The building has been successfully brought back to life, but some
challenging conditions have arisen for the lighting designers. What to
do? Occhio joined forces with the lighting designers of Lumen3 and
came up with the perfect solutions.
The goal of the remodeling project of Gabrielenlofts in Munich was clear:
to convert the worn-out factory building into state-of-the-art offices to
which Occhio would add new splendor with its luminaires. But the job
proved to be quite a challenge.
During their deconstruction work, crews exposed a ribbed ceiling in the
building and created some very difficult lighting conditions in the process.
All luminaires also had to hang at the same height to create uniform
light. Occhio came up with the perfect light solutions based on specifica-
tions for workplace lighting set by DIN, the national standards body for
Germany, and an expertise by Lumen3.
The job of creating the ideal luminaires for this unusual setting required
Occhio to pay very careful attention to the details. One of these details
was the observance of the prescribed unified glare rating (UGR). The pro-
perties of the room itself play a key role in this rating as well. In office
rooms, this rating should not exceed UGR 19 in order to facilitate glare-
free work at workstations equipped with computer monitors.
The Mito linear luminaire series turned out to be the light of choice for this
tricky job. Mito volo, the suspended luminaire in this series, is completely
glare-free, can provide both direct and indirect lighting and offers optimal
color rendering. The luminaire can be integrated into the pre-existing
building lighting control system and can be synchronously managed to
provide the best uniform light for workstations.
The room concept was then fine-tuned in cooperation with Lumen3, a step
in which special profiles were even produced for the ribbed ceiling. Occhio
specialists came up with a way to hang the luminaires using external bolts
that’s unique to this project. It was an exciting process for everyone invol-
ved: a unique product settled, step by step, into its new surroundings.
The results speak for themselves – the calm of the design, the elegance
and the simplicity of the luminaires that contrast so sharply with the
rawness exuded by the ceiling.
A tricky problem.
A tailored
lighting solution.
Light is considered at a very early stage in the office of Sacher Ingenieure.
The project team devises the ideal concept step by step – for room and light.
A tailored lighting solution
Sacher Ingenieure
A tailored lighting solution
Sacher Ingenieure
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