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LIGHT for LEARNING

High-quality lighting for Gymnasium Grünwald - Not only from outside but from inside the gymnasium of the community Grünwald in Bavaria shows quality

The first German school where all class rooms are provided with biodynamic lighting.

areas for education, the cafeteria building, triple sports hall, the caretaker's apartments and associated leisure facilities, such as the schoolyard

The gymnasium Grünwald in Upper Bavaria consists of 34 general classrooms, 10 music, drawing, crafts and sewing areas, as well as a photo lab

There are also 11 classrooms reserved for natural sciences.

As part of a coherent overall concept, the degree of identification of the individual parts of the building is very high.

To realize biodynamic lighting especially designed lighting strip system were used. As a special feature, the system used allows for three different light sources with different colour temperatures. The choice of light colour and dimming of the system can therefore be used to individualize lighting and the settings can be saved in four light scenes. A cool white, bluish light, for instance, is similar to daylight and promotes activity and concentration, especially in the dark winter months or early in the morning. A warm light colour, on the other hand, has a soothing effect. Independently from the light colour, the intensity of the lights can be adjusted to the task at hand through dimming.

Cool lighting mix

The floors, staircases and relaxation areas have a mix of grand dimensional CLEAR surface-mounted luminaires in a special mounted version and efficient TENTEC ZONO downlights with high quality. The inclination of the CLEAR surface-mounted luminaires by 4° additionally provides exciting aspects in the design. The formal reduction and subtle materiality of aluminum and white acrylic predestined the CLEAR family as a starting point for the architectural ceiling design. Especially the combination of flat and accentuated lighting set architectural accents.

For the conference and office spaces lighting designer Hubert Saegmüller of Lichttechnik & Design decided to use the VARIATIC pendant luminaires because of its glare-free parabolic louvre and UGR <19 due to the clear design and high level of visual comfort.

Project data
Architecture: BKS Bauer, Kurz, Stockburger & Partner, Munich
Lightig design: H. Saegmüller, Lichttechnik & Design, Starnberg
Electrical design: IB Knab, Munich
Photo: Eberhard Franke, Munich; www.eberhardfranke.com

Luminaires
Pendant luminaires with biodynamic lighting
TENTEC ZONO Semi-recessed luminaires
CLEAR Surface luminaires
VARIATIC Pendant luminaires