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Waterbury Awards
2003 IIDA Awards from the
Puget Sound Section of the IESNA
Pyramid Arena
Memphis, TN
Lighting Designer(s)
Ross DeAlessi,
Trish Connor
Ross DeAlessi Lighting Design
Project Owner
Shelby County, TN
Photography
Ross DeAlessi
From the IIDA
Award Submission Form:
(Fig 1)
5,000 years after the first pyramid was built, the world's third largest
pyramid was erected in Memphis, Tennessee, clad in 9,200 mercilessly reflective
stainless steel panels.
(Fig 2)
The original lighting, 1000W sports lighters in troughs, fractured the
shape with pencil-like streaks.
(Fig 3)
The new system's four goals: accentuate the Pyramid's shape; found it
to its base; fit the county's tight budget; and form pyramid-shapes shadows
on certain facades. The Pyramid reflects the sky's color day and night,
often seamlessly blending structure and sky. Reinforcing outline and silvery
color, twelve spot optic luminaires with 1000W improved color metal halide
lamps are trained at the apex from corners. This crisply defines edges,
revealing true shape.
(Fig 4)
The twelve spot luminaires are split effectively - six per pole - separated
by 20 feet at corners for optimal coverage, reducing the required pole
diameter and resultant impact. Shadowing above concrete corner ledges
is eliminated by 4100 Kelvin triphosphor asymmetric striplights in continuos
row configurations. This maintains shape and color consistency.
(Fig 5)
Remote 1000W ballasts reduce costs, maintenance and pole diameter. Existing
apex interior lighting was redirected, effectively eliminating light trespass
to nearby Interstate 40 and Hernando Desoto Bridge.
(Fig 6)
The surrounding trough, now outfit with asymmetric fluorescent strips,
better founds The Pyramid to its base, highlighting its unusual finish.
(Fig 7)
Asymmetric 150W ceramic metal halide luminaires efficiently found the
concrete base to earth. New pyramid-shaped, pole mounted 4000 Kelvin ceramic
metal halide cutoff luminaires at entries provide improved distribution,
color and ticket color identification.
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