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Stunning space. What is it?
It's the new Auditorium in Rome's recently created Parco della Musica containing three concert halls designed by Renzo Piano. The Auditorium occupies an area of 55,000sqm, with buildings of 500,000sqm, 40,000sqm of piazzas and gardens, 42,000sqm of service areas and parking for about 700 cars.
What's the idea behind the design?
The Renzo Piano Building Workshop wanted to create a uniform, subtle lighting effect. The main aim was to achieve visual uniformity in all of the auditorium's main parts: the foyer, corridors, bar and offices as well as the concert halls themselves.
And what was the solution?
The chosen solution was to create cherry wood panelling on the ceiling, fitted with identical rings to support the components, adapted as required to house the various technical services, including the lighting. iGuzzini designed these rings and adapted them to their diverse functions.
What light sources were used?
One specific type of ring is used to provide the lighting for the shared areas, which uses Par and Hi Par 30 lamps. The choice of light sources, especially Hi Par lamps, for the foyer, bar and corridors, sprang from the need for good colour effects combined with energy saving.
What about other areas?
The concert halls are fitted with iGuzzini Le Perroquet hanging luminaires, facing downward for general room lighting and upward to illuminate and highlight the distinctive shape of the ceiling. The park is lit using Nuvola columns with twin reflector panels.