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Norblin Factory
A two-hectare 19th-century industrial complex in the heart of the
Wola district, in western Warsaw, has been redesigned with a new
urban look and reopened to the public. Before being destroyed in
the second world war, the Norblin, Buch Brothers and T. Werner
factories employed over one thousand people, producing plated
metal and silver goods. Now the enormous premises consist of
multifunctional buildings that house offices, shops, restaurants,
cafés and a cinema, as well as a museum, where the original Norblin
Factory machinery can be seen.
The project is the work of the PRC architectural practice, who
wanted to maintain the layout of the former factories and conceived
an urban complex where the individual buildings are connected
by squares and internal and external passages, some covered and
others open to the sky.
The lighting design, by Studio DL, sets out to evoke the factories’
19th-century past in the museum spaces by using a colour palette
in which the dominant warm amber is contrasted by a shift to a
white light with a blue component to create rhythm and highlight
the elements of industrial history on display. Neva 6 linear profiles,
with dynamic white LED sources – amber, 4000K, 5000K – and in
four different lengths, from 316 mm to 1758 mm, were installed with
brackets on the museum’s load-bearing structures to illuminate the
imposing 19th century machinery from above with 24°x46° elliptical
optics. The profiles are fitted with honeycomb louvres to ensure
excellent visual comfort and contribute to the designers’ aim of
creating a unique atmosphere and visitor experience in the Norblin
Factory.
Norblin Factory
Location
Warsaw, Poland
Application
Museums and exhibitions
Project
PRC
Light planning
Studio DL
