The eastern waterfront of Lower Manhattan has been revitalised thanks to SHoP Architects's new glass-covered, four-story food and retail mecca. Pier 17, has a 1.5-acre rooftop with restaurants and concert space and a sweeping view of New York and its surrounds. To add a gleam worthy of this new jewel, L'Observatoire International created a lighting design using Lumenpulse luminaires.

L'Observatoire International's design for the facade, roof spaces, and all interior and exterior public spaces, is nothing short of brilliant. Using over one thousand Lumenpulse Lumenfacade luminaires, a unified, dynamic and customizable lighting design was put in place that can be easily customised to follow an annual and daily programme to celebrate lunar cycles, special events and holidays. The Lumenfacade RGBW luminaires were incorporated into the top and bottom of the glass channels of the outer skin of the building, uplighting and downlighting the interior of the three storeys of glass.

The fully programmable ‘jewel box' — which many have been calling Pier 17 due to its lighting — has connected the Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfronts while also creating a beacon of commerce, entertainment and celebration in a once neglected part of New York City.


EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED

628 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 1ft, 10x10

314 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 1ft 30x60

8 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 2ft, 10x10

4 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 2ft, 30x60

424 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 3ft, 10x0

212 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 3ft, 30x60

100 x Lumenfacade Colour-Changing RGBW, 4ft, 30x60

1 x LumeniD


Client: The Howard Hughes Corporation

Lighting Design: L’Observatoire International

Architect: SHoP Architects

Photographer: C. Taylor Crothers