Tokyo: LED Illuminate Facade

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Published on April 09, 2006 with No Comments

Chanel’s new Tokyo headquarters, designed by Peter Marino, has a triple-glazed facade featuring view-controlled glass and LEDs that enable the building to be completely transparent by day and lanternlike at night. The building has art director who programs different patterns for the facade.

“We made comparisons between fluorescent and LEDs, but issues of maintenance, heat generation, and consistency of color temperature convinced us to go with the latter,” he said. The architects were also charmed with the ability of the LEDs, imbedded on the modernist glass and metal façade, to change light patterns each night, simulating for example Chanel’s signature tweed. While the upfront costs of LEDs were higher, said Nolan, in the long run the architects felt LEDs would be more cost effective.
via: archpaper


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