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Awards
2003 IIDA Awards from the
Puget Sound Section of the IESNA
Puyallup City Library
Puyallup, WA
Lighting Designer(s)
Sidney Genette
Brian Beaudette
Genette Beaudette Architectural
Lighting
Laroy Grant
Lewis Architects
Project Owner
City of Puyallup, WA
Photography:
Sidney Genette
From the IIDA
Award Submission Form:
(Fig 1)
The 39,000 square-foot library is located in a city known for its energetic
support of the fine arts.
(Fig 2)
As visitors approach the 3-story entrance vestibule, they are greeted
by a halo of multicolored blown glass pendants; also seen through the
second-floor's inner-wall of windows.
(Fig 3)
This project demanded a challenging integration of architecture and lighting,
comprising two floors wither very different spatial arrangements: a first
floor with level finished, ceiling and second floor with high sloped ceiling.
The vaulted entry hall with glowing back lit glass lid seen over book
checkout desk.
(Fig. 4 - 6)
Usage flexibility was a key consideration in the lighting design for this
space, with lighting needed to accommodate future repositioning of book
stacks.
Varying light levels
across the space of 10 - 100 footcandles were incorporated to make the
space suitable for many visual tasks.
Pairs of 400W metal
halide uplights wrap columns on the upper floor, providing indirect lighting
off the white ceiling and highlighting the columns' unique detailing.
Wall mounted 400W
metal halide uplights provide additional indirect lighting.
HID ballasts were
located in insulated service rooms to eliminate ballast noise.
(Fig. 7)
The lighting designer designed a custom pendant fixture series, illustrating
the "Origin of the Letter A" in nine alphabet character icons
on 9 "crystal tablets" commissioned by the library, is seen
hanging above the grand lobby staircase.
(Fig. 8)
A twinkling fiber-optic starfield with constellations floats within the
blue cloud ceiling located in the children's area.
(Fig. 9)
individually controlled tabletop fixtures are located throughout the library
contributing to an intimate human scale element to the space.
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