The so-called "going to the fore" understanding of the city as a whole for the designer to respect and ponder the reasons for the city, and strive to follow and highlight this trajectory in the later lighting design, there are many people including the city in recent years highlighting their own lighting There are different appeals in the characteristics, so how should we understand the lighting characteristics of the city? The characteristics of urban lighting are the characteristics of the city, and the lighting is only strengthening and rendering and highlighting this feature.
With the development of the times, the promotion and promotion of urban culture is also diversified, and the lighting is undoubtedly the most modern and dynamic form. He said, "God said that there must be light, so we use good light." For urban lighting design, the premise of using good light is to understand the city's demands and culture, and the most suitable for the city.
On the basis of summarizing the urban lighting planning for many years, Xu Dongliang tried to classify the city. According to the characteristics of the urban landscape, there are the following six types:
Landscape city
As the name suggests, there are mountains, waters and buildings in the city. Such cities are represented by Guilin and Hangzhou. For the landscape city, the landscape is definitely the essence of the city. When doing this kind of urban lighting design, the landscape is the part that we must borrow and use.
How to do? Xu Dongliang said that when we look closely at such cities, we will find that because the buildings are built according to the water, then when we are planning urban planning, we must be the idea of ​​highlighting the dynamics along the river. Through the changes in lighting, the concept of dynamic roaming of natural scenery is highlighted to gradually reveal the various landscapes of the city. It gives people a feeling of "the boat lights on the waves, people are in the middle of the painting."
This kind of lighting design can only be implemented and displayed in landscape cities.
â–²The building in the picture is built according to the water. The change of the light can highlight the dynamic roaming concept of the natural scenery.
Bird's eye view (graphic) city
The characteristic of such a city is that it can't be seen in it, and it must be in a specific position to appreciate the beauty and contour of the city. Such cities are typical of Beijing. When we look at Beijing on the street, there seems to be no special place, but if you look at the Forbidden City on Jingshan, the scenery is very shocking. For such cities, Xu Dongliang called them graphic cities.
For the lighting design of the graphic city, Xu Dongliang suggested that we need to think about how to open it up, so as to strengthen the figure and form a whole. He once again used Beijing as an example. Beijing is a very typical ring city. As its streets light up, when we look at the night scenes of Beijing city from a height, we will see a perfectly shaped vein drawn by the lights.
Therefore, for such a city, lighting design according to the veins and lines of the city will not only destroy the inherent shape of the city, but also highlight the characteristics of the city.
â–² Beijing night scene: As its street lights up, when we look at the night scene of the entire Beijing city from a height, we will see a very clear shape of the veins outlined by the light. (This map source network)
Facade city
Most of the cities, such as Guangzhou and Shanghai, are characterized by: Standing on the opposite side of the river, you will find that it is a facade, and the context of this facade is very clear, high and low.
For the lighting design of such cities, Xu Dongliang told us that the buildings in the façade should be highlighted by the lights, so that the high and low buildings are moving in the night, especially in the running water. Highlighting the layering, this is the focus of the facade lighting design to enhance the impression and goodwill of the people in the city on the outline of the building.
This is a unique feature of the facade city.
▲Singapore night view: The building in the façade is highlighted by the lights, allowing the building to move in the night, especially in the flowing water.
Landmark city
The fourth type is a landmark city. This type of city is not as geographically, morphologically, or architecturally superior as the above cities. But there will be one or a few particularly impressive buildings in the city, and Xu Dongliang calls such cities a landmark city.
Landmark cities are divided into two categories:
Single landmark city:
A single city refers to a city that relies solely on landmarks. For example, Taipei, 101 is the absolute highlight of Taipei. Other buildings are backgrounds. At this time, we look at 101 and must treat it as a landmark. Then you The concept of lighting and other aspects of how to strengthen the concept of landmarks;
“Combination†landmark city:
The landscapes and characteristics of such cities are generally not single, they can all be “combinedâ€, and the characteristics will be combined. Xu Dongliang takes Guangzhou as an example. If you come to Guangzhou for tourism, you will choose the Pearl River Night Tour and the Xiao Man Waist (TV Tower). The Pearl River Night Tour is the embodiment of the night lighting design of the facade city we mentioned above. The TV Tower, as the landmark building in Guangzhou, is the first choice for everyone to go to Guangdong, so its light expression and display is very crucial.
Xu Dongliang, for example, in Pudong District of Shanghai, said that Pudong is a region with many high-rise buildings converging. This area has formed a well-known Shanghai landmark at home and abroad. So for Pudong, a landmark that is not a single building, how should we do its lighting? What kind of light should I make? The lighting design of such buildings and areas represents the level of economic development of the city to a certain extent.
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The picture above shows Zaragoza, Spain.
The picture below shows Australia's iconic Sydney Opera House
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Municipal city
There is also a city that has no significant features for its architecture. The city is occupied by public facilities such as roads and overpasses, which we call municipal cities.
Xu Dongliang tells us that the past cities are more or less with their own cultural heritage, but now all our construction is to solve functional problems, more and more functional, more and more universal, this kind of universal leads to a kind of The feeling of municipalization. For example, subway stations, stadiums, etc., no matter how characteristic these things are, in essence, it is a facility. Such cities are often hard and hard, and municipal facilities cannot form a characteristic of the city.
So in this case, how do we do the lighting design of the municipal city? Xu Dongliang said that we can only work hard on the municipal facilities to fully express the outlines of these facilities, such as bridges across rivers, viaducts, and so on. That is to say, the landscape of municipal facilities is the focus of municipal lighting design.
â–² The landscape of municipal facilities is the focus of municipal urban lighting design.
Comprehensive city
In addition to the five types of cities we have seen above, there are also cities that are “integratedâ€: there are mountains, water, landmarks, and municipal facilities. In such a city, Xu Dongliang called it a comprehensive city.
He said that when all kinds of features are available, it means simple and complex coexistence. The so-called simplicity is that we can express the elements of landmarks. The so-called complexity is to take care of multiple elements. Xu Dongliang said that the multi-selectivity of content may cause common problems in many cities: multi-centered, unclear features, and too many elements.
So how to avoid multi-centered, fuzzy features?
Xu Dongliang takes Shanghai as an example: Shanghai has many buildings in the Yangtze River through the Bund and Pudong. In addition to these, Shanghai also has a small area such as Hongqiao District. Each of the above elements has its own unique characteristics. For a city where multiple elements exist at the same time, it is a bit difficult to require the overall unity of style.
So how do you do lighting design in a city with multiple features? Xu Dongliang said that we need to highlight the most important point, with one of them as the representative of the entire city. For example, Shanghai, its most important thing is the Bund, because the Bund represents Shanghai.
If we are doing lighting outside the Bund, then we need to pay attention to the lighting of the design area / building should be "convergence", do not grab the limelight.
â–²Comprehensive urban lighting design example
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