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notes on lighting design • Latin Nights From Noche’s first floor bar to the top floor private dining room, the spirit and excitement of 21st century Latin America are captured at this innovative five-story restaurant/cabaret in the heart of Times Square, where diners are enveloped by vividly illuminated brightly colored surfaces. Located on Broadway at 49th Street, Noche Restaurant is owned by David Emil, former owner of Windows on the World. Diners enter the restaurant through the intimate first-floor bar, which is illuminated by tall custom rattan pendants, backlit multicolored collages and wall surfaces washed with amber light. From the bar, a short trip in an elevator cab, lined with brushed stainless steel walls and washed by a color changing ceiling cove, takes one to the second level where diners enter the main room. The multiple levels of the soaring dining room glow from 40-ft high walls covered with blonde wooden slats hung like Venetian blinds, washed in deep amber from hidden light strips at the top and bottom of the wall and front-lit from above with a blue dappled light effect. The elevator enclosure is covered with colorful, backlit floating glass panels and surrounded by a spiral stairway illuminated with decorative blue glass pendants. The long bar is suffused with deep orange and red light from ceiling coves and custom pendants. Behind the bar, floating glass bottle shelving backed with murals of Caribbean jungle scenes are backlit in the same orange/red, vibrate with blue and green front light. The stage, which will showcase Latin bands, is covered by a dark blue curtain, and streaked in various hues of blue light and front-lit in subtle patterns of aqua from above. The centerpiece of the space is a 30-ft diameter translucent skylight supported by five massive curving columns. In 15-minute cycles, the expanse of back-lit skylight is programmed to slowly shift through a spectrum of color, each color lending a different mood to the dining room. Tables below are spotlighted in peach tones from a catwalk surrounding the skylight. The multitude of distinct and different views throughout the restaurant makes the Latin dining experience a memorable one. Lighting design by Focus Lighting; Paul Gregory, principal; Jeff Nathan, senior designer; Brett Anderson, designer; Gwen Grossman, assistant designer; and Jaie Bosse, assistant designer. Design architect: The Rockwell Group. Photographers: Anne Hall and J.R. Krauza. www.iesna.org LD+A/February 2003 21 PHOTOS: ANNE HALL & J. R. KRAUZA
• notes on lighting design Saratoga Showcase From the outside looking in, the soft, warm-toned interior of this elegant 4000-sq-ft home in Saratoga Springs, NY, suggests incandescent when, in fact, the lighting in the home is predominantly fluorescent. In the past, homeowners have relegated fluorescent luminaires mostly to basements and garages. Things are changing, though, and the Lighting Research Center (LRC) in Troy, NY, is helping the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) bring those changes about. The LRC, in conjunction with the US EPA, is implementing a market transformation effort to increase the penetration of energy-efficient lighting in residential new construction. LRC lighting designers have recently completed a pilot project in the Saratoga home to test reactions to high-quality fluorescent lighting. The home’s kitchen contrasts rich woods, polished granite countertops, and wheatcolored walls. Soffit heights allow continuous mounting of 11 W, T2 luminaires above and below the cabinets, providing even illumination. These subminiature fluorescents are mounted toward the front of the cabinets and are slim enough to be invisible from any viewing angle. Lensed compact fluorescent luminaires containing 26 W lamps supplement the ambient lighting. In the dining room, a cove conceals the same T2 luminaires used in the kitchen but runs only along one wall, adding an interesting asymmetrical element. The cove is mounted only twelve inches below the ceiling line to better integrate it into the capitols of the decorative columns. Throughout the house, each cove and valance fascia replicates the millwork of columns and built-in cabinet units, creating continuity between furnishings and lighting. A chandelier, fitted with 14 W mini-twist compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) in alabaster glass cups, provides indirect light and adds to the tranquil ambience. In the adjacent two-story foyer (not shown), a larger version of the same chandelier houses candelabra-based incandescents in case the view of mini-twist CFLs is undesirable to someone descending the curved staircase. Viewers cannot tell the difference between the lighting in the two chandeliers, demonstrating how far energy-efficient luminaires have come. In the living room, along the expanse of the long wall, a glass lens diffuses light from a valance that is mounted twenty-four inches below the ceiling. Contiguous 32 W, T8s are side-mounted behind the valance to cast light up and down the walls and fill the large room with soft, glare-free light. The designers used the same technique to add a touch of elegance to the master bedroom. Alabaster wall sconces in hallways contain low-wattage lamps. The alabaster glass often used in Energy Star luminaires conceals the CFLs. The 2700K to 3000K lamps used throughout the home blend well with halogen accent lights and complement warm surface colors and rich fabrics. Illuminance levels meet IESNA recommendations for areas such as kitchen work counters, passageways, and dining areas. Occupancy sensors and dimming controls further reduce energy consumption. Education is the key to widespread acceptance of any initiative. Belmonte Builders of Clifton Park, NY, who provided the demonstration site, was excited to learn about the differing characteristics among T2s, T5s, T8s, and the myriad of CFLs that exist. US EPA has recently introduced a residential Energy Star “house-pack,” a wholehouse lighting package or lighting upgrade that builders can offer their clients. It includes Energy Star light fixtures and ceiling fans. One of the main drawbacks to more frequent use of Energy Star fixtures has been the small selection of high-quality fixtures and the higher cost of the lamp/ballast combination. Manufacturers have responded by designing more—and more attractive—improved-performance fixtures. Some are including CFLs with their packages. The much-maligned fluorescent is ready to come up out of the basement and make its appearance in even the most upscale of living rooms. Designers are Patricia Rizzo, Design Project Manager, LRC, and Jean Paul Freyssinier-Nova, Lighting Design Specialist, LRC. —Patricia Rizzo PHOTOS: MICHAEL KALLA 22 LD+A/February 2003 www.iesna.org
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