Metalarte newsletter

Metalarte is evolving. We have entered a new era, with the same dedication to our vision and the application of the experience acquired during more than 80 years of our history as a brand. Looking to the future, but without losing sight of the achievements of the past, and once again celebrating the best of Spanish design. This is just a snapshot of the exciting things to come, a catalogue with a variety of textures and innovations, like the one we are presenting here: Alta Costura flags. It isn’t easy to find a completely new concept in the lighting market today. But, here is one.

Metalarte Flags

Flags are designed to wave in the wind. In interiors spaces there are flags, but no wind. The flags become flaccid and lose much of their representative power. They don’t stand out. Metalarte offers a novel alternative, developed from one of our flagship models: the Alta Costura lamp designed in 1992 by Josep Aregall, a symbolic year for the city of Barcelona, host of all the world’s flags during the Olympics. Around the flagpole of this iconic design, a translucent sheet undulates gracefully, which now serves to support any flag or banner: countries, communities, cities, organizations, corporations, associations, clubs ... they never wrinkle and, what’s more, they provide light. Perfect for the newsroom, for institutional offices, for sports clubs, for the hall of a hotel or just to display with pride.

About Metalarte

Metalarte is a decorative lighting brand within the Luxonia Group, which is defined by a vision that mixes the contemporary with the traditional and the capacity to constantly move forwards and adapt to changing times. Since its foundation in 1932, Metalarte has maintained a catalogue that balances the future and the past, with a clear focus on Spanish design and its creators.

LUXIONA, lighting your ideas

Light is our reason to be. The development and delivery of the best integrated solutions for design, production and sales, adapting to the specific needs of every architectural Project. Through the TROLL, METALARTE and SAGELUX brands, LUXONIA provides a wide range of global solutions for technical, decorative and emergency lighting. Trust, security and flexibility are the foundation of our international success.
With an HQ is Spain, the LUXONIA Group has subsidiaries in Mexico, Peru, China, Poland, France, Italy, Germany and Hong Kong.

b720 Architects and LUXIONA work together to transform the corporate offices of the Abertis Group

§  The renowned architecture studio b720 Architects are renovating the Abertis Group’s new corporate HQ in Madrid

            §  The lighting project created by LUXIONA is modernising and improving the work spaces and other key areas of the building

b720 Arquitectos, led by Fermín Vázquez, have previously been responsible for emblematic urban projects like  the Torre Agbar with Jean Nouvel, the Torres Porta Fira with Toyo Ito and the Ciudad de la Justicia de Barcelona alongside David Chipperfield. The studio’s most recent project is the complete renovation of the new corporate HQ of the Abertis Group, a company that specialises in management of transport infrastructure worldwide. 

The Project consists of the complete renovation of the Edificio Allianz, built in 1979 by the architect Carvajal Ferrer, now listed as a historic building by the Madrid city council.

The project involved the complete substitution of the building’s curtain façade, the renovation of all the building’s installations and re-design of all the interior and exterior spaces, adapting them to contemporary usage in terms of comfort and functionality.

FUNCIONALITY AND DESIGN

Following the criteria of functionality and design, the interior renovation focussed on combining open spaces with independent work areas on every floor, achieving open rooms free of interior walls, illuminated by natural light.

The lighting project created by LUXIONA for the whole building, with eight floors, ground floor and three-story subterranean car park, had a vital role in the architectural vision, while also satisfying standards in terms of heat efficiency, energy consumption and aesthetics.

“The lighting design had the double objective of integrating the different service and work zones created by the original architecture as well as re-condition the work spaces to contemporary standards of comfort”, states Fermín Vazquez. “With this focus, three different types of lighting system were employed: indirect lighting, general lighting and an original system of light fittings for the lower floor and lobby”.

HARMONY AND FUNCTIONALITY THROUGH ILLUMINATION

The building’s lobby is on the ground floor, a space decorated with a combination of white lacquered wood and a marble floor decorated with modern design elements.

The minimalistic Flying Surface lights are perfectly integrated into the aesthetic concept of this key area of the building. These flat, rectangular fittings, which appear to be floating in space, are a poetic concept created by the French architect Jean Nouvel, author alongside b720 Architects, of the design of the Torre Agbar in Barcelona and the enlargement of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.

In the exit areas on each floor, transition areas and services areas Brim LED downlights where installed, designed by artec3 Studio.

In the open areas, the work spaces are illuminated by recessed Strip lighting integrated into false ceilings made of lacquered wood.  Between the light strips, these slatted ceiling panels include air conditioning units, emergency lighting by Sagelux, an alarm system and fire safety and evacuation signage.

