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Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. PRIVACY Last Updated: October, 2022 Leni Schwendinger Light Projects encourages our customers, suppliers, commercial visitors, business associates, employees, investors and other interested parties to read this Privacy Policy (the "Policy") . This Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or fill out a form on the website (the “Website”). Types of Personal Information We Collect When you visit the website, we automatically collect certain information about you or your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. 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Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. PUBLIC SPACES + STREETS 1111 Lincoln Road LOCATION: Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. CLIENT: Robert Wennett and the City of Miami Beach TEAM: Raymond Jungles, Kimley-Horn and Associates Continue 2nd Ave Subway LOCATION: New York City, NY, U.S. CLIENT: New York City Transit, The MTA TEAM: Arup for AECOM-Arup Continue North Embarcadero Vision Plan (NEVP) LOCATION: San Diego, California, U.S. CLIENT: Port of San Diego TEAM: Project Design Consultants, Civitas, Spurlock Poirier Continue Queens Plaza Streetscape & Park LOCATION: New York City, New York, U.S. CLIENT: NYC Economic Development Corp. NYC Department of Planning TEAM: Margie Ruddick, Wallace Roberts & Todd (WRT), Marpillero Pollak Architects, Michael Singer Continue Times Square Plaza Reconstruction LOCATION: New York, New York, U.S. CLIENT: NYC Department of Design and Construction, NYC Department of Transportation TEAM: Snøhetta, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Thornton Tomasetti, Buro Happold, Wesler Cohen Continue Under the Elevated, Phase II Pilot LOCATION: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, 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

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. For over 20 years Light Projects has been designing innovative lighting concepts and providing full-service lighting designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. Experts in both day and nighttime light experiences, resulting in spectacular creative visions with light offering safety, beauty, and sustainability. Infrastructure + Bridges < Previous Next > Photo: NYC Department of Transportation Photo: Leni Schwendinger Under the Elevated, Phase II Pilot Location Sunset Park Brookly, NY Client Design Trust for Public Space, New York City of Department of Trasnportaion (DOT), Industry City Team Tricia Martin, Landscape and Sustainability; Quilian Riano, Urban Design; Arup, Technical Lighting There are 700 miles of elevated infrastructure which creates darkened spaces below New York City’s bridges, expressways, and rail tracks. The New York City DOT intends to develop a set of physical design typologies to reclaim these public spaces. Design Trust for Public Space coordinated a study and pilot program with partners DOT and Industry City tapping collaborative design fellows including Leni Schwendinger for illumination at the Gowanus Expressway at 36th Street and 3rd Avenue. There are 700 miles of elevated infrastructure which creates darkened spaces below New York City’s bridges, expressways, and rail tracks. The New York City DOT intends to develop a set of physical design typologies to reclaim these public spaces. Design Trust for Public Space coordinated a study and pilot program with partners DOT and Industry City tapping collaborative design fellows including Leni Schwendinger for illumination at the Gowanus Expressway at 36th Street and 3rd Avenue. Underpasses are notorious as dividers between communities and assets such as waterfronts: daytime can feel spooky and nighttime dangerous. Our design includes a light-colored paint coating for comfort and better visibility during the day. The parking configuration was rationalized, and tiles defined a safe walkway. Features include a botanical experiment to cleanse run-off water from the upper-level road surface. For lighting, we sought to stitch together both geographical sides of the bridge, which lead to and from the Upper New York Bay waterfront and 36th Street subway stop. The lighting scope included focal points such as illumination of the unusual, splayed columns and curved beams, as well as volumetric space illumination for pedestrian waiting and crossing. Additionally, tests were conducted with green infrastructure plants and horticultural lighting. Illumination, especially the plant lighting, was called out as number one in the list of improvements by the DOT post-installation survey of visitors, residents and local workers. From the New York Times, “The murky blocks by 36th Street and Third Avenue now have brighter lighting, beautified lighting, beautified walkways and lovely planters to clean the air and filter runoff from the highway above.”

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. PUBLIC ART Uptown Flash LOCATION: East Harlem, New York, U.S. CLIENT & Partners: Uptown Grand Central, NYC Department of Transportation and Design Trust for Public Space Continue Tidal Radiance LOCATION: San Diego, California, U.S. CLIENT: Unified Port of San Diego TEAM: Bermello Ajamil & Partners. Paul Basile Fabrication, DCI-Engineering Continue Dreaming in Color LOCATION: Marion O. McCaw Hall, Seattle, Washington, U.S. CLIENT: The City of Seattle, Seattle Center TEAM: LMN Architects, GGN, Ron Fogel Associates Continue Coney Island Parachute Jump LOCATION: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. CLIENT: NYC Economic Development Corporation, New York City Parks Department, Brooklyn Borough Presidents Office TEAM: STV, CAN Continue SpectraScape LOCATION: Dallas, Texas, U.S. CLIENT: City of Dallas TEAM: Thomas Balsley Associates, LUCID Glass, Lighting Science Group Continue Glowing Waterway LOCATION: Unna, Germany CLIENT: The City of Unna TEAM: Leni Schwendinger Light Projects Continue The Great Hall: A Spatial Portrait LOCATION: Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. CLIENT: Liberty Science Center TEAM: EwingCole, Ed Purver, Ron Fogel Associates Continue

