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Milan’s Botanical Garden Transformed To Explore Energy
When landscapers think of parks or gardens, they think of the energy it takes to build them. But at Milan Design Week 2022, the city’s Botanical Garden was transformed to explore the idea of a park “creating” energy. International design office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota conceived “Feeling the Energy.” The installation made use of 500 meters of digitally bent copper pipe to create a sensorial path where people explored different forms of sustainable energy production and consumption. The installation harvested and stored energy during the day, using it to illuminate the Botanical Garden in the evening. It also powered water vaporizers that cooled the garden pathways, while nourishing vegetation. The installation invited people to wander through Milan’s historical Botanical Garden in a sequence of six main areas to directly experience power produced from the sun, wind, and people’s movements. Each step featured a different object, all made of copper. Upon entry, visitors immediately discovered a majestic carousel to experience energy in motion. Then, people could walk under a series of portals which played sequences from the renowned Four Seasons symphony by Antonio Vivaldi. The exhibition path also included a giant vibraphone which people were invited to play. Moreover, a tunnel with colored diaphragms laden with organic photovoltaic panels could be opened or closed by those wandering through it, while a canopy featured sensors that could detect people’s presence and activate a cool mist. “The installation is inspired by the functioning of plant organisms,” says Carlo Ratti, founding ...
Get Equipped: Landscape Lighting Products
Take a look at this assortment of landscape lighting products that can add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. Bamboo Lights from SOURCE® by CAST New from the SOURCE® by CAST product line, SOURCE® Bamboo Lights (SBBL36 and SBBL44) are designed to illuminate an outdoor space beautifully, while integrating into and enhancing the landscape with surprising pops of light. Use the SOURCE® Bamboo Lights to boost outdoor ambiance in groupings with long grasses, around pool areas, and along the edges of decks mingled throughout flower beds to create a dramatic effect throughout the year. These lights can stand out, or blend into any outdoor design using a slim profile that melds into the natural surroundings of outdoor plant life, creating a soft ambient light. Available in two heights, 36″ and 44″, these fixtures have an 11/16″ diameter with a 12″ long illuminated frosted polycarbonate cylinder top that features an integrated 1LED Nichia chip and an anti-glare PMMA diffuser which softens the light so there is no harsh glare, which can be extremely distracting to the eye. These lights come with a five-year warranty. New Beam Variations In Micro Max Series From Garden Light LED Garden Light LED Micro Series fixtures are designed to project powerful light from a small source in areas like stairs and steps, discrete overhangs, handrails, trees, potted plants, water features, and garden landscapes. Available in five different beam patterns, the Micro Series fixtures are miniature, measuring only 1.3″(w) x 1.5″(l) x 0.5″(h)—smaller than ...
Dauer Launches Over 150 New LED Landscape Lighting Products
Dauer Manufacturing has dramatically expanded its landscape lighting offerings with over 150 new products for 2021. The new product lineup broadens Dauer’s low-voltage lighting with a full line of integrated fixtures and aluminum selections, continuously delivering on durability, versatility, and innovation. Responding to customer demand and consumer trends, the product launch comes on the heels of Dauer celebrating its 20th anniversary. The company’s new landscape lighting products add wattage, lumens, beam spread and color temperature variations to its integrated proprietary molds for uplights, down lights, path lights, step lights, tree mounts, and overall lighting fixtures. The new products join Dauer’s existing family of LED lighting systems prized for their elegant designs and highly efficient light output. “Our customers asked, and we responded,” said Craig Klomparens, President, Dauer Manufacturing. “Our operational structure, proprietary mold development, and keen eye on customer needs, makes us nimble in turn-key product development, while offering price point value.” Integrated lighting fixtures including the aluminum MCALLISTER and MIRAGE Integrated Uplights, brass offerings such as the RAINIER Integrated Path Light, and NEPTUNE II Integrated Submersible, offer durable solutions with enhanced color temperature and lumen output, and custom powder coated color options. “Outdoor living spaces have taken on a new meaning these days, inspiring us at Dauer to further arm landscape lighting customers with the tools to transform environments reflecting a variation of moods and ambiance,” added Kino Obeso, Vice-President. A low-voltage lighting supplier to distributors including electrical and green wholesalers, lighting showrooms, garden centers, nurseries, and other ...
Get Equipped: Landscape Lighting
Take a look at this assortment of landscape lighting products that can improve and add value to your professional lawn care and landscaping services. Bluetooth Spotlight From CAST The new Bluetooth Spotlight (SBLBTC1) from the CAST Source Lighting® Product Line has unlimited color wheel options. It’s also simple to get up and running with CAST’s custom-built app, which gives you and your clients the power to simply and easily control your lighting system from the palm of your hand. Designed to pair with a smartphone, these spotlights are three to five times brighter than other products on the market, utilizing an MR16 spotlight. Create custom light themes for different occasions… Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July, and so many more. Offer your customers unlimited options, as well as the preset red, green, blue, and white that comes already programmed. These fixtures are IP65 rated for harsh environments and include a high impact glass lens. They are also dimmable from 5% to 100% in all color options to enable you to get the exact effect your clients are looking for. HS Wall Light From FX Luminaire The minimalist, low-profile HS recessed wall light, part of the Designer Plus category, provides a practical and innovative solution for modern lighting applications. The compact fixture easily accommodates the shorter steps of contemporary hardscapes. Due to its outward, floor-grazing light distribution capabilities, the HS also provides a next-generation alternative to traditional area lights. Beyond steps, the fixture is ideal for illuminating walkways, driveways, lawns, ...
Landscape Lighting Design: Bright Ideas
Today, landscape lighting is no longer optional in most yards. With the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic cancelling travel plans this year, many have invested those unused vacation dollars into creating private backyard resorts. Entertaining is now being done outside more than ever—and new exterior kitchens and fireplaces are used all day and well into the evening. But there’s one necessity to keep the party going well after dark: well-designed landscape lighting. When designing the outdoor built environment, whether it be private living spaces or more formal front yard landscapes viewed by the public, there are many facets to consider—and we all know the best results come with proper planning and attention to detail. The same applies to lighting. Formally trained in landscape design, and now an award-winning lighting designer, I use my knowledge of horticulture to inform and elevate my lighting projects. Knowing how plants change, not only with the seasons, but over time; how they react to light; and their various textures (such as exfoliating bark) adds greatly to the outcome of lighting designs. The question is whether you have the time, knowledge, and commitment to provide the same quality and artistry to lighting as you do the landscape design. Tackle Yourself Or Outsource? If you’d rather not tackle the lighting design, consider working with someone who specializes in it. A Certified Outdoor Lighting Designer (COLD) in your area will often be willing to collaborate as a member of your design team, regardless of who may be installing ...
