We’re back at Reykjavik’s Harpa Concert Hall and Convention Centre. There is much more to Harpa’s intriguing facade than the collection of windows of different types of glass. Artist Olafur Eliasson led the facade design and created a massive art installation! In last week’s post we covered the dichroic glass and the interesting colors that this provides. This week we go into the dark side of Harpa!
Here’s an image from the video below…
There are more than 700 LED strip lights embedded in the building’s façade, each approximately 1.5 meters (4.6 feet) long. Each fixture is incorporated into a slim aluminum extrusion, specifically designed to match the geometry of its specific quasi-brick glass and mounted to the rear vertical profile of the steelwork. This placement avoids overwhelming people inside the foyer with too much light, while offering the best diffuse and indirect light distribution. The fixtures’ optics are composed of a series of filters, diffusers, and lenses and were developed for the project in collaboration with lighting manufacturer Zumtobel.
This video shows a short segment of the windows changing colors. As it was rather windy, I have removed the audio.
Much appreciation to Architect Magazine for their September 17, 2012 article titled Harpa-Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Centre.
This is my mid-week contribution to the Monday Window thread, a creation of Ludwig Keck. To read more about Ludwig, check this page.