PARQ Life Using fixtures from KKDC, Bo Stieber Lighting Design has created a dynamic, yet mature lighting scheme for the façade of The PARQ, a new commercial workspace in Bangkok, Thailand.
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reated as an environment to promote wellness, The
to feature, the crown lighting needed to achieve a certain required
workplaces that facilitate an enhanced quality of life.
504 fixtures. Because of the building’s LEED certification, the light
PARQ in Bangkok, Thailand, delivers commercial
The office spaces are LEED certified, and supported by
complementary and vibrant amenities, including a curated retail offering to match everyday needs.
Designed by P&T Group, the ambition for The PARQ is to reconnect
busy urban lives with nature – biophilic design principles that satisfy the inherent human needs to be embraced by natural elements are incorporated throughout. This includes natural light, healthy air, natural materials and green spaces.
While offering plentiful natural light throughout building, The
PARQ’s façade features a dynamic lighting scheme, created by Bo Stieber Lighting Design and utilising fixtures from KKDC.
The initial concept for the lighting design was to achieve a soft
media façade capable of displaying some simple media or graphics to convey messages to viewers, with seamless design, where the façade lighting is concealed within the architecture itself. The intention
was for the façade to be “mature”, with static colours as opposed to any colour-changing lighting, while also standing out from its surrounding buildings and environment.
Building on this design concept, the lighting also needed to accentuate the architecture of the building.
The highlights of the façade are the top crown and lower podium
battens. For the top crown, where the soft media façade was intended
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pixel and pitch. Here, KKDC supplied its MoMo Cluster and MoMo source’s efficiency needed to be qualified as power consumption
levels were restricted. In the end, power consumption for the crown lighting is two thirds of the standard KKDC product model.
The podium however, proved more challenging for the lighting suppliers, as the design intention was to create a full, dynamic
movement of light in a single colour, while concealing all hardware, including any cables, cable trays or equipment. KKDC opted for the
Tayo Micro Spot in this instance. Each single fixture on each batten of the podium had to therefore be controlled individually, with no
connecting cable between each batten. Instead cables only run inside the batten to a remote hub.
While the crown of the façade features messages and graphics, displayed through light, these are complemented by some soft
movement on the podium, creating a lively environment, while staying true to the “mature” goal of the lighting designers.
“From our perspective, we are proud to work on such a graceful
design, and we think we provided exactly what the designers were looking for,” said KKDC. “Even without any colour-changing
fixtures, the façade has a lot of potential, and we’re working with the building management to explore the full potential of the façade.” www.kkdc.lighting