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Public Art < Previous Next > Photo: AJ Epstein Photos: Eduard Hueber / Arch Photo Dreaming in Color Location Marion O. McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington Client The City of Seattle, Seattle Center Team LMN Architects, GGN. Ron Fogel Associates ​ ​ Dreaming in Color, a three-dimensional color field was commissioned by two public art agencies and the Seattle Center. The artwork at the Seattle Center is constructed of nine large-scale metal-mesh scrims framing the Kreielsheimer Promenade at the Marion O. McCaw Hall Theater. The passageway is 450- feet long. The rectangular scrims stand 30-feet vertically and range from 40 to 70 feet wide. Geometrically extending the theater lobby outward -- and echoed by the hardscape patterning below-- the progression of scrims simultaneously defines and echoes the architecture of what was once a negligible interstitial space. Each mesh plane is dynamically illuminated including the ground plane. Dreaming in Color further transforms the landscape at night-- intensifying the welcome that awaits Seattle Center visitors. Perspective viewing of the accumulated, illuminated surfaces magnifies the potential for animated color mixing as the scrims are virtually transparent. Through calculated aiming angles an orchestrated set of "melodies for the eyes" are heightened by horizontal bands of secondary shades that feather into the wider fields of color. Dreaming in Color seeks to build upon and extend the Color Field explorations begun by painters in the 1950’s and continuing up until present day. Chromatic abstraction defined the work of Color Field pioneers including Mark Rothko, Kenneth Noland, Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Jules Olitski – all of whom flooded large canvases with pure pigments varied in saturation and contrast. These early Color Field artists were interested in creating “atmospheres” in which color was the subject, and when viewed close-up, became environments in and of themselves. The vision that drove Dreaming in Color from its conception to its actualization was offering a theatrical experience to all Seattle Center and McCaw Hall visitors, whether ticket holders or not, transporting the building’s meaning from inside to outside for all to experience. In 2018, the lighting fixtures were upgraded to LED and new dynamic sequences were designed by Schwendinger. Additionally, professional designers are currently also invited to experiment with the color field installation.

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Landscape + Parks < Previous Next > Photos: Hanns Joosten Photos: Hanns Joosten The Park Location Las Vegas, Nevada Client MGM Resorts International Team !MELK, Marnell Architecture, Cooper Robertson & Partners, Arup ​ ​ “The Park”, is the first open green space on the Las Vegas Strip. Schwendinger, with Arup, created illumination concepts for the 55 to 75-foot tall, individually unique, shade structures. Built in a shipyard in Rotterdam, Leni was allowed two working nights to demonstrate the winning color-changing schemes. The typological light angles were documented in-situ. Once shipped and installed into The Park, Arup’s lighting design team supervised light fixture placements on specialty mounting plates inside the structures. Lighting technicians were required to wear climbing gear to scale the steep metal side walls while attaching and cabling the LED color changing units. Light is primarily emitted from inside out. The inner perforated surfaces of the tulip-shaped structures are painted white as a slender canvas for boldly reflected hues of the rigorously planned color palette. Illumination cast onto the dark exterior surfaces is restricted to surprise moments to give the sense of opening up or blooming. Computer program sequences were conducted over several nights. It was important to calibrate the brightness and dynamics in relation to the surrounding Strip with its highly colored blinking light-signs. The sixteen monumental shade structures transform mesmerically throughout the evening and, on the quarter-hour, depict colors of cactus blossoms.

