Latina | Santa & Cole
Designer
Beth Galí
Year 1998
Architonic id 1021542
Year 1998
Architonic id 1021542
This is an extraordinarily beautiful plastic lighting unit for large urban areas. It has the shape of a Latin sail and is reminiscent of the cranes in the docks of ports. It has a strong visual prominence and a use in accordance with its size.
The sail was one of the first methods used to propel ships over water. The first for which we have a reference dates back to almost 8.000 years ago in the Nile valley. Since then, European, Chinese and Arab sailors have developed all types of sails and adapted them to their particular conditions.
New mechanical systems slowly brought to an end the era of sail which was reduced to more romantic uses. The scene in a modern-day port is dominated by large steel cranes which deposit the cargo containers onto the dock or directly onto the platform wagons.
When the architect Beth Galí was asked to urbanise an old port area of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, one of the images which she had in mind most was the enormous cranes in the unloading docks. Using this reference she designed a large lamp with an appearance reminiscent of that spectacular and mysterious machinery.
The unit, of great plastic beauty, comprises two well-defined parts; a corten steel column and two galvanised steel tubes. One acts as a support for the spotlights and the other as a brace to strengthen the unit. It is a street lamp designed for spacious urban areas, where the lighting is to be emphasised.
This 15m high street lamp is made of three components: a column, a support for spotlights and a brace. The 7m high column is in corten steel and is made in two sections: the squared base and the forked section. The lamp support is a rectangular section heat-galvanised steel tube, a support for five PRX-327 type spotlights without electrical unit (the units are accommodated in the base of the column) for discharge lamps (max. 250 W). The structure's strength-enhancing brace is a heat-galvanised steel round tube. The street lamp is delivered disassembled in four components: the column, the spotlight support, the brace and the spotlights. Assembly instructions are included with the street lamp. The column is fastened using concrete cube, made on site, and anchorage bolts, 24cm below ground level. The foundations should provide a slot for the electrical connection. Anchorage bolts and pattern come with the column.Normal part replacement and maintenance.
Weight: 895 kg.
The sail was one of the first methods used to propel ships over water. The first for which we have a reference dates back to almost 8.000 years ago in the Nile valley. Since then, European, Chinese and Arab sailors have developed all types of sails and adapted them to their particular conditions.
New mechanical systems slowly brought to an end the era of sail which was reduced to more romantic uses. The scene in a modern-day port is dominated by large steel cranes which deposit the cargo containers onto the dock or directly onto the platform wagons.
When the architect Beth Galí was asked to urbanise an old port area of the Dutch city of Rotterdam, one of the images which she had in mind most was the enormous cranes in the unloading docks. Using this reference she designed a large lamp with an appearance reminiscent of that spectacular and mysterious machinery.
The unit, of great plastic beauty, comprises two well-defined parts; a corten steel column and two galvanised steel tubes. One acts as a support for the spotlights and the other as a brace to strengthen the unit. It is a street lamp designed for spacious urban areas, where the lighting is to be emphasised.
This 15m high street lamp is made of three components: a column, a support for spotlights and a brace. The 7m high column is in corten steel and is made in two sections: the squared base and the forked section. The lamp support is a rectangular section heat-galvanised steel tube, a support for five PRX-327 type spotlights without electrical unit (the units are accommodated in the base of the column) for discharge lamps (max. 250 W). The structure's strength-enhancing brace is a heat-galvanised steel round tube. The street lamp is delivered disassembled in four components: the column, the spotlight support, the brace and the spotlights. Assembly instructions are included with the street lamp. The column is fastened using concrete cube, made on site, and anchorage bolts, 24cm below ground level. The foundations should provide a slot for the electrical connection. Anchorage bolts and pattern come with the column.Normal part replacement and maintenance.
Weight: 895 kg.
