How to light up the façade of a building. Solutions and technologies to use
The lighting of buildings and facades represents the most interesting point of convergence between architecture, design, and lighting technology; the goal of these projects rarely stops at simple lighting, but rather focuses on enhancing the shapes and details of the structure, strengthening its identity, and memory. Clearly defining the aims of the intervention is, therefore, the first point to be firmly defined to ensure a correct choice of solutions and technologies used, including light sources, power supplies, optics and control technologies.
Thanks to new lighting control and management technologies, the possibility of using dynamic and intelligent scenarios guarantees the development of solutions with an incredible emotional impact, tailor-made and sustainable.
The latest generation LED solutions guarantee high-quality luminous fluxes, energy efficiency, excellent reliability, durability and wide colour variety, often presenting complete and diversified product families.
Reliability and durability are characteristics directly linked to manufacturers; it is therefore necessary to rely on companies capable of developing innovative solutions and with structured research and development programs, efficient production lines and excellent support. Digimax has been collaborating for over 30 years with top-level suppliers, able to respond promptly and precisely to the demands of international markets.
Quality and efficiency are the other side of the coin of reliability and durability, and are decisive characteristics in the development of high-level lighting projects, where the search for design solutions is particularly intense.
An outdoor lighting system must be consciously designed right from the power supply. The use of drivers and power supplies compatible with the main control protocols (DALI, DMX, Modbus, Casambi, ProtoPixel) allows perfect integration with wireless or centralised light management systems. The use of LED dimmers and control units then allows you to manage the control of the light in an optimal and structured way, through plays of light, scenarios and personalised adjustments. Adjusting the intensity depending on the time of day or weather conditions, adapting the lighting in real time to events or holidays, and programming the lighting of entire projects directly in the app will therefore be easy and intuitive.
NEON strips and outdoor LED spotlights are the main lighting fixtures used to bring light to facades and buildings in general, and to fully fulfil their task, they must meet certain technical characteristics:
The Digimax company headquarters is now characterised by a lively, dynamic and distinctive design, thanks to a tailor-made LED architectural lighting project.
An intervention designed to give personality and visibility to the building, with a mix of technology, creativity and advanced control, was the key ingredient of this installation.
The products chosen:
A light that is discreetly but strategically integrated into the architectural structure, capable of emphasising its shapes without distorting them, but rather enhancing their design.