INFRASTRUCTURE + BRIDGES Kingston Bridge LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland CLIENT: Glasgow City Council Department of Development and Regeneration Services TEAM: McKeown Alexander Architects, Mott MacDonald Continue 42nd Street Bus Terminal, Triple Bridge Gateway LOCATION: New York, New York, U.S. CLIENT: Port Authority of NY and NJ TEAM: PKSB, Flack + Kurtz Continue George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge LOCATION: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. CLIENT: Kentucky Department of Transportation, Louisville Downtown Partnership TEAM: Carman Architects Continue 6th Street Viaduct Replacement LOCATION: Los Angeles, California, U.S. CLIENT: LA Bureau of Engineering TEAM: HNTB, Michael Maltzan Architects, Hargreaves Continue Under the Elevated, Phase II Pilot LOCATION: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, U.S. CLIENT: Design Trust for Public Space, New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), Industry City TEAM DESIGN FELLOWS: Tricia Martin, Landscape and Sustainability; Quilian Riano, Urban Design; Arup, Technical Lighting Continue MTA Enhanced Station Initiative LOCATION: New York City, NY, U.S. CLIENT: New York City Transit, The MTA TEAM: Grimshaw, Arup, Page Ayres Cowley Architects Continue Iridescent Waves LOCATION: Queens, NY U.S. CLIENT: Urbahn Architects TEAM: Marvel Design, Hunter Roberts Construction Groups Continue

AWARDS SELECTED JIADING PARK Shanghai, China · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Honor Award, Urban Design ​ SMART EVERYDAY NIGHTTIME DESIGN Cartagena, Colombia · Arup’s Global Research Award, Societal Impact ​ TRIPLE BRIDGE GATEWAY Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, New York, U.S. · Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lumen Citation Transformation of an Urban Environment ​ 1111 LINCOLN ROAD Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Award of Excellence, Florida Chapter · American Institute of Architects (AIA) Award of Excellence, Miami Chapter · Beautification Award, City of Miami Beach ​ NEVP (North Embarcadero Vision Project) San Diego, California, U.S. · American Institute of Architects (AIA) Urban Design, Honor Award ​ DREAMING IN COLOR Seattle, Washington, U.S. · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) General Design Award of Excellence · Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lumen Award ​ TIMES SQUARE PLAZA RECONSTRUCTION New York, New York, U.S. · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Merit Award · New York Design Awards, DRIVEN x DESIGN ​ THE PARK Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. · Architectural Lighting Magazine Best Use of Color, Award ​ HTO TORONTO HARBOURFRONT PARKS Toronto, Ontario, Canada · American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Honor Award ​ CONEY ISLAND PARACHUTE JUMP Brooklyn, New York, U.S. · Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) NYC Citation Honor Award · American Council of Engineering Companies of NY (ACEC) Engineering Excellence, Gold Award in Structural Systems · Lucy G Moses Preservation Award ​ ELIZABETH A. SACKLER CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART Brooklyn Museum, New York, U.S. · American Institute of Architects (AIA) Design Award, New York Chapter ​ FLATBUSH AVENUE STREETSCAPE MASTERPLAN Brooklyn, New York, U.S. · Public Design Commission of the City of New York Award for Excellence in Design ​ QUEENS PLAZA BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Queens, New York, U.S. · American Institute of Architects (AIA) Merit Design Award, New York Chapter ​ WATER ABOVE WATER Glasgow, Scotland · Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Lumen Merit Award for Civic Service & Education · Citation from the International Illuminating Awards Sasaki recently won an Honor Award in Urban Design from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for their pioneering work on Jiading Park in Shanghai. The 70 hectare (173 acre) park was recognized for its sustainable initiatives impacting both the environment and the surrounding community, and has become the social and recreational hub of Jiading District. Leni Schwendinger Light Projects worked closely with Sasaki on the visitors’ nighttime experience. The lighting design creatively solved several challenges including mirroring distinct pathway designs during late hours and providing a dark conservation area for wildlife. Leni led the debate on safety for visitors vs. nurturing needs of nocturnal fauna, a discussion that continues to evolve to this day. Her commitment to providing safe and inspiring nighttime outdoor spaces greatly contributed to the success of the project as a 24/7 amenity. The Sasaki design team looks forward to working with Leni to explore creative lighting solutions on future projects. " –Michael Grove, Chair of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Ecology, Sasaki

