Funivia is a functional network of tangible and intangible relations that is free and inclusive and
can evolve through the cooperation of its elements.
It starts out from the essential, with a “mountaineering” spirit, discovering a new level of freedom
of light in spaces.
A rope, the cable that supplies the energy and the nails, the elements used to fix within space,
form the basis with which to make great progress, going far beyond the limits dictated by the
rigidity of systems.
The cable, with a special minimum section that can withstand mechanical tension and thermal
stress, is the channel that distributes the system’s energy and the key element to which the
lighting elements connect.
The cable runs uninterruptedly through space, overcoming the limits of the three dimensions. It is
fixed separately, to the floor or ceiling, using mechanical elements. It runs within, without needing
to be cut and therefore interrupted, forming a network of regular horizontal or vertical, as well as
freely inclined, lines in the space.
From a single power point, it can run infinitely with the only limit being the power installed on its
length.
In the flexibility and freedom, “interferences” can be generated between two systems that touch
each other, criss-crossing in a connection that enables two cables to pass through.
It is not bound to an electricity grid or a predefined project; it can enter any space at any time and
design light with the utmost freedom; it can generate an extraordinary quality of performance,
even without a specific system or intervention in space being envisaged.
A structure is thus created that can integrate light, intelligence, spatial partitions and panels with
acoustic properties, to mention just a few.
The light elements are connected to the cable via a “bridge” element, a sort of electricity
connection that mechanically fixes the appliance and takes the energy from the cable to power it.
The system is inclusive, housing products that already exist; the cable connection module is a
universal system that translates energy into a Esperanto of light.
The cable is the physical network that distributes energy; the universal coupling is the site of the
nodes of an intangible network, the BLL signal through which all appliances can dialogue with
the whole system. By integrating sensors, Funivia can also open up to parametric environmental
interaction.
In this digital network too, each appliance has its own identity, its own IP address through which
it can be managed with Dali systems or by the Artemide App.
Funivia has the intelligence to include very different properties; it is a free and interpretable
interface, which is transversal, welcoming and accessible.
It is a principle that is sustainable on a production level, in distribution, installation, consumption,
use and the integration of existing elements, without necessarily having to create additional new
products.
Funivia breaks a common scheme to existing lighting systems, relegating the rigidity of fixed
modules (in space, stock and production) to a thing of the past.
In Funivia, innovation is a sustainable dialogue that overcomes the limits of all spaces.
FUNIVIA
Carlotta de Bevilacqua
A R T E M I D E
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