"Both the client and the architects wanted a pleasantly lit environment without contrasts, as close to natural light as possible and suitable for working with computer screens," said JuanRamon Perez, LUXIONA’s lighting consultant. "To meet these requirements we used continuous lines that incorporate a diffuser of opal polycarbonate and Flying Surface lamps that have an exterior finish in fabric with the aim of providing a diffuse and uniform illumination across the work areas."

CREDITS

Architecture: b729 Arquitectos
Lighting project: LUXIONA
Installation: COTELUX

ABOUT LUXIONA:

LUXIONA is a lighting group with an HQ in Barcelona and a wide international presence, incorporating the TROLL, METALARTE and SAGELUX brands.  LUXONIA is committed to providing the best integrated solutions for design, production and marketing through its subsidiaries in Mexico, Peru, China, Poland, France, Italy, Germany and Hong Kong.

www.luxiona.com

GA1 The new corporate offices of the Abertis Group are situated the Allianz building, constructed in 1975 by the architect Carvajal Ferrer and renovated in 2014 by b720 Architects.

GA2 The lobby area is characterised by its use of natural light provided by an exterior patio and by the original Flying Surface lights, designed by Jean Nouvel .

GA3 The minimalist Flying Surface lights are perfectly integrated onto the aesthetic concept behind the re-design of the corporate HQ of the Abertis Group. 

GA4 In the meeting room, the Flying Surface light, a flat rectangular fitting that ‘floats’ in space, possess a high luminous homogeneity thanks to their textile finish.  

GA5

GA6 The lighting in the open office area are integrated into a false ceiling made from lacquered wood. 

Dear Customers,

We are pleased to announce that LUXIONA Poland S.A. is the official distributor of the high quality light sources of Vossloh-Schwabe.

Vossloh-Schwabe Germany GmbH that produces components and provides solutions for illumination technology based on the highly advanced Japanese Panasonic system.

Luminaries equipped with line and compact sources of Vossloh-Schwabe are to be found in the Luxiona’s offer.

Please, do not hesitate to familiarize with our offer:

www.luxiona.pl/en

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Brim down light system: symmetry in space

         ·        LUXIONA has incorporated the Brim down light system with LED technology, designed by artec3 Studio, into its catalogue

       ·        Brim allows functional and design customization to easily adapt to commercial, hostelry, or even domestic spaces.

LUXIONA has announced the incorporation of Brim down light LED technology into its wide range of commercial lighting products under the TROLL brand. 

Designed by artec3 Studio, the concept behind the Brim down light system is based on a careful study of proportions, both those of the product as well as the space in which it will be integrated. Depending on the characteristics and needs of the environment, Brim allows a full customization in terms of functionality and design for easy adaptation to all commercial, hostelry or domestic spaces.

The innovative ‘truncated’ rings allow the formation of various down light clusters, combinations of outstanding beauty and harmony that invite creativity, the implementation of customised solutions and the creation of unique designs.

The combination of the principle elements of the system provide the right solution for any architectural space, with diverse possibilities for installation: from full integration into false ceilings with the recessed version, up to the multiple possibilities offered by the combination of different lighting rings and cones.  Furthermore, the chromatic variety offered by all the elements in the system allows the creation of beautiful design proposals.

"The difference with the Brim down light system is its capacity to generate adaptable compositions,” says Maurici Ginés, lighting designerand founder of artec3 Studio. "The range offers a high flexibility for composition, using a precise optical design, excellent lighting performance, high visual comfort and outstanding efficiency, giving designers and lighting technicians the possibility to achieve the perfect solution for a wide range of applications”.  

The Brim down light system is manufactured at LUXONIA’s installations in Spain, guaranteeing excellence and quality control to all product finishes.

ABOUT LUXIONA:

LUXIONA is a lighting group with an HQ in Barcelona and a wide international presence, incorporating the TROLL, METALARTE and SAGELUX brands.  LUXONIA is committed to providing the best integrated solutions for design, production and marketing through its subsidiaries in Mexico, Peru, China, Poland, France, Italy, Germany and Hong Kong.

www.luxiona.com

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LUXIONA lights up the MAPFRE Tower in Mexico

On Thursday November 7th 2013, Mexico City’s financial district will welcome a new symbol of progress and sustainability to its urban landscape. 

Following its strategy of commitment, innovation and leadership, the insurance group MAPFRE inaugurates its new corporate offices in Mexico, with lighting design and implementation from the LUXIONA Group.

The insurance group MAPFRE is participating in the progress of Mexico with the construction of a new contemporary icon in the heart of the capital: a 124-metre smart building incorporating a LEED Certification, which is awarded to sustainable, high-performance buildings.

After investing 66 