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Standing at 114.5m high, it is a large building, as well as a sculpture. Kathryn Findlay on their role in building the OrbitĬreating the ArcelorMittal Orbit has been a thrilling helter-skelter ride. Olympic Park Landmark images from London Legacy Development Corporation Ushida Findlay Architects is the ArcelorMittal Orbit’s official delivery architect, responsible for turning one of the world’s tallest sculptures into a ‘habitable building’, a remarkable observation tower. Ushida Findlay Architects & the ArcelorMittal Orbit The result is a cohesive, energy efficient and aesthetically attuned lighting project demonstrating how artists and engineers can collaborate creatively and effectively on major, and challenging artworks in public spaces.
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Sophisticated lighting software, RADIANCE, was employed to analyse and predict the lighting distribution over the sculpture and its surroundings to ensure full compliance with the ODA lighting strategy.Īrup’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineers worked with the firm’s lighting designers to integrate all services in a way that has ensured that all cables and wirings are invisible. Arup’s lighting designers, structural engineers and the architects collaborated closely to ensure that the light projectors are all discreetly located within the structure and carefully focused and aimed to minimise light spill onto the ecologically sensitive area of the river corridor and limit sky glow. LEDs emit zero UV light, which would otherwise disturb wild-life in the vicinity, for example, moths and bats. The Olympic Park Landmark lighting scheme achieves maximum theatrical visual impact yet consumes less energy than white light. Arup Lighting’s choice of saturated red LED (light emitting diode) lighting accentuates the bespoke red specified by Kapoor for the sculpture. Sustainability has been a critical factor in Arup’s thinking. Arup Lighting Director Florence Lam refers to their approach as using “dark light”. Beyond The Games, visitors will also experience the metaphor of an orbit after dark using light to unravel the sculpture’s convoluted form and to grasp its dynamic shape.
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The scheme will play an integral part in the lighting and atmosphere of the Olympic Games with the Olympic Park Landmark lit up in a variety of modes for different events and times of day. The feature lighting scheme encourages visitors into the Park and the ArcelorMittal Orbit by creating a “must see” element to the sculpture at night. Olympic Park Landmark photographs : Thomas Graham, Arup Arup’s lighting team has worked closely with Kapoor and Cecil Balmond to create a lighting scheme that will highlight the sculpture’s complex geometric form. The ArcelorMittal Orbit is the first public artwork by Anish Kapoor to be lit. Glamming the 2012 Games with Event Lighting whilst Looking after the Environment and River Corridor Ecology ArcelorMittal Orbit, Anish Kapoor Project, Olympic Park Landmark Design, Cecil Balmond Olympic Park Landmark, LondonĪrcelorMittal Orbit, England, UK – design by Anish Kapoor with Cecil Balmond / Arup