Created by Ben van Berkel at UNStudio for Zumtobel, Nightsight is a versatile lighting system which aims to improve the quality, accessibility, usability and security of public spaces after dark.
The modular system is designed to create environments for social activity at night in public spaces through variety in lighting scenarios and intensities.
In conjunction with sensor technology the luminaires can respond to both daylight reduction and movement, creating a smart, interactive lighting system that activates both spaces and the buildings that surround them.
Ben van Berkel said: “Nightsight is inspired by the many variations possible in theatre lighting. The system enables spatial choreography through light.”
The compact family of components that comprise the Nightsight toolbox enable variable qualities of light, from dynamic to soft, with variable intensities, glare reduction, reduced light spill and directional lighting.
Peter J. Keill of Zumtobel said: “Nightsight is a uniquely adaptable 'toolbox of light', which fuses the newest technology (such as our patented 'Composite Beam' optics) with consistent and integrative design quality.
This enables very precise, multi-layered light solutions, which adapt to a given space and its changing context at different times of night - enriching the experience of those spaces.”
Nightsight comprises a number of differently sized, but similar looking, sets of LED luminaries which can be placed on street furnitures or buildings.
The range will be extended to include a variety of additional luminaire formats covering even broader application variety in future.
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