Lighting Design dot NYC

2015 Award of Excellence

Lighting Designer: Kugler Ning Lighting Design: Jerry Kugler, Amber Moriarty, Erin Gussert

Architects: Iu + Bibliowicz Architects: Carolyn Iu, Natan Bibliowicz

Owners: The City of New York and operated by the nonprofit Carnegie Hall Corporation

In preparation for its 125th Anniversary Season, Carnegie Hall partnered with the City of New York to illuminate the landmark façade, and engaged Kugler Ning to design the architectural lighting. Extensive study of the building’s decorative detail was necessary to ensure all penetrations were placed in reparable locations, minimizing any adverse impact on the historic fabric, as required by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. Onsite mock-ups were conducted to determine LED distribution, mounting details, lighting throw, color quality, and lighting control zones. Energy efficient 2700K white LEDs were ultimately selected, and preset dimming controls were used to balance the lighting levels.

Photography: Esto: Jeff Goldberg; Kugler Ning Lighting Design

2015 Award of Excellence

Lighting Designer: Kugler Ning Lighting Design: Jerry Kugler, Jackson Ning, Sunhee Lim, Jung Eun RA

Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects: Rafael Pelli, FAIA & Craig Copeland, AIA & Spector Group: Scott Spector, AIA & Scott Hayden, RA

Owner: Brookfield Properties

The pavilion is a grand new entrance through which 35,000 commuters and visitors travel daily into Brookfield Place (formerly known as the World Financial Center). The sweeping form of a pair of 53-foot-tall structural columns is illuminated with a series of metal halide in-ground fixtures. Shadows of the columns are cast onto the ceiling, creating the illusion of even greater volume and movement. Downlights, recessed at the perimeter of the ceiling, provide additional illumination when daylight is insufficient. Fixtures were selected with lens assemblies that minimize lamp heat transfer. Internal custom louvers were developed that optimize light output while controlling glare. Consisting of only energy-efficient CMH lamps, total lighting load is 58% below ASHRAE. At night, the pavilion becomes a glowing beacon.

Photography: Esto: Jeff Goldberg; PelliClarke Pelli Architects: Craig Hoeksema

2015 Award of Merit

Lighting Designer: Kugler Ning Lighting Design: Jerry Kugler, Jackson Ning, Sunhee Lim, Jung Eun Ra

Architect: Peter Gisolfi Associates: Joseph Keating & Michael Tribe

Owner: Private NYC Social Club

The lighting goals for restoring the McKim,

Mead & White-designed library, circa 1899, were to highlight H. Siddons Mowbray’s murals and ceiling decorations, preserve a low level of illumination faithful to the era and provide pools of light for the reading areas. The murals are illuminated by 95CRI, 7.5W, 10-degree MR16 LED retrofit lamps concealed within custom wall sconces and book display lights, using details from the period and existing fixtures. Linear LEDs with internal louvers replaced 1970s-era fluorescent tubes within existing stack lights. Layers of light are controlled with lighting presets to enhance visual hierarchy and balance with daylight. Magnetic transformers allow for compatibility with advancing dimmable LED lamps.

Photography: Everett Short, William Philbin, Terry Nelson, Kugler Ning Lighting Design

2015 Award of Merit

Lighting Designer: Kugler Ning Lighting Design: Jerry Kugler, Jackson Ning, John Newman, Burr Rutledge, Ryoko Nakamura

Architect: Peter Gisolfi Associates: Joseph Keating & Michael Tribe

Owner: Yale University

The challenge was to restore the dark and

dreary Collegiate-Gothic nave to its original 1930s splendor, while making the old and new indistinguishable. New 2700K retrofit LED PAR38 and MR16 lamps, concealed within balconies, restored wrought iron chandeliers, and new picture lights illuminate the details of the elaborate ceilings. Retrofit LED A-lamps and diffusion film were added to restored sconces to soften their brightness and reveal the natural variation of the mica shades. Hand-fabricated chandeliers, using original materials and methods, were added to the north aisle. Pendants and card-catalog fixtures at the south aisle were refurbished and relamped with LEDs to balance daylight from restored skylights. The connected lighting load is 64% below ASHRAE.

Photography: Brian Rose, Jackson Ning, Kugler Ning Lighting Design

Kugler Ning Lighting: Jerry Kugler, Burr Rutledge, Junrui Wang, and Jackson Ning

The dining room for this private club was designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1899. Characteristically dark for more than 100 years, the wood-walled space relied solely on chandeliers, sconces, and table lamps. A 1990s intervention added theatrical lighting and an architectural layer – cylindrical halogen uplights behind the original sconces – but the overall gloominess remained.The 2017 renovation introduced a multilayered design. New, concealed lighting highlights important features and reveals the restored ceiling. Mockups helped determine aiming angles, optical distributions, and color-matching for many layers of 2700K LEDs. Historical fixtures were all cleaned and restored, and uplight cans were removed from the sconces, returning them to their original elegant proportions. No longer necessary for ambient illumination, the chandeliers, sconces, and table lamps are shrouded. Opaque shades control brightnesses and allow improved visibility of the room’s details.From the musicians’ gallery, well-shielded, narrow-beam trackheads highlight displays and podium positions. Custom rigging concealed within the gallery pivots into the space for theatrical needs. The lighting control system provides presets for day and night, and flexibility for special events. Exempted from energy codes due to landmark status, the warm and welcoming design nevertheless achieves 48% below ASHRAE 90.1-2013.