The Torre Agbar - 21st Century Illuminate Architecture
Agbar Tower
The Torre Agbar, or Agbar Tower, has been designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. It opened in June 2005 and it was inaugurated officially by the Kings of Spain on 16 September 2005.
The Torre Agbar is a colored lighting illuminate skyline that pretend to become one of the 21st century landmark of Barcelona.
The building is characterized by its nocturnal illumination: it has more than 4,000 luminous devices that use technology LED. A total of 4,500 L3 RGB lights were installed to illuminate the 32 floors of offices in the Agbar tower. The lighting system, which contains 4,500 L3 RGB lights, is controlled from a single computer.
Jean Nouvel wrote on this project: “This is not a tower, a skyscraper, in the American sense. It is a more an emergence, rising singularly in the center of a generally calm city. Unlike slender spires and bell towers that typically pierce the horizons of horizontal cities, this tower is a fluid mass that bursts through the ground like a geyser under permanent, calculated pressure.”
via: glass on web & blog wired
Photo: LedsMagazine.com
Atricle taken from www.ledlighttray.com
I chose this article because of my interest for skyscraper, especially the ones with glass facade. Torre Agbar building is one of the most well known buildings in Barcelona.
People can amost mention only two building in Barcelona, Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia and this amazing building.
The main focus of this article analysis will be the LED lights that placed behind the facade to light up the building at night. The building's enclosure system consists of multicolored aluminum "pixels" — seemingly innumerable — shimmering behind a veil of fritted glass louvers. Color flares over the surface: oranges, pinks, and reds rise hot from the base, cooling through blue into white, and finally fading into clear glazing over the tip. Rogue splotches complete a composition of shifting intensity, luminosity, and depth.
Every single light bulbs operates individually and controlled by computer system.
What a technology !!!
1 comment:
Interestingly unique Edo, thanks for sharing with us all. Demonstrates once again the advancement of technology, even buildings have been digitalised, can't help but say WOW!
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