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Aesthetical Perspectives in Street Lighting a Study of Future Potentials in LED Lighting Aesthetical Perspectives in Street Lighting A Study of Future Potentials in LED Lighting Joakim Forsberg Industrial Design Engineering, masters level 2016 Luleå University of Technology Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences Foreword This thesis would not have been possible without the caring and welcoming treatment of the industrial design department at Pukyong National University in South Korea. A big thank you to Professors Cho Jeung Hyeung and Jin Hyeon Oh for their excellent guidance and to the members of the design lab for their incredible efforts. Thank you to Professor Peter Törlind for supervising the progress and a heartfelt thanks to the department of industrial design engineering at Luleå University of Technology. Finally, a big thanks to all friends and family for showing support and motivating me throughout this process. Thank you for inspiring me LT. Sammanfattning Omkring 19% av all elektricitet som produceras idag runtom i världen åtgår till att belysa vägar och städer. Ljuset som produceras även i ett slösaktigt utförande som skapar störningar i natur såväl som för människor. Nya utvecklingar kring ljusdioder kan bringa bot till dessa problem men teknologin kräver en passande revision av gatubelysningars roller i samhället. Dioderna använder nämligen en bråkdel av energin äldre belysningsmetoder kräver och medför en revolution i fysiska implementeringsmöjligheter medans de även låter sig kontrolleras till en hög grad. Dessa egenskaper gör att de har en oöverträffad anpassningsbarhet. Examensarbetet ser till hur estetik kan användas för att optimalt introducera lamporna i den världomfattande installationen dem. Lampornas unika möjligheter undersöktes och användes till att utveckla ett Koreansk-inspirerat gatulyse och ett interaktivt belysningssystem i två separata designprocesser. Resultatet av utvecklingarna var först, en modulbaserad armatur med en kostnadseffektiv konstruktion. Det andra resultatet var ett interaktivt stadsbelynsingssystem som föreslår ett dämpningsbart system vilket genom en adapterbar dator svarar på fotgängares närvaro. Detta examensarbete (D7014A) är ett projekt inom industriell design på utbildningen Teknisk design vid Luleå Tekniska Universitet och innefattar 30 högskolepoäng. Projektet sträckte sig över 20 veckor under vårterminen 2016. Arbetet utfördes i samarbete med Pukyong National Universitys institution för industriell design i Busan, Sydkorea. Abstract As of today, around 19% of all electricity that is produced around the world goes toward lighting roads and cities. The light is also produced in a wasteful manner, creating disturbances in nature as well as for people. Recent developments in light emitting diodes offers remedy to these problems but the technology needs a proper revision of street lighting’s purposes. Light emitting diodes use a fraction of the energy needed for previous lighting methods. They offer unique implementation opportunities in physical construction as well as being highly controllable which makes them highly adaptable. The thesis looks at how aesthetics can be used to optimally introduce the upcoming worldwide installation of the new technology. Its unique characteristics were looked at and used to create a Korean styled luminaire and an interactive street lighting system in two separate design processes. The results of the developments were firstly, a modular luminaire which combines Korean architectural aesthetics with a cost effective construction. The second result was an interactive urban street lighting system which suggests a dimmable lighting that through an adaptable computer control responds to pedestrians’ presences. This is a master’s thesis (D7014A) is a project in product design at the education of industrial design engineering at Luleå University of Technology and is worth 30 credits. The project spanned 20 weeks during the spring semester of 2016. The project was conducted in collaboration with Pukyong National University’s industrial design department, in Busan, South Korea. Table of contents 1 Introduction 1 Background and problem definition 1 Goal and research questions 2 Limitations 3 Structure 4 2 Theoretical framework 5 Industrial design engineering 6 The role of street lighting and light emitting diodes 6 The different type of street lights 10 Previous works, interactive street lighting 13 Interaction Design 14 Urban Computing & Ambient information 16 Aesthetics 16 Korean architecture 18 Aesthetic interaction 20 Engineering and construction 21 3 Method 27 The design process 27 Design process: Design of a Korean inspired street light 28 Design process: Development of interactive LED systems 36 4 The Korean inspired road light 39 Pre study: users, need finding and problem definition 39 Ideas; the visual style 47 Concept development and preliminary evaluation 51 Final concept; summary, technical details and continued development 57 5 Interactive LED systems 63 Pre study: users, need finding and problem definition 63 Ideation: Brainstorming 70 Concept development 72 A scenario… 74 6 Discussion 77 The international project environment 78 7 Conclusions 80 8 References 81 Figure 1. Map of global light pollution. ......................................................................................................... 1 Figure 2. Mapping of the thesis’ theory ......................................................................................................... 5 Figure 3. Monochrome light from high pressure sodium lighting on a rainy evening. ............................... 8 Figure 4. Assembled street light luminaire. ................................................................................................. 10 Figure 5. Traditional Korean roof styles. ..................................................................................................... 19 Figure 6. A lamp construction consisting of 24 chips mounted on a cooling plate. ................................. 21 Figure 7. ‘A common start to understanding design problems.’ ................................................................ 27 Figure 8. The general design process stages with a set of methods. ............................................................ 28 Figure 9. The design process chosen for developing the Korean inspired road light. ............................... 28 Figure 10. Management and responsibilities within the road light design project. ................................... 29 Figure 11. The design process for the interactive LED system ................................................................... 36 Figure 12. A luminaire being disassembled with bottom-, top- view and open ballast compartment. ...... 40 Figure 13. A diagram showing results from a benchmark.. ........................................................................ 42 Figure 14. Screenshots of a deconstruction video of a 50W street light luminaire ................................... 42 Figure 15. State of the art examples from benchmark. ............................................................................... 43 Figure 16. A summary of the three architectural styles. .............................................................................. 44 Figure 17. Some roof sketches having direct inspiration from Paljak-roofs. .............................................. 47 Figure 18. Sketches exploring layered shapes by modifying the fins of heat sinks. ................................... 48 Figure 19. Choga-inspired luminaires featuring soft and simple bread loaf-like shapes. ........................... 49 Figure 20. Shapes considering the luminaire’s appearance as seen from below. ....................................... 50 Figure 21. The first concept and its symmetric construction. .................................................................... 51 Figure 22. Exploration of mirrored shapes. ................................................................................................. 52 Figure 23. Two early 3D interpretations of the first concept’s sketches varying in number of parts and the way these are held together. ......................................................................................................................... 52 Figure 24. The second concept featuring a shape leaning more towards the Paljak roof. ......................... 55 Figure 25. Top and side view of the second concept explaining its shape as well as showing mounting plate for LED-lamps and the ................................................................................................................................. 55 Figure 26. The luminaire’s reworked execution. ......................................................................................... 57 Figure 27. A luminaire section in top-, back- and side view. ...................................................................... 58 Figure 28. The LED-assembly ...................................................................................................................... 59 Figure 29. The assembly using a central beam to house LED-drivers as well as tying all parts together. .. 60 Figure 30. A quarter section showing the slit placed in the heat sink to feed electricity into the lamp. .. 61 Figure 31. The LED-assembly and its ground plate .................................................................................... 61 Figure 32. The Gwangalli bridge spanning the bay in front of Gwangalli beach. ..................................... 63 Figure 33. Some ideas explored
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