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. INFRASTRUCTURE + BRIDGES Iridescent Waves LOCATION: Queens, NY U.S. CLIENT: Urbahn Architects TEAM: Marvel Design, Hunter Roberts Construction Groups 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 Kingston Bridge LOCATION: Glasgow, Scotland CLIENT: Glasgow City Council Department of Development and Regeneration Services TEAM: McKeown Alexander Architects, Mott MacDonald Continue

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. AWARDS SELECTED QUEENS BOROUGH HALL MUNICIPAL GARAGE Queens, NY Design-Build Institute of America's 2024 National Award of Merit 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

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. Over 20 years of designing innovative lighting concepts, providing full-service light designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. NIGHTSEEING™ CLIENTS Architecture/Engineer/Construction Industry Architects and Planners Landscape Architects Urban Designers Lighting Designers Municipalities Department of Transportation and Public Works Department of Planning Department of Sustainability Tourist Board Business Improvement Districts Architecture/Engineer/Construction Industry Architects and Planners Landscape Architects Urban Designers Lighting Designers Municipalities Department of Transportation and Public Works Department of Planning Department of Sustainability Tourist Board Business Improvement Districts I had the pleasure to participate in Leni's important "wake-up call" on how we want to develop our cities in the future. Leni brought up many important questions and leaves us in new light. Great work, looking forward to more! –– NightSeeing™ attendee (Times Square) Despite the Covid-induced constraints of a Zoom talk, through a virtual 'walk' through the City of London Leni was still able to artfully show the fundamental importance and advantages of night to our sense of place and understanding of our urban surrounds. –– Virtual NightSeeing™ attendee (London) Book an Online Tour www.nightseeing.net Light Projects and NightSeeing™ together comprise a platform for locally engaged, inspiring nights. By identifying the needs and wants of your constituents we drill down to the real needs of nighttime lighting so that community gets on board. Districts undergoing improvements often neglect 50% of the 24-hour day. The hours between dusk and dawn can be a concern – for safety, lack of activity (dead zones) or too much activity (bars and late-night noise). Our job is to work with stakeholders solve these challenges. NightSeeing™, Navigate Your Luminous City, is a staged program in one, two or three parts Walking: raise awareness and elevate the vocabulary of light, Workshopping: build consensus for future nighttime objectives Strategizing: develop an action plan to implement local night and light projects Leni takes your audience through an immersive LightWalk experience, decoding the shadows twinkling lights of the city to open minds and hearts to the potential of your urban night.

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. For over 20 years Light Projects has been designing innovative lighting concepts and providing full-service lighting designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. Experts in both day and nighttime light experiences, resulting in spectacular creative visions with light offering safety, beauty, and sustainability. Public Art < Previous Next > Photos: Eduard Hueber / Arch Photo The Great Hall: A Spatial Portrait Location New Jersey, NJ Client Liberty Science Center Team EwingCole, Ed Purver, Ron Fogel Associates Public artist, Leni Schwendinger, and her studio won the commission from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts percent for art funds New Jersey’s Liberty Science Center’s Great Hall. Working together with the Center’s curator and architect, Schwendinger sited A Spatial Portrait, a monumental, suspended, interactive sculpture eleven feet above the floor in the mid-space of the Hall. This pendant of 120 strands of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), each 10 feet long, creates a dazzling show of light in real time. Reflecting upon and reinterpreting the Center’s belief that every person’s actions affect everyone else on the planet and conversely, how global changes affect each one of us— a light installation was envisioned to capture the movement of every visitor as they circulate throughout the Science Court. The composite movements of visitors create an ever-changing three-dimensional “spatial portrait” of the room. From multiple positions in the Hall, sensors and video cameras track visitors’ movements. Through digital processing and switching, this information is then translated and displayed on a rectangular spatial field. The information displayed in the LED array consists of three different programming concepts— each offering a different interpretation of the movement in the Science Court. These concepts are defined in the following ways: The figurative concept marks the entry of visitors. Visitors’ colors, shapes, and movements are captured by a video camera at a designated area close to the main entrance. This visual information is pixilated, reassembled, and fed into the LED array—and is viewable from multiple vantage points in the Court. Like a three-dimensional mirror of light, the interacting visitors view a low-resolution depiction of their actions displayed in real-time. The diagrammatic concept celebrates the passing of time and movement. Cameras positioned around the LED array track visitors’ presence throughout the Court’s monitored area. As people move through the space, their progress is tracked—drawn into the spatial field above and represented in two preselected colors, orange and white. Vivid bursts of color are displayed in the LED array when people cross paths during a set period.

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. For over 20 years Light Projects has been designing innovative lighting concepts and providing full-service lighting designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. Experts in both day and nighttime light experiences, resulting in spectacular creative visions with light offering safety, beauty, and sustainability. 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.

Light Projects by Leni Schwendinger is the #1 US based professional lighting studio serving global clients. For over 20 years Light Projects has been designing innovative lighting concepts and providing full-service lighting designs that optimize city, urban, and public spaces. Experts in both day and nighttime light experiences, resulting in spectacular creative visions with light offering safety, beauty, and sustainability. 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.