Loro Piana is internationally recognised for its high standards of craftsmanship and quality. For six generations it has been active in the production of fabrics made from rare and precious raw materials. The showroom is the place for previews, where industry professionals (who may be shop owners or buyers) choose new collections and then offer them to their customers. The aim is to make the space versatile and suitable for multiple functions: an operational space exhibition and demonstration space. The desired atmosphere must suggest the soft quality of Loro Piana garments, research into fabrics and colours, precious materials, wool and cashmere. For the lighting of the showroom, a system of lighting fixtures was specially designed and later put into production by iGuzzini "Light Shed", with a battery of low-voltage halogen lamps, adjustable, with symmetrical and asymmetrical optics. The lamps, installed suspended or recessed installed on the wall or ceiling, produce homogeneous and diffused light, without shadows, with controlled illuminance values on both vertical and horizontal planes. horizontal planes. A very important technical parameter in retail is the colour rendering index. The higher it is, the better the visual rendering of colours to
as they appear in daylight.
Client:
Piero Castiglioni
Collaborations:
Misa Poggi Architect
Giovanna Olgiati
Photo Courtesy:
Giovanna Olgiati
Year:
2009
Loro Piana is internationally recognised for its high standards of craftsmanship and quality. For six generations it has been active in the production of fabrics made from rare and precious raw materials. The showroom is the place for previews, where industry professionals (who may be shop owners or buyers) choose new collections and then offer them to their customers. The aim is to make the space versatile and suitable for multiple functions: an operational space exhibition and demonstration space. The desired atmosphere must suggest the soft quality of Loro Piana garments, research into fabrics and colours, precious materials, wool and cashmere. For the lighting of the showroom, a system of lighting fixtures was specially designed and later put into production by iGuzzini "Light Shed", with a battery of low-voltage halogen lamps, adjustable, with symmetrical and asymmetrical optics. The lamps, installed suspended or recessed installed on the wall or ceiling, produce homogeneous and diffused light, without shadows, with controlled illuminance values on both vertical and horizontal planes. horizontal planes. A very important technical parameter in retail is the colour rendering index. The higher it is, the better the visual rendering of colours to
as they appear in daylight.
Client:
Piero Castiglioni
Collaborations:
Misa Poggi Architect
Giovanna Olgiati
Photo Courtesy:
Giovanna Olgiati
Year:
2009
Other Projects
Other Projects
This section brings together a representative selection of lighting design projects in the architectural, museum, urban, cultural, retail, hospitality, and infrastructure sectors, both in Italy and abroad. The gallery documents projects of varying scale, function, and context, all sharing an approach to light as a tool for interpreting space, capable of engaging with architecture, artworks, landscape, and contemporary use.
The projects presented range from museums, foundations, and temporary exhibitions to historic buildings, places of worship, public spaces, and urban complexes, including corporate headquarters, private residences, yachts, and lighting masterplans. In each project, light is designed as a controlled material, calibrated to the characteristics of the location, its functional needs, and the perceptual quality of the experience.
Taken together, the collected works convey a vision of lighting design as an integrated process, in which technical rigor, cultural sensitivity, and attention to context contribute to the construction of spatial identity, orientation, and value. The gallery thus takes the form of a design map, capable of demonstrating how light can take on different roles—discrete or declared—while always maintaining coherence, measure, and design awareness.
This section brings together a representative selection of lighting design projects in the architectural, museum, urban, cultural, retail, hospitality, and infrastructure sectors, both in Italy and abroad. The gallery documents projects of varying scale, function, and context, all sharing an approach to light as a tool for interpreting space, capable of engaging with architecture, artworks, landscape, and contemporary use.
The projects presented range from museums, foundations, and temporary exhibitions to historic buildings, places of worship, public spaces, and urban complexes, including corporate headquarters, private residences, yachts, and lighting masterplans. In each project, light is designed as a controlled material, calibrated to the characteristics of the location, its functional needs, and the perceptual quality of the experience.
Taken together, the collected works convey a vision of lighting design as an integrated process, in which technical rigor, cultural sensitivity, and attention to context contribute to the construction of spatial identity, orientation, and value. The gallery thus takes the form of a design map, capable of demonstrating how light can take on different roles—discrete or declared—while always maintaining coherence, measure, and design awareness.
