Product sheet VAERO Waveguide Luminaire
Designer:
Hartmut S. Engel
Year:
2006
Hartmut S. Engel
Year:
2006
Soothing light for people and rooms
Light without shadow. Convenience plus efficiency. Clear stylistic idiom and application-oriented lighting effect. Zumtobel’s VAERO waveguide luminaire combines these supposed opposites in a unique way. Its purist design, tried-and-test MPO optic and flexibly adjustable indirect lighting masterfully set the essentials centre-stage. People and their work, the architecture and the room.
VAERO is perfect for office buildings that are meant to stand out. Whether in single-person, team or open-plan offices, this innovative pendant luminaire meets the need for prestigious lighting and satisfies users’ wishes for a productive sense of wellbeing equally well. VAERO can be positioned anywhere, regardless of the way workstations are arranged, and ensures reflection-free light for screen- and desk-based work.
The unusual design of this new waveguide luminaire is a surprising talking point. Minimalist geometrical shapes and an almost completely translucent housing produce an extremely low-profile visual effect and give the impression of a weightless, floating luminaire. VAERO self-confidently reveals its inner life: the lamp technology used is clearly visible and is not concealed. On a 120 cm long unit, the luminaire diffuser is split into four square segments, on a 150 cm unit, it is split into five. There is also another version with a continuous, uniform surface optic.
Visual comfort thanks to well-balanced contrast
VAERO manages the balancing act between energy efficiency and visual comfort in a bravura performance. With a light output ratio of 84%, it ensures ideal lighting conditions and optimum light-dark contrast. A well-balanced contrast ratio is one of the most important quality criteria for achieving a sense of wellbeing in office areas. Soft, low-glare contrasts on screens produce a perceptible boost in concentration levels and productivity as well as harmonious luminance ratios between workstation and environment. The way VAERO distributes light prevents reflections on computer screens. Even information on glossy paper can be taken in quickly. This exemplary glare-control technology, balanced luminance in the room and the visual lightness of the luminaire create a pleasant, constructive working atmosphere.
Giving luminaires wings
VAERO has a lighting chamber made of visually high-quality PMMA and uses proven MPO technology – for uniform illumination that is just perfect for computer workstations. The clinching factor, in photometric terms, is a folding wing on top of the luminaire which allows selective control of the lighting effect in the room. This results in a properly illuminated ceiling with a well-balanced light-to-dark gradient. When the luminaire is installed, this wing is adjusted once only, depending on spatial circumstances, and ensures constant indirect illumination of the ceiling for the best possible working conditions.
“A central reflective backbone supporting delicately dimensioned but rugged elements, creates a “luminous skin” which wraps round the entire luminaire, like the gleaming body of a fish. The photometric interplay between this bionic structure and its light-directing materials produces a surprisingly intense lighting dynamism. A very large direct light component compared with high-quality louvre solutions gives the advantage of an uncluttered, aesthetically pleasing appearance.” Hartmut S. Engel
Light without shadow. Convenience plus efficiency. Clear stylistic idiom and application-oriented lighting effect. Zumtobel’s VAERO waveguide luminaire combines these supposed opposites in a unique way. Its purist design, tried-and-test MPO optic and flexibly adjustable indirect lighting masterfully set the essentials centre-stage. People and their work, the architecture and the room.
VAERO is perfect for office buildings that are meant to stand out. Whether in single-person, team or open-plan offices, this innovative pendant luminaire meets the need for prestigious lighting and satisfies users’ wishes for a productive sense of wellbeing equally well. VAERO can be positioned anywhere, regardless of the way workstations are arranged, and ensures reflection-free light for screen- and desk-based work.
The unusual design of this new waveguide luminaire is a surprising talking point. Minimalist geometrical shapes and an almost completely translucent housing produce an extremely low-profile visual effect and give the impression of a weightless, floating luminaire. VAERO self-confidently reveals its inner life: the lamp technology used is clearly visible and is not concealed. On a 120 cm long unit, the luminaire diffuser is split into four square segments, on a 150 cm unit, it is split into five. There is also another version with a continuous, uniform surface optic.
Visual comfort thanks to well-balanced contrast
VAERO manages the balancing act between energy efficiency and visual comfort in a bravura performance. With a light output ratio of 84%, it ensures ideal lighting conditions and optimum light-dark contrast. A well-balanced contrast ratio is one of the most important quality criteria for achieving a sense of wellbeing in office areas. Soft, low-glare contrasts on screens produce a perceptible boost in concentration levels and productivity as well as harmonious luminance ratios between workstation and environment. The way VAERO distributes light prevents reflections on computer screens. Even information on glossy paper can be taken in quickly. This exemplary glare-control technology, balanced luminance in the room and the visual lightness of the luminaire create a pleasant, constructive working atmosphere.
Giving luminaires wings
VAERO has a lighting chamber made of visually high-quality PMMA and uses proven MPO technology – for uniform illumination that is just perfect for computer workstations. The clinching factor, in photometric terms, is a folding wing on top of the luminaire which allows selective control of the lighting effect in the room. This results in a properly illuminated ceiling with a well-balanced light-to-dark gradient. When the luminaire is installed, this wing is adjusted once only, depending on spatial circumstances, and ensures constant indirect illumination of the ceiling for the best possible working conditions.
“A central reflective backbone supporting delicately dimensioned but rugged elements, creates a “luminous skin” which wraps round the entire luminaire, like the gleaming body of a fish. The photometric interplay between this bionic structure and its light-directing materials produces a surprisingly intense lighting dynamism. A very large direct light component compared with high-quality louvre solutions gives the advantage of an uncluttered, aesthetically pleasing appearance.” Hartmut S. Engel
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Manufacturer:
Address:
Schweizer Straße 30
6851 Dornbirn
Austria
Phone +43-(0)5572-390-0
Fax +43-(0)5572-22826
www.zumtobel.com
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Zumtobel Lighting
Schweizer Straße 30
6851 Dornbirn
Austria
Phone +43-(0)5572-390-0
Fax +43-(0)5572-22826
E-mail contact
Family overview
Product overview
