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Honorary Award for the Lighting of Department Store Kodin 1 Lielahti
Written by VALOA design, 27.9.2011
Honorary Award for the Lighting of Department Store Kodin 1 Lielahti

The indoor lighting of Kodin 1 in Lielahti, Tampere, has received an honorary award at the Lighting Project of the Year 2011 competition. The lighting was designed by lighting designers Arto Heiskanen and Antti Hiltunen from VALOA design Ltd. The idea behind the lighting scheme is to decrease general lighting and replace it with carefully placed spotlights. The new lighting solution has created a sophisticated atmosphere, as well as significantly decreased the energy consumption. Kodin 1 is a first-class energy saving example for all interiors.

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Media Façade as a Playground for Transforming Lighting
Written by Roope Siiroinen, 16.8.2011
Media Façade as a Playground for Transforming Lighting

Digital media is a growing part of architecture. Media façades function as a transforming image of sort, where the exterior forms a picture-like surface, and one of its functions is to convey a message based on an image or a text.

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We raise stories of darkness

From the outset, lighting designed for a building or site is a way of telling its atmosphere, meaning and purpose. The façade thus emerges as its own interesting story from the dark.

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