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Public Spaces
L&L Luce&Light
Piazza San Giustino
Piazza San Giustino is the beating heart of Chieti, bordered by the
cathedral of the same name, centre of the city’s spiritual and religious
life, and by a series of imposing palazzos: the Palazzo Comunale
(the town hall), the Palazzo di Giustizia (the law courts), the Palazzo
Mezzanotte and the Palazzo Sirolli. The square has recently been
redeveloped through work on the paving and lighting.
The lighting design for the square and the surrounding buildings uses
Tago linear profiles recessed flush with the paving for the perimeter
facades. This solution revitalises the urban space in every corner of
the square, enhancing its stone materials and architectural details.
For the colonnades surrounding the square, Tago versions 1.1 and 1.3
were chosen with 20°x49° elliptical optics, tiltable +/-20° and fitted
with anti-glare shields built into the fixture – this solution diffuses
the light output over the vertical surfaces of the columns and arches,
accentuating the architectural details and increasing visual comfort
across the entire area.
The same Tago 1.3, but with wall-grazing optics, was selected to
light the stone walls of the cathedral and bell tower. Its grazing light
brings out the textures of the mediaeval walls and the porosity of the
plinth and tapered stairways, bringing new vitality and liveability to
Piazza San Giustino’s ample space.
A Quilatero 2.4 outdoor recessed fixture, with 12° optics, illuminates
the statue in front of the bell tower. Its very narrow beam is ideal for
enhancing the length of the bronze sculpture of St Justine created
by Luciano Primavera in 2005. The fixture has a built-in anti-glare
screen to ensure excellent visual comfort.
Location
Chieti, Italy
Application
Facades
Light planning
arch. Michele Proto
Project
arch. Ivonne Elia
arch. Lucia Moretti
arch. Gianfranco Scatigna
arch. Maria Cicchitti
Photoraphy
Simone Tommasini
Piazza San Giustino
