L&L Luce&Light / Public Spaces
L&L Luce&Light / Public Spaces
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JARDINS DE L’ARCHE
Paris, France
Jardins de l’Arche is an urban space to the west of
Paris, the fruit of an urban regeneration project by the
architectural firm AWP aimed at creating a genuine
interchange between the famous business district of
La Défense and the adjacent municipality of Nanterre.
The new neighbourhood covers an area of 15 hectares
and is intended as a cultural and entertainment hub.
It features a 600-metre, fully pedestrian promenade
that stretches from La Grande Arche, symbol of La
Défense, to the terraces of Nanterre, a sports arena
that can hold up to 40,000 spectators, and to areas
intended for commercial, administrative, school and
hospitality buildings.
The French lighting design studio 8’18’’ was
responsible for lighting this new public space, and, for
the pedestrian promenade, chose Rio 2 linear profiles,
in two alternating bespoke lengths of 892 mm and 1198
mm. Recessed into the pavement perpendicularly to
the boulevard, these profiles with diffuse optics serve
to visually unify the entire promenade, render it visible
from a significant distance and give it dynamism.
PROJECT
AWP
LIGHT PLANNING
8’18’’
RIO 2
Power: 19W/m
Optics: diffuse
Colour temperature: 2800K
892-mm version (customized)
1198-mm version (customized)
