The Torre Agbar - 21st Century Illuminate Architecture
The Torre Agbar, or Agbar Tower, has been designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. It opened in June 2005 and it was inaugurated officially by the Kings of Spain on 16 September 2005.
The Torre Agbar is a colored lighting illuminate skyline that pretend to become one of the 21st century landmark of Barcelona.
The building is characterized by its nocturnal illumination: it has more than 4,000 luminous devices that use technology LED. A total of 4,500 L3 RGB lights were installed to illuminate the 32 floors of offices in the Agbar tower. The lighting system, which contains 4,500 L3 RGB lights, is controlled from a single computer.
Jean Nouvel wrote on this project: “This is not a tower, a skyscraper, in the American sense. It is a more an emergence, rising singularly in the center of a generally calm city. Unlike slender spires and bell towers that typically pierce the horizons of horizontal cities, this tower is a fluid mass that bursts through the ground like a geyser under permanent, calculated pressure.”
via: glass on web & blog wired
Photo: LedsMagazine.com
Don’t miss Agbar Tower photo set at Flickr
Transparente Headquarters Media LED Facade
Transparent mediafacade at the T-Mobile Headquater Bonn, the world first transparent mediafacade in a size of 300 square meters, being attached to a building, a fine example of a harmonius connection of architecture and media.
The aluminiumslets with the depth of 3 cm and the tickness of only 1 cm were specially designed to fit waterproof LED-cards. The large pixel distance creates the transparency of the construction.
The led modules are integrated in metal extrusions. Due to it´s brightness and it´s fast responding leds this fassade has the ability to display both, static and animated content also during daytime. Content can be updated online by ag4. Thus it is possible to meet the fast changing communication requirements for a company like T-Mobile.
Some technical Details:
Resolution: about 244 000 Pixel
Best viewing distance: 40 meters
via: mediaarchitecture
Tokyo: LED Illuminate Facade
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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