Public Art < Previous Next > Photos: Leni Schwendinger ​ Glowing Waterway Location Unna, Germany Client The City of Uma Team Leni Schwendinger Light Projects ​ ​ For an international artists’ program, five artists were commissioned to design site-specific installations using the medium of light to line the streets leading to the town center. During the fall and winter seasons of 2003, Schwendinger created a temporal course - a sensuous environment suffused with liquid-light colors – leading to the central square. Water Street in the town of Unna, Germany, is named for the stream beneath its surface and the path it makes to the Ruhr River. Hell Weg, or Bright Way, an ancient pilgrimage pathway crisscrosses the underground river. Glowing Waterway recalls the flows of water and footsteps that have traversed this path since the 15th century. Utilizing the cartographic lines as a launch point, Schwendinger created a graphic ripple-form as artwork in two ways, formed into a fiber optic strand mounted in mid-air, and recapitulated into a light projection cast onto the paving. Visitors experienced Glowing Waterway as a street and as a river of light, redefined by a festoon of continuous, illuminated, aquamarine lines. The projected forms bathed the visitors as they rested on curvy concrete benches. Playing with perspective - the large-scale of the Hell Weg, the street-scale of Water Street, and the small-scale of a ripple - the installation was perceived on many levels and by many ages, children through adult. Viewed from afar, luminous lines and patterns converged to create a path of sparkling water-light. Up close, Unna residents, workers, and visitors experienced the artwork as a gathering space for conversations and evening fun.

Landscape + Parks < Previous Next > Photo: Sasaki Photo: Leni Schwendinger Light Projects Jiading Parks Location Jiading, China Client Shanghai Jiading New City Development Company Ltd Team Sasaki ​ ​ The initial design brief for Jiading Park called for a radical transformation. In its existing state, the site was comprised of factories, warehouses, and fallow agricultural fields. The park is made of five Zones such as the fitness zone, community zone, and lake zone. The Zones are counterpointed by five major paths that interweave and interact with a variety of park elements. The lighting mirrored use and character of the paths, augmenting identity and wayfinding. The lighting design echoed the creative material palette and dynamic forms. ​

Planning + Community < Previous Next > Photos: Keith Jacobs ​ NightSeeing at Myrtle Beach Location Myrtle Beach, California Client Myrtle Beach Downtown Alliance Team NightSeeing ​ Download the Report Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is planning and designing an Arts and Innovation District. Nighttime designer and urban lighting consultant, Leni Schwendinger was commissioned by the Myrtle Beach Downtown Alliance (MBDA) to conduct her NightSeeing™️ methodology to address nighttime and lighting issues and to set objectives for the future. The mission of NightSeeing™️ is to transform cities at night into safe and welcoming, inspiring and inclusive places. Through close collaboration with MBDA, a customized program including a LightWalk, an invited workshop, stakeholder Q&A, and an open public presentation was delivered. Stakeholders attended Leni’s talk and LightWalk tour where they experienced a fresh perspective on positive and negatively perceived night spaces, their social and physical conditions, and lighting atmospheres. The purpose was to provide a qualitative experience with a vision of the future in mind. Attendees included the Myrtle Beach Mayor, City Council, and City Operations staff. Small business owners and managers participated. Also in attendance were arts and culture representatives such as Coastal Carolina University. Vocabulary and the language of light were expanded to describe how an after-dusk vitalized district would look and feel. As a baseline, during the Envisioning Workshop, attendees identified three objectives for the District’s nighttime design. 1. Identifiable pathways for walking and bikeways that emphasize connection 2. A canvas of light with focal points designed with historic characteristics and innovative features 3. Transformable fun spaces that welcome people at night Significantly the program produced an enthusiastic community cohort through active learning through group walking and workshopping. A launch point has been established for a nighttime masterplan to improve the after-dark environment of the proposed Arts & Innovation District in Myrtle Beach.

