Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku by Eleftheria Deko and Associates

Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku by Eleftheria Deko and Associates is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda in Disinn ta' Prodotti u Għodod tad-Dawl Competition Category.

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Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku

by Eleftheria Deko and Associates

Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda Winner in Dawl Category

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The Design

About Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku

Test tal-Ktieb: Il-Padiljun tal-Mużew Benaki huwa skema ta' dawl arkitettoniku għal ħanut ta' mużew u spazju għall-esebizzjoni. Il-bieb tad-dħul tal-ħadid li jiddur iżomm il-kaxxi tal-esebizzjoni, u d-dawl huwa integrat fl-istruttura tal-bieb. Fittings sferiċi maħduma apposta huma mmuntati b'kalamiti u mħaddma minn ċirkwit ta' vultaġġ baxx maħfur fil-metall, biex l-ebda kejbil ma jkun viżibbli. Ġewwa, spotlights aġġustabbli huma stabbiliti f'binarji inkorporati bejn it-travi tal-injam tas-saqaf. Id-dawl tat-tip cove f'abjad kiesaħ jenfasizza l-ixkafef tar-ragħwa tal-aluminju, u spotlights żgħar inkorporati jenfasizzaw l-artefatti.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda

Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż straordinarjament mogħti lil disinji tal-ogħla livell, sbieħ u impressjonanti. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Fidda huma xogħlijiet brillanti ħafna u kreattivi ħafna li juru l-għarfien espert, it-talent u l-aċċuratezza tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku ikun xogħol mill-isbaħ, eżemplari, professjonali ħafna u innovattiv bil-fond. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Fidda huwa invenzjoni notevoli u mammirata li tikkontribwixxi biex jitwessgħu l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. Benaki Museum Pavilion Funzjoni Primarja: Dawl Arkitettoniku huwa ħolqien li ħafna jinvidjawh, li jqajjem ix-xewqat, iġib sentimenti pożittivi u joħloq tgħaġġib u mistagħġib.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The signature entrance iron door holds exhibit cases and the concept was the lighting to be part of the structure. The lighting of the interior is also discreet and achieved with adjustable spots in recessed tracks between the ceiling wooden beams, so not to interfere with the general aesthetics, but to provide lighting adaptability. The aluminum foam shelves with their shimmering glow are given more emphasis with a dramatic effect of the cove lighting in cool white. The desired atmosphere was completed by tiny recessed track spot lights in the shelves, to highlight the artifacts
Dimensions & Packaging: Ceiling tracks: W 17mm x H 20mm x L custom.
Ceiling spots: Ø38mm, H 60mm.
Shelves' recessed track: W 17mm x H 20mm x L custom.
Curved especially for recessing into the round-shaped shelves.
Shelves' spots: Ø14mm, H 18mm.
Custom spherical magnetic spots: Ø35mm.
Tags: Light, Lighting design, Lighting fixtures, prototype, novelties, track system, magnetic spot, retail, exhibition
Production Technology: Lighting Manufacturers: Viabizzuno, Linea Light, Lights On.

Use of the minimum size of track systems and fixtures for general lighting of the space and artifacts lighting on the shelves, LEDstrips for cove lighting and custom made small-scale fixtures for magnetic mounting on the exhibition cases of the pivoting iron door.
Design Challenge: No product could provide lighting on the door with no obvious cables or infrastructure so everything was prototype. We designed small spherical LED fixtures for flexibility and style. We used magnets inside the bodies and a 3mm wide circuit was carved in each case on the metal structure of the door, powered with low voltage for electrifying the custom-made fixtures. The challenges were: to engrave this micro power-line on the metal structure, to insulate it, to supply it with electricity despite the pivotal movement of the door and the spherical spot light to be stable and well secured on.
Research: The lighting design respected the architect's concept throughout the process. The small size of the building along with the demanding parameters of a shop and exhibition venue, were the context for the lighting study. The study was based on technical research in order to make possible LIGHTING WITHOUT VISIBLE CABLES , for the spotlights of the iron entrance door. A group of people from electrical engineers to craftsmen worked on realizing the prototypes of the small scale lighting fixtures that we had designed as spheres in order to add the unique character of this project.
Inspiration: In a unique symbiosis of Culture and Leisure, the Benaki Museum inaugurated in June 2019 a new pavilion into the Four Seasons Astir Palace Hotel at the Athens Riviera. The building that functions as the Museum’s shop as well as an exhibition space, is an example of Greek modern architecture built in the 50s. The architectural concept was inspired by the binaries of the day and night cycle. The pivotal movement of the entrance gate mirrors this succession. The lighting concept was through simplicity and minimalism to highlight the architectural features as well as the concept. Night and day, light and shadow, visible and invisible, inside and outside were the path the lighting design concept, followed.
Project Duration: The project lasted 4 months from concept to execution.
Operation Flow: The flexibility of the track system both on the shelves as well as between the ceiling wooden beams gives a lot of freedom to the operators of the shop to change the positions of the merchandise and often have a new look. Similar adaptability has the entrance door / display with the magnetic custom and patent pending spherical lights that can be moved freely on it.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Eleftheria Deko & Associates, 2019
Team Members: Architectural Study: Kois Associated Architects
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer George Sfakianakis, Benaki Museum Pavilion, 2019
Image #2: Photographer George Sfakianakis, Benaki Museum Pavilion, 2019
Image #3: Photographer George Sfakianakis, Benaki Museum Pavilion, 2019
Image #4: Photographer George Sfakianakis, Benaki Museum Pavilion, 2019
Image #5: Photographer George Sfakianakis, Benaki Museum Pavilion, 2019