Rittenhouse Hotel Exterior Courtyard & Entry Lighting | Rendering for BEAM ltd | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lighting Design Projects
Various professional projects in the practice of architectural lighting design.
Recycled Components Lighting Fixture
Various projects focused on lighting design.
- Type: Personal
- Date: Spring 2014
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Role: Design, Fabrication
A necessary fixture of architectural and design offices is a large format printer or plotter for production of drawings. This equipment requires large amounts of consumables, most notably 36" or 40" long paper rolls and rigid cardboard tubes. These tubes, similar to an empty toilet paper roll, commonly accumulate in the office or are disposed. My interest in lighting combined with my notice of this daily aspect of life in design offices worked to generate this idea for how to repurpose these underappreciated but potentially useful materials. A common, inexpensive 4 foot long fluorescent strip fixture was covered with perfectly fit shields cut from the cardboard tubes and mounted via the plastic endcaps that are shipped with the tubes. Indirect light is reflected from the fixture with projecting wings and the primary direct glare from the fluorescent tube is blocked by the perforated bottom. This resulted in a fixture that volumetrically fill a space with primarily diffuse light and some direct downlight, similar to various commercially available fixtures. The cardboard was then spraypainted white for greater reflectivity and a cleaner appearance. The fixture was completed for a minimal cost and minimal fabrication time provided proper tools for cutting through the tough cardboard.
Lighting fixture design and fabrication process.
Completed lighting fixture.
Drexel University Perelman Plaza
Various projects focused on lighting design.
- Type: Landscape, Professional Work
- Date: Summer 2012 - Summer 2013
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Role: Lighting Designer
- Team: various at The Lighting Practice
Proposed site plan and feature lighting for the new academic plaza.
Lighting facade mockup of historic beaux-arts style Drexel University Main Building.
Horseshoe Casino
Various projects focused on lighting design.
- Type: Hospitality, Commercial, Landscape, Professional Work
- Date: Summer 2012 - Summer 2013
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Role: Lighting Designer
- Team: various at The Lighting Practice
- Awards: 2015 Award of Merit: The Illuminating Engineering Society; 2015 Philament Award: IES Philadelphia Section
This new 350,000 sf (32,500 sqm) casino contains extensive gaming floors, entertainment venues, dining, and an attached parking garage that all required careful lighting design. My responsibilities included extensive documentation in Revit BIM software to coordinate and detail lighting for the high-end interiors required. One prominent feature of the project was extensive lighting coves throughout all areas, and this required matching the specific ceiling details and curves. Keeping track of quantities and lengths of all fixtures for cost evaluation of these elements was also needed. I addressed this issue by developing custom lighting fixture families and parameters based on the needs of the project and for future use by our office. The process consisted of studying the various installation conditions in the project, then synthesizing and creating a standardized kit of parts in Revit with configuration toallow for live reading of lengths and feedback as needed based on costs. The outcome was the continued development of similar lighting fixture families and processes, using and improving them in other projects. Ultimately the lighting fixtures for this project were installed successfully, time was saved in the design process by reducing time spent counting or scheduling, and more time was freed to focus on other decisions. The project was completed and opened in the summer of 2014.
Design rendering of elevation lighting.
Casino exterior lighting, view at Russell and Worcester Streets.
Casino gaming floors and exterior entry plaza.
Springfield Town Center
Various projects focused on lighting design.
- Type: Commercial, Retail, Professional Work
- Date: Summer 2012 - Summer 2013
- Location: Springfield Virginia, USA
- Role: Lighting Designer
- Team: various at The Lighting Practice
Lighting plans and concept presentations for lighting design.
Rendering of main interior entry court.
Completed lighting at entry canopy and interior court.