SKY LUMINATOR Sharp International Design Contest | Light for Emotional Comfort

Following the conversation with the staff from Sharp, we decided to highlight the integration of the proposed system with the Units shown during the meeting. We have therefore developed and detailed design of the large dome proposal in the first stage keeping in mind, however, that the Units may also be integrated in the devices of the suspensions and of desk design. The choice of the dome is motivated by three considerations: one hand we have preferred, given the time available to investigate only one of the proposed topics; in terms of size and performance, the dome expresses the best, the complexity of the choices made; Units built in the last dome form a constellation of radial lights reminding formal characteristics of known elements of lighting culture of the architectural and design. In the lighting culture exists in fact the Sky Simulator, which are lighting devices able to mimic changes in sunlight. These devices are used for the simulation of the solar radiation, received by the buildings reproduced in scale and placed underneath the simulator. In the architectural reference, is that of “Ventana des Esterellas all’Alambra” of Cordoba, or luminous ceilings of buildings made of concrete-glass, while the design is reminiscent of the effect of light textured made by some Italian lamps successfully produced in the 90’s.These references refer to a Light Skype connecting the light source to the sky, to the choreography of lights in it and, in reference to the Light Simulator, to changes in sunlight. Each single unit can play these variations both in brightness and in colour temperature, because the individual Unit are in fact interconnected by bus DMX and controlled by a central unit that can be driven even in remote or wireless. The variation of colour temperature may be produced by both the identical and simultaneous variation of light in all units, or by the additive synthesis produced by summation of different lights produced by the individual units. In this case, the dome will be able to modify continuously the temperature from 2700K to 6500K, in this case the colour of the light emitted may be variable and will follow the circadian rhythm. The variation of the brightness and colour temperature achieved in an indoor environment, and even if not consciously perceived, reproduces the changing of sunlight and gives a wellness and reduces the fatigue from the ennui fixed and constant lighting. The dome, as already said, will also issue colored lights, when all the units simultaneously or to additive synthesis will produce a frequency 460 nm, said Blue Sky you will get a light capable of inhibiting the production of melatonin favouring the mental activities and the ‘attention. And ‘in fact a particular blue part of the spectrum of light that has a powerful effect and uplifting. Inside the eye, a family of specialized cells are sensitive for ‘see’ the blue colour of the sky that has a frequency of 460nm. When these photo-receptors transposing the blue light,the nerve impulses of the brain detect, waking up, increasing attention and concentration.The dome will realize a complex system that will not only light but also will promote the well-being and physical and mental activities of those who will be working, discussing and thinking in their luminous and iridescent protection