The Lighting Practice is proud to announce that three of the firm’s projects were recognized internationally by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) and five were recognized locally by the IES Philadelphia Section for lighting design excellence.
CHOP Main Hospital 11th and 12th Floor Inpatient Beds, Philadelphia, PA
TLP’s work on CHOP Main Hospital 11th and 12th Floor Inpatient Beds was recognized by both the Illuminating Engineering Society and the IES Philadelphia Section. The project received two Awards of Merit for lighting control innovation and interior lighting design from the IES as well as two Section Awards in the same categories from IES Philadelphia Section. Helen Diemer, FIALD, MIES, LEED AP, Emad Hasan, IALD, MIES, LEED AP BD+C, Caitlin Bucari, Evan Wilson, MIES, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C (formerly with The Lighting Practice), and Amanda Constantine, AIAS, worked with Ballinger and CHOP to research, design, and implement a circadian lighting system on two inpatient floors of CHOP’s Main Hospital. While both floors utilize the same tunable white lighting system, the approach to programming the controls was different. The 12th floor utilizes a centralized system, controlling the color temperature (CCT) and light intensity of all patient rooms and nurse stations while the 11th floor utilizes a scene-based system for individual patient rooms.
- IES Illumination Awards: Award of Merit for Lighting Control Innovation
- IES Illumination Awards: Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
- IES Philadelphia Section: Section Award for Lighting Control Innovation
- IES Philadelphia Section: Section Award for Interior Lighting Design
The Center for Contemporary Writing at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Contemporary Writing at The University of Pennsylvania received two lighting design awards. Illuminating Engineering Society recognized The Center for Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania with an Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design and the IES Philadelphia Section also awarded the project with a Certificate of Merit Award. Helen Diemer, FIALD, MIES, LEED AP, Ryan Conover, EDAC, Associate IALD, and Angela Banner, and worked with Studio Modh to bring life to the existing academic building by supporting a flexible program, collaboration, and creative thinking while avoiding a standard academic approach to the design. To increase vertical illumination and balance the dark finishes and ceiling, decorative LED lighting with luminous shades and diffusers were specified. Tabletop and floor lamp task lighting in the main writing center, open lounges, and study areas provided flexibility and supported the varying ways that students and faculty could work and enjoy their environment. Staggered pendant mounted cylinders provided ambient lighting and balanced illumination throughout the space to support lectures, performances, study groups, or individual projects. Luminous tube pendants suspended in existing coffers illuminated circulation areas and classrooms extending the sense of daylight deeper into the building’s center.
- IES Illumination Awards: Award of Merit for Interior Lighting Design
- IES Philadelphia Section: Certificate of Merit Award for Interior Lighting Design
Laurel Hill Cemetery: Phase 1, Philadelphia, PA
Laurel Hill Cemetery: Phase 1, received a Section Award for outdoor lighting from IES Philadelphia, a top honor in recognition of lighting design excellence. The Lighting Practice was tasked with developing a lighting master plan that would create a dynamic nighttime identity for the 78-acre cemetery and certified arboretum while respecting wildlife and neighboring residences. Lighting designers Al Borden (retired founder of TLP), FIALD, MIES, CLD (retired from The Lighting Practice), Caitlin Bucari, John Conley (formerly with The Lighting Practice), Alina Wolf (formerly with The Lighting Practice), and Angela Banner chose LED sources with precise options to eliminate glare and accurately light select mausoleums and their accompanying trees. The LEDs mostly provided warm white light for a respectful soft glow, with color-changing flexibility for select times of year. The fixtures also turned off every evening to preserve normal day/night cycles for wildlife, minimizing disturbances to the natural habitat. The greatest challenge to the success of the lighting was access to power, limited by the landscape and realities of a 185-year-old cemetery. Working closely with Laurel Hill Cemetery employees and the electrical contractors, Miller Bros., the design team carefully navigated power trenching, mounting details, and lighting fixture positions with the help of burial plot maps.
- IES Philadelphia Section: Section Award for Outdoor Lighting Design
Confidential Pharmaceutical Client, South San Francisco, CA
A Confidential Pharmaceutical Client also brought home a Section Award for The Lighting Practice, this time for excellence in interior lighting design. Michael Barber, Associate IALD, LEED AP BD+C, Lillian Knoerzer, Associate IALD, worked with Ellen Sisle of Jacobs to highlight the particularly modern aesthetic of the client’s research lab with a sleek architectural lighting system. As a WELL-certified project, emphasizing wood surfaces and other naturalistic patterns and colors was important to help meet a biophilia-forward feature of the space.
Hanging light fixtures were kept closer to ceilings to preserve the transparent views of the large building while highlighting colored and dichroic glass panel partitions throughout the space. Labs and open office spaces felt connected to each other by using direct/indirect linear pendants that provided a similar quality of light. Keeping with the common theme of angularity, the entry lobby showcased a scheme of thin recessed linears, intersecting each other in asymmetric runs. Open office linear pendant lights responded to asymmetrically shaped ceiling clouds while still providing a consistent quality of light through the space.
- IES Philadelphia Section: Section Award for Interior Lighting Design
Hyatt Centric Center City Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Hyatt Centric Center City Philadelphia was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the IES Philadelphia Section. Drawing inspiration from the area’s Quaker community, established in the late 1600s, Al Borden (retired founder of TLP), FIALD, MIES, CLD (retired from The Lighting Practice), Pomme Lee, LEED AP, and Amanda Constantine, AIAS, worked with DAS Architects and CRÈME Architecture & Design to enhance the natural simplicity of this 13-story hotel. Designed to LEED Silver standards, light sources were concealed in architectural details and incorporated into millwork to draw focus to the natural materials, wrought iron details, and period-inspired artwork on display. Electric light played a supportive role in the hotel’s design as warm CCT of 2700K was specified for all guest-facing interior light fixture types to create a cozy and inviting environment in the open and modestly decorated hospitality spaces.
- IES Philadelphia Section: Certificate of Merit Award for Interior Lighting Design
The Lighting Practice is proud to have been a part of the design team for these award-winning projects. We thank the Illuminating Engineering Society and IES Philadelphia for these exceptional honors.
About The Illuminating Engineering Society
The Illuminating Engineering Society is the premier lighting community dedicated to promoting the art and science of quality lighting to its members, allied organizations, and to the public. The international and local awards programs are an opportunity to recognize designers’ professionalism, ingenuity, and originality. www.ia.ies.org
