric relationships, which were used to effectively distribute sunlight, balancing the proportion of direct and diffused light that would support plant life while at the same time facilitating a uniquely lively, verdant public space.

CITATION AWARD
Waldorf=Astoria Park Avenue Lobby and Entry
Lighting Designer: Cooley Monato Studio
Renee Cooley, Gio Lee, Renee Joosten, Adam Kroll, Natalia Lesniak, and June Park
Architect: BBG-BBGM
Interior Designer: Champalimaud
Using the theme “modern again,” as an inspiration, the renovation of Waldorf-Astoria Park Avenue entrance and lobby restored the essence of its original 1931 Art Deco-style. At the street entry to the lobby, a newly fabricated marquee welcomes guests into the revitalized interior. Custom fixtures and architecturally integrated light sources echo the style of the era when the hotel was first built. An Art Deco-inspired ceiling fixture, illuminated by fluorescent lights is a focal point of the new lobby. While utilizing new technology for energy efficiency and reduced maintenance, the project installed efficiency and reduced maintenance, the project installed lighting that was 28% less in the lobby and 3% less in the entry than allowed by code.

CITATION AWARD
Pink Dolphin
Lighting Designer: Kaplan Gehring McCarroll Architectural Lighting
Martin Van Koolbergen
Architect: Abramson Teiger Architects
Owner: Pink Dolphin
Since budget was crucial to the success of Pink Dolphin’s 900-square-foot flagship store the lighting design had to use minimal fixtures to create a maximum effect. Only three highly efficient readily available sources were used. Linear fluorescent fixtures accentuate the 95,000 individually placed screws mounted on undulating plywood panel and help to create the effect of a rippling wave across the store’s ceiling. High CRI linear LEDs highlight the colors of the merchandise, with halogen downlights creating a punch of light on the architecture where required. Reflective surfaces enhance the overall ambient light levels throughout the space while judiciously placed mirrors give the illusion of a much larger retail store.

CITATION AWARD
Friends Seminary Dining Hall
Lighting Designer: PHT Lighting Design
Peiheng Tsai
Architect: Tinmouth Chang Architects
Owner: Friends Seminary
Friends Seminary needed to renovate their 25 year-old cafeteria, creating a dining area with an open kitchen. With the low ceiling constraining the space, an angled ceiling was created, maximizing the height to seven-feet nine-inches at center, angling down to accommodate the HVAC system at the sides. A random pattern of fluorescent fixtures with perforated baffles spread across the ceiling, following the angled ceiling. Perforations allow light to spill onto the ceiling, reducing contrast between task and ceiling surfaces while preventing high-angle glare. Vertical wall-mounted strips illuminate the end walls. Colored floor tiles mirror the fixture pattern above, tying the space together.