ArcelorMittal orbit Tower: night lighting to create a colorful night in London

Rail tower by the India born British sculptor Anish Kapoor (AnishKapoor) Cecil Balmond and the famous architecture designer (CecilBalmond) cooperative design, tower by some twisted "tracks", but not a roller coaster, or spiral slide is designed for the London Olympic Games, the design of public art works. Visitors can walk through the 455 stairs around the tower, the tower structure and height. However, ArcelorMittal orbit tower (ArcelorMittalOrbit), referred to as the "tower", its track builder is the international steel magnate Asaro Mittal, hence the name. It is one of the landmarks of the London Olympic Games is a red track shaped building in London Olympic Park in London, as a new landmark, located at the queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, adjacent to the Olympic stadium can accommodate 80 thousand people.

For these, designers seem to be ready.

Aneesh Kapoor was a British Turner Construction Award winner. Special note: this site reproduced all the comments do not represent the views of this site, such as the need for related products, please contact the site, the copyright belongs to the original author. He said that many of the great architectural design was initially criticized.

Hugo once said Eiffel Tower 'ugly' outrageous, but now people don't think so. "

"With the passage of time, unusual things become commonplace, people know about beauty has gradually changed," he said.

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson also praised the design of the tower: "the need for a like Eiffel Tower landmark London Olympic Park," "about the city, about what we are doing, we need a witness. "Cecil Balmond is a world famous structural engineers, one of the rail tower designer, also known as the" big underpants "CCTV new building of the Beijing East sanhuan designer, has focused on innovative design of building structure.

He is also good at using mathematics, music and other fields to reflect the elements of the dynamic geometry of the United states. In the tower, Cecil Balmond's style is also reflected in the most vividly, so that people familiar with the design of these two styles, one will guess the creators of the track tower.

In addition, the rail tower day might be criticized, critics like the hookah deep red tower above the surrounding buildings and destroyed the park landscape, but in the night, dynamic lighting showing a singular geometry, add the breath of life. The exterior of the tower is equipped with 250 kinds of colors of light, can be controlled by the computer to create a different color effect of the light, the london night became a colorful part of the.

Lighting planning for the early 2010 was due to a low budget program using a static red LED and a projector illumination at four track corners. With the new budget plan has increased 10 times, all the lighting LED lighting, brightness level is lower than the average 20cd/sqm, the average light intensity around the sculpture of 15 lux, in the whole field ground for an average of 30 lux brightness to 15 lux, the lowest.

Biological diversity requirement also means that light overflow is a factor, especially in the near channel track, in order to protect wild animal, not more than half lux, and considering the area of the bat, the UV light content restrictions, so the pursuit of beauty and environmental standards.

Saturated red light can emphasize sculpture, custom red (RAL3003 Rouge) consumes less energy than white light. Red almost no UV. The lighted tower can be seen within 30 kilometers of london. The tower is equipped with 276 functional lighting fixtures, the maximum load of 15kW.

Source: Aladdin lighting network

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