An Architect's Approach to Lighting a Civic Threshold Background The Grant Park Gateway parking deck sits at the edge of Zoo Atlanta, in one of the city's most beloved green spaces. The project replaced an aging surface lot with a multi-level structure that accommodates approximately 500 vehicles while preserving half the site as green space and restoring pedestrian connections to the surrounding park. Smith Dalia served as architect of record, with HGOR leading the landscape design. Lighting was led by Pam Banister, a Georgia Tech-educated licensed architect working in specification sales, whose design thinking shaped every lighting decision on the project. Challenge Most parking structures are lit for code compliance. Grant Park Gateway demanded something more. The design team needed a lighting solution capable of serving vastly different conditions across the same structure: open upper decks exposed to daylight, enclosed lower levels requiring consistent illumination, busy vehicular lanes, and quiet pedestrian paths. Each required its own approach, and the solution had to hold together as a unified whole. Sustainability added another layer of complexity. The project required meaningful reductions in energy consumption and long-term maintenance costs, all while meeting the safety standards expected of a civic structure serving Zoo Atlanta visitors, park users, and daily commuters. Solution Lighting representative firm Ardd + Winter, with Winfield Littleton serving as Director of Sales, partnered with the design team to build a complete Cooper Lighting Solutions specification. Every luminaire on the project was supplied by Cooper Lighting Solutions, giving the team the consistency needed to serve architectural, garage, and site conditions without switching systems or compromising performance. Cooper Lighting Solutions products used for this project included: McGraw-Edison Top Tier High-performance LED parking fixture with WaveStream optical technology that directs light precisely onto horizontal planes while controlling glare. Approximately 400 fixtures were deployed across the main parking bays. Each is equipped with occupancy sensors that enable responsive dimming in unoccupied areas while maintaining continuous illumination along pedestrian routes. Neo-Ray Define Architectural linear slot luminaire integrated into ceilings and soffits along upper-level circulation paths. The Define provides continuous visual guidance while maintaining a restrained presence that serves the architecture rather than competing with it. Metalux SNLED Low-profile LED linear strip installed along pedestrian walkways within the parking levels. Delivers uniform, consistent illumination for pedestrians moving through the structure at any hour. McGraw-Edison Galleon Architectural area luminaire used for exterior site and perimeter lighting. Reinforces the landscape design and anchors the deck within its civic setting without drawing attention away from the architecture or the park. Results Grant Park Gateway was featured in Designing Lighting Magazine as a model for how architectural thinking applied to lighting specifications can transform civic infrastructure. The recognition reflects what the project achieves in practice: a parking structure that feels like a considered part of the urban landscape rather than an afterthought. Occupancy-responsive controls cut energy consumption during off-peak hours. Precise optical distributions allow wider fixture spacing while preserving uniformity and safety standards throughout. The design team chose controlled optics and fewer fixtures at every decision point, placing performance above redundancy. Visitors, zoo staff, and park users experience the result as a structure that is calm, readable, and welcoming at every hour of the day. That outcome does not happen by accident. It is the direct result of treating lighting as a spatial and experiential tool from the very beginning of the project. Agency: Ardd + Winter, Inc Architect: Smith Dalia Architects Electrical Contractor: Whitehead Electric Brands: Invue | Lumark | McGraw-Edison | Metalux | NeoRay | Sure-Lites Awards & Certifications: - Honor Award, Georgia Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects, 2023 - World’s first triple-certified project earning LEED, SITES and Parksmart Certifications, 2022 - Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s Award of Excellence for Sustainable Design, 2022 - LEED Silver Certified

To mark UQAM's 50th anniversary, the Saint-Jacques bell tower was restored and re-illuminated with Lumenpulse Lumenbeam and Lumenfacade luminaires. Using Dynamic White technology—achievable through either Dynamic White fixtures or Opticolor+™—the lighting design reveals five poetic architectural moods: awakening, stretching, heart, vitality, and relaxation. The Saint-Jacques bell tower at UQAM has long been a historic landmark in downtown Montreal. To mark the University's 50th anniversary and the tower's architectural restoration, a bold lighting design was conceived that both celebrates its heritage and redefines its presence in the city skyline. Designed by UDO Design, the project sought to respect the bell tower's cultural significance while introducing a dynamic and evolving lighting identity. The concept uses dynamic white light to highlight the tower's form with subtle shifts in tone and intensity, evoking five architectural "postures": awakening, stretching, heart, vitality, and relaxation. To bring this vision to life, Lumenpulse Lumenbeam luminaires were strategically integrated to deliver both precision and durability. Offering crisp white light across a range of tones, the fixtures accentuate the tower's Gothic Revival details, while their robust design ensures reliable performance in Montreal's challenging climate. The project was inaugurated in January 2020 and has since earned significant recognition, including a Silver Award in the Grands Prix du Design competition for Architecture - Special Prizes for a Public or Cultural Building. The installation underscores UQAM's commitment to celebrating and protecting its built heritage, transforming the bell tower into a luminous signature for the neighbourhood and the city. The Saint-Jacques bell tower now stands not only as a restored architectural treasure but as a radiant landmark, its story retold in light through Lumenpulse technology. Market: Infrastructure, Institutions + Workplaces, Urban Client: Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Lighting Design: UDO Design Photographer: UQAM / Nathalie St-Pierre Equipment Specified: Lumenbeam, Lumenfacade

Lighting solutions from Renzo Serafini at Morosini Art Contemporary On the occasion of Gran Buffet by Marco Morosini, hosted at the new MArCo – Morosini Arte Contemporanea in Riccione, Italy, Renzo Serafini designed the lighting for the exhibition spaces, integrating technical and decorative solutions. Among the selected models, catalog products such as Bicchiere and Punto di Vista, in brushed aluminum and black iron lacquered finishes, ensured precise and controlled illumination of the artworks, together with Filo d’erba in a horizontal version positioned above selected pieces. Alongside these more technical elements, decorative solutions contributed to creating a warmer and more welcoming atmosphere. Embraced in natural brass, Imbuto Grande, and several brass floor and rechargeable lamps introduced a more material and intimate dimension to the exhibition space. The installation is completed by a custom furnishing piece, Bankok — a burnished brass coffee table with a black linen rechargeable lamp — currently under development.

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