Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Lutron Case Study l Commercial Sector

“I wanted the museum to have a system that would provide precise, reliable control of the lighting, plus a system that is easy to install and program. That

was exactly why I insisted on the GRAFIK 6000® from Lutron” Paul Zaferiou, Lighting Designer

Background: The challenge:

The $100 million Guggenheim Museum, To design a lighting control system for the designed by Frank Gehry, opened in 1997 to 23,225 m2 of space to showcase works of international acclaim. Within its curvaceous, art in the best possible light, while, at the free-form sculptural style, the museum offers same time, protecting them from potentially intimate areas for special shows and harmful ultraviolet rays. The system was monumental spaces for very large works and required to handle various lighting sources temporary exhibitions. The colossal structure and loads, and be flexible enough to meet to also houses a network of galleries designed the demands of a wide range of exhibitions, to display the encyclopaedic wealth of without detracting from the spectacular modern art that forms the museum’s internal architecture. permanent collection. Lutron’s GRAFIK 6000® series:

Ideal for multiple area lighting, A mixture of preset programmes A built in astronomic timeclock GRAFIK 6000 can control the lit and custom controls that can be saves energy and money by environment for an entire facility, combined or used separately, to operating the system so lighting can with up to 512 zones. provide a wide range of lighting be programmed throughout the day possibilities. and night to maximum effect.

The solution: The results:

Paul Zaferiou, the project’s lighting designer, The lighting system ensures an unforgettable was familiar with Lutron’s GRAFIK 6000 preset experience for visitors to the museum – lighting control system, which was used in the whatever the gallery, whatever the exhibition. original Guggenheim in New York. “I knew it would deliver precise, reliable control, and The three Lutron GRAFIK 6000 processors that it was easy to install and programme.” provide precise control throughout the whole building. The preset programme offers six Lighting within the building had to be beautiful different lighting scenes plus control of and flexible to complement an environment daylight through a system of motorised where walls curve, snake around and rise to window blinds. Everything can be combined incredible heights. The Lutron GRAFIK 6000 through a central computer, or controlled system met the designer’s request for “the separately from wallstations. ability to add layers of light”. Dimming the lights by just eight per cent The system features close to 2,000 circuits, enables the true colours of the exhibits to be 1,375 power boxes and over 80 dimming maintained, while, at the same time, doubling panels, controlled by three GRAFIK 6000 lamp life to make huge savings in processors, one for each floor. The dimming maintenance and energy costs. panels were built in Lutron’s US factory and shipped to the museum. Installation took just A built-in astronomic timeclock is used to four days. save energy at night and when the museum is not being fully used.

Client The Soloman R. Guggenheim Foundation, Bilbao, Spain Architect Frank O. Gehry & Associates Lighting Designer Paul Zaferiouu, lam partners, Cambridge, MA Photography Lutron Lutron products GRAFIK 6000 system

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