Light is an architectural language and a building material. The famous Japanese architect Tadao Ando believes: "Architecture condenses light into its simplest existence, and the creation of architectural space is the purification and concentration of the power of light." Louis Kahn, the master of modern American architecture, used light like bricks and tiles. He said: "Designing space is designing light." Through the master's understanding of light, we can vaguely see the importance of light in architecture. .
Light produces a prominent spatial visual experience in architecture, making it a special element that plays a decisive role in architectural space design. For modern office spaces that are people-centered, designers have integrated natural and harmonious lighting design into every corner of the office space through the clever application of light, truly achieving the integration of office, people and lighting, and making the building more vivid. Send out unique inspiration and vitality. As a leader in the office lighting industry, Philips has never stopped researching and exploring the relationship between lights, people and office spaces, and uses innovative lighting technology to provide customers with ideal office lighting solutions. The implementation of Haworth's Paris office space lighting application solution is another milestone success mark achieved by Philips in its personalized and humanized lighting design for modern office spaces.
As an important part of American Haworth, one of the world's leading office furniture companies, in Europe, Haworth's Paris office advocates the use of exquisite lighting applications and prominent architectural lines. The beauty of the design and structure complement each other to reflect the brand appeal of "simple beauty and superior taste". Based on the pursuit of perfect embodiment of brand value, Philips Lighting conducted an in-depth investigation of the architectural characteristics of different areas of the customer's office and customized a modern office lighting solution that highly matched customer needs: from conference rooms, central platforms, open communication areas to open In the office area, Philips selects different lighting products based on the functional requirements of different areas to create lighting environments with different effects, avoiding losses caused by unreasonable configurations and boredom caused by simple repetition, and providing employees with a bright working environment. At the same time, it also realizes the pursuit of taste by customer brands.
Reasonable lighting matching achieves the perfect integration of office space and people: a comfortable visual environment is a catalyst for employees’ good mood and high work efficiency. High-efficiency and energy-saving LED office lighting solutions solve the problem of lighting management for customers. No worries. The new office lighting solution has successfully reborn Haworth into an office space full of inspiration, creativity and smart communication.
"Unique meeting room" Even the most boring meeting room can easily become a model of decorative art as long as it can be perfectly combined with light. It is because of the high degree of light and architecture that the conference room of Haworth’s Paris office has become an unforgettable classic: the elegant ring-shaped creative fluorescent lamp Rotaris is suspended above the conference table, contrasting with the staggered ceiling lines on the left and right. Uniform and consistent brightness creates a comfortable conference lighting environment; at the same time, the light emitted upwards smudges out the gradual soft light and shadow of the facade art ceiling, which coincides with the Art Deco decorative style of the building itself, and also secretly sets off the brand. The constant pursuit of artistic taste; getting rid of the old-fashioned and cold lighting configuration, the modern and artistic design turns Haworth's conference room into a gathering place for inspiration and creativity for employees to brainstorm and formulate corporate development strategies.
1 The surprise of the "Central Platform with Colorful Streamers" makes people look forward to the central platform that plays a pivotal role. Different from the inherent function of the conference room, the central platform plays the role of connecting various office areas. Taking into account its particularity, the atmosphere of the central platform can be better activated with colorful lights. Therefore, the central platform adopts LED troffer light iColor Cove, which not only gives the glass ceiling comfortable and elegant colored light, but also can realize The smooth and natural fluctuations of colored light create a radiant and artistic space. Employees who travel between it are bathed in light and naturally radiate vitality and vitality. In addition, colorful lights are a rare gift for relieving stress and adjusting mood. Warm lights also give employees a perceptual understanding of the company and a sense of belonging.
2 "Open communication area with natural light" Only by combining natural light and the use of artificial light sources can we create the most realistic and efficient light environment.
To truly achieve a reasonable combination of these two kinds of light, Haworth's open communication area is a model. Since this area has excellent lighting, the wall-to-wall floor-to-ceiling windows transmit ample sunlight, which can fully meet daily lighting needs. Therefore, the lighting design here is dominated by LED downlights and spotlights with lower energy consumption. Four LuxSpace downlights are installed on each square ceiling, which saves 60% energy than CFL downlights, improves the green quality of the space, and reduces operating costs for the company; at the same time, the simple white wall is equipped with CelinoLED, which has an elegant shape and active lighting effects from up and down. A sense of spatial hierarchy. The open building structure, bright natural light, and comfortable LED lighting help employees communicate more smoothly and emotionally.
3 "Open office area with high-quality lighting" The protagonist of the office is often the employee office area, and the lighting design of Haworth's open office area is also the focus of many areas. The entire area uses PowerBalance Mini embedded LED lamps. The compact module design breaks the shape frame of traditional embedded lamps. The 300mm square PowerBalance Minis are embedded in the pure white square ceiling one by one, integrating easily and naturally into the simple and fresh overall space. A concise space leaves more space for employees to work and think, which can not only inspire inspiration, but also have a significant effect on improving work efficiency. Its patented pyramid shape can effectively soothe the visual experience, improve the quality of space lighting, and also become an effective guarantee for employees' eyesight and physical health. At the same time, the combination of multiple high-tech technologies ensures that this product has ultra-high system efficiency, saving 60% energy than T5, creating a high-grade green office space in an all-round way.
4 Light is the invisible link between people and office space. Philips’ innovative LED lighting solution tailored for Haworth’s Paris office invisibly connects modern office lighting’s emphasis on innovation, environmental protection and personalization. The pursuit of concepts reflects Philips’ exploration and practice of future creative office spaces: the simple, practical and beautiful lighting design fulfills customers’ requirements for inspiration, creativity and communication, radiating endless inspiration and vitality.
References: 1 Wang Liqing 2006 Research on the evaluation of image conformity in furniture display space design 2 Zhang Qinpeng 2000 Discussion on the relationship between light and shadow in natural space and exhibition space 3 Xie Shengwen and Lin Mingde 2007 Home automation and lighting, environmental protection , energy saving