The National Theatre.]]> https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2248-atelier-ten en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17471 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:35 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17471-design-ed-podcast-nico-kienzl goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Designers leverage technology to work with, as well as emulate, the light of the sun.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14049 Wed, 01 May 2019 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14049-continuing-education-daylight-and-electric-illumination 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-01.jpg Delos chose 860 Washington Street, in Lower Manhattan, for its headquarters, in part because of the daylight and views the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall affords. The electric lighting scheme uses tunable-white LED luminaires that adjust via a programmed time clock to enhance occupants’ circadian rhythms. Photo © ImagenSubliminal 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-02.jpg Delos chose 860 Washington Street, in Lower Manhattan, for its headquarters, in part because of the daylight and views the building’s floor-to-ceiling glass curtain wall affords. The electric lighting scheme uses tunable-white LED luminaires that adjust via a programmed time clock to enhance occupants’ circadian rhythms. Photo © Robert Deitchler Arup’s new Los Angeles offices integrate daylight and electric illumination by means of an interior light shelf. The device shields the interior from glare and directs sunlight to the ceiling, thereby getting daylight farther into the interior. It incorporates tunable-white LEDs for times when natural light is not sufficient. Photo courtesy Arup Image courtesy Arup 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-05.jpg Studies of the daylight conditions at the workstations (left and middle) and at circulation spaces near the core (right) guided the design of the light shelf for Arup’s new offices. Image courtesy Arup The light shelf in Arup’s new offices reduces the amount of direct sunlight, lessening the incidence of glare while increasing luminance at the ceiling plane. Image courtesy Arup The light shelf in Arup’s new offices reduces the amount of direct sunlight, lessening the incidence of glare while increasing luminance at the ceiling plane. Image courtesy Arup 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-08.jpg A new gallery at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver relies on tunable-white LEDs to mimic actual daylight conditions in realtime. Photo © Ema Peter 1905-Daylight-and-Electric-illumination-11.jpg In a new gallery at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, a rooftop sensor reads outdoor lighting color and intensity, and a control system adjusts the room’s illumination accordingly. Photos © Ema Peter Few London buildings divide opinion so sharply as the National Theatre on the south bank of the Thames.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11494 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11494-the-national-theatre National Theatre Atelier Ten’s lighting design played a central role in creating a warmer welcome without compromising the building’s distinctive aesthetic or protected fabric. (The National Theatre has been Grade II* listed as a particularly important building of more than special interest by the UK since 1994.) Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre From the riverside, new glazing on the main foyer emits a welcoming glow. Preprogrammed lighting controls shift between four “scenes” from morning to late evening in response to external daylight levels. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre To minimize damage to the concrete, the designers reused existing brackets for spotlights. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre The lighting designers developed custom fixtures such as the chandelier in the entrance lobby. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre Spotlights wash board marked concrete walls in the new Dorfman Theatre foyer. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre Spotlights wash board marked concrete walls in the first-floor House restaurant. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre The lighting designers developed custom fixtures. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre A new café features T5 tubes are suspended horizontally among a tracery of electrical conduit and sprinkler pipes below an exposed concrete ceiling. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre T5 tubes create individual pendants in a remodelled foyer on the building’s east side, where they are paired with horizontal strip-lights set within a slatted timber ceiling. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre An elevated public route leads through the back-of-house facilities, allowing views into design offices, workshops and a vast set-painting studio. Industrial light fixtures reflect the architect’s characterization of the theater as a ‘creative factory’, but the role of lighting in these large volumes is primarily functional rather than atmospheric. High-performance luminaires are fitted with reflectors that give an even distribution of light at 1500 lux. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre An elevated public route leads through the back-of-house facilities, allowing views into design offices, workshops and a vast set-painting studio. Industrial light fixtures reflect the architect’s characterization of the theater as a ‘creative factory’, but the role of lighting in these large volumes is primarily functional rather than atmospheric. High-performance luminaires are fitted with reflectors that give an even distribution of light at 1500 lux. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre Within the grid of the egg-crate ceiling slabs, bronze-anodized cylindrical downlights are clustered in small, irregular groups. To avoid light spilling into the coffers, which the designers wanted to keep dark, they are fitted with gold reflectors that also add warmth to the light emitted by 2700K LED modules. LED spotlights with honeycomb louvers that emulate the quality of old PAR lamps are set into floors at the base of walls and columns, “grazing” the concrete surfaces with light to reveal their texture. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre On the terraces, open to the public at all hours, Atelier Ten resisted the demands of safety advisors for overhead lighting, demonstrating that knee-high LED strips secreted in the balustrades could give sufficient light. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre The enjoyment of darkness is evident in the external spaces. Photo © Philip Vile National Theatre At night, visitors’ views of illuminated facades across the river are enhanced by their own position in the half- dark. Photo © Philip Vile