Architectural lighting
Layered light supports the architecture, materials, tasks and atmosphere. We put light where it is needed, manage contrast and protect the calm of the ceiling.
Coordinated lighting, shading and controls design
We work with architects and integrators to design daylight, electric light, shading and control behavior as one coordinated experience for custom homes.
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Experiences
Experiences in the space are the origin of our design intent. We learn who will live in the space and what matters to them. Perhaps there will be children doing homework at the kitchen table? Quiet family dinners or guests gathered around the piano? A comfortable day working from home, or dancing in the living room?
Those experiences become our brief. We then consider how daylight, electric light, shading and controls can support and enhance those experiences.
What we do
We design luminous experiences from the first rays of daylight, all through the day and into the middle of the night.
We define how each room should look, feel and behave from first daylight through the middle of the night. The work moves from architectural intent into a coordinated system the project team can build and commission.
The result supports the architecture and the lives unfolding within it.
Daylight and shading
Shades preserve useful daylight while controlling glare, privacy and reflections. Electric light takes over as the day changes.
Controls narrative
Scenes are written around real activities. The architect can review the experience, and the integrator has clear intent to program.
The room should be right at every hour.
Dinner feels warm. A screen has no glare at four in the afternoon. The stairs are lit at night without waking anyone. Light and shade change together, and no one has to think about why.
Designed with the project team.
We join the work early enough to make lighting and shading part of the architecture. We stay involved through coordination and commissioning so the design intent remains visible in the finished space.