Introduction

ERCO Light Garden

Lighting designer:
Uwe Belzner, Heidelberg

Photographer:
Alexander Ring

Place:
Lüdenscheid

Lighting solutions

ERCO ERCO Light Garden Introduction Content

September 2001: equipped with phosphorescent batons and waterproof overshoes, the guests enjoyed the magical atmosphere of the opening ceremony for ERCO's Light Garden.

Since then, already hundreds of visitors and customers at the Light Garden have seen for themselves the power and the possible applications of ERCO Outdoor Luminaires.

ERCO ERCO Light Garden Lighting solutions

Lighting design in the outdoor area

The Light Garden from ERCO consists of a standard lighting set-up for grounds and buildings plus additional, effective lighting scenarios controlled via ERCO Controls systems. Lighting both the indoor and outdoor areas eliminates the spatial boundaries. A show-jumping course makes the special qualities of the outdoor luminaires become apparent, especially with regards to the visual comfort and precision of the lighting technology. Compared to the old system, it was possible to reduce the connected load of the standard lighting by over 60%.

Inside - Outside

The instruments for shaping outdoor areas at night are brightness and colour. These serve as tools for defining spatial limits, for directing one's attention and for establishing hierarchies of how noticeable each item is. The integration of indoor and outdoor lighting allows spatial boundaries to flow into each other. The inner courtyard is given a special accent with moonlight illumination.

Facade P1 - Moonlight facade

Parscoop floodlights illuminate the facade evenly and allow the contours of the trees to be clearly recognised. Recessed floor luminaires lend the trees additional vividness. 'Light blue' colour filters mimic and add to the moonlight. A small amount of light is sufficient for outdoor illumination. Less than 5 lux will suffice for vertical illuminance.

Facade P2 - Spatial termination

On this evenly illuminated facade, the contrasting shadows caused by the three-dimensional facade elements become highly noticeable. The staircase tower is picked out by two 70 W HIT Beamers with sculpture lenses. Projectors with sculpture lenses and colour filters are dynamically controlled via an ERCO Controls system.

Trees and bushes as eye-catchers in an area

The use of dramatic lighting effects on trees and bushes at ERCO's Light Garden ranges from a selective illumination for emphasising silhouettes through to shining light flatly onto a group of trees.

Dramatic lighting effects are achieved by recessed floor luminaires or by using coloured and dynamic light.

Factsheet

The ERCO Light Garden is located on the company grounds of ERCO Leuchten GmbH in Lüdenscheid, Germany. Visitor appointments can be made with the sales team or ERCO's admin. department. The relevant addresses can be found under 'Contact' on this web-site.

The Light Garden consists of approx. 150 luminaires from the ERCO Outdoor Luminaires product range deployed on an area of approx. 5000 m².

Lighting tools used

Parscoop
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Beamer
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Focalflood
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Tesis IP68
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Guide

The Guide section provides thorough information on everything from the physical bases of lighting to suggested solutions for different lighting situations. The interactive knowledge modules vividly illustrate lighting solutions that are possible with this product range.