Planning + Community < Previous Next > International Nighttime Design Initiative (NTD), Planning 4 Places ​ Municipal Smart City Street Lighting Conversion & Evolving Technology Guidebook Location New York Capital District Client Capital District Transportation Team International Nighttime Design Initative (NTD), Planning 4 Places ​ ​ The Municipal Smart City Street Light Conversion & Evolving Technology Guidebook was commissioned to address issues of street light ownership, the streamlining of municipal services, and economic benefits for New York State. Additionally, the convergence of energy-saving, responsive technologies, ownership of data, and infrastructure is being debated across the nation. In parallel, issues of public space equity and social cohesion are in flux. The intent was to provide guidelines proposing a unique hybrid of design, policy, technological and social inputs to the growing field of smart cities applications. As cities and towns across the region convert/upgrade their street lights to energy-saving LED, they must consider and balance lighting quality, safety, after-dark social issues, digital infrastructure, and economic considerations. The guidebook also addresses community engagement, essential for developing trust and on-the-ground knowledge, with a photo narrative about NightSeeing™, an evening program developed by Leni Schwendinger for active learning about illumination and nighttime design. Planning for smart and responsive lighting technologies opens the door to considerations about expanded digital infrastructure. The range of available applications results in a vast set of options and market promises from parking solutions to gunshot detection. Case Study, City of Saratoga Springs With a thriving downtown night-life and historical importance, the City of Saratoga Springs presented an excellent test-case for how to create safe and sustainable nighttime environments through a strategic look at lighting. With additional regional and Northeast case studies, diagrams and images, the guidebook offers context, perspective, and a roadmap for complex decision-making processes. The Saratoga Springs’ streets and open spaces contain a mixture of public lighting with an inconsistent collection of light poles and fixtures as well as light sources – sodium, metal halide and LED. Saratoga Springs desired to consolidate the look and feel of their night lighting and connect it to a central system. Committed to sustainability and exploring enabling technologies through their Smart City Roadmap, they can now consider expanded options such as electric vehicle charging, public WiFi, and data collection capabilities to aid safety, transportation, and other service operations. The International Nighttime Design Initiative (NTD), founded by Ms. Schwendinger, partnered with Planning4Places to complete a Municipal Lighting Technology Guidebook for The Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC) as part of New York State’s Smart Communities Program. The guidebook also addresses community engagement, essential for developing trust and on-the-ground knowledge, with a photo narrative about NightSeeing™, an evening program developed by Leni Schwendinger for active learning about illumination and nighttime design. The Guidebook is free and available to the public.

Public Spaces + Streets < Previous Next > Photos: Michael Grimm Photography Photos: Michael Grimm Photography Times Square Plaza Reconstruction Location New York, New York Client NYC Department of Design and Construction, NYC Department of Transporation Team Snohetta, Matthews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Thornton Tomasetti, Buro Happold, Wesler Cohen ​ ​ The Times Square Plaza Reconstruction is a case study in how integrative, site-specific illumination mirrors and intensifies planning objectives. The international draw of Times Square is due in part to the role of light.) In Times Square light is an event in and of itself. “Found” light from signage, shop windows, and marquees compete in a pulsing cacophony of sparkle and animation. In late May 2009, a pilot to improve traffic and safety in Times Square by blocking traffic and creating a temporary plaza was completed. In 2010 invited teams competed for the permanent design of the plaza. Leni Schwendinger Light Projects joined with a design team led by architecture firm Snohetta. The team’s multi-media show presentation won over the complex set of owners – a municipal and private-public consortium. Multiple sources of lighting contribute to the nighttime environment of Times Square; commercial advertising billboards, municipal lighting, and endless streams of vehicular traffic. The plaza is bathed rhythmically and chromatically with graphics from direct-view LED and bracketed billboard luminaires. In the end, as happens with many public square projects, because of liability, budget, and other agency priorities, the lighting design was simply achieved by a consolidated streetlight layout utilizing the “New” New York City light pole. Additionally, arising from Schwendinger’s early sketch concepts, bright metal disks were embedded into the paving to reflect the colored commercial light typical of Times Square. Construction was completed in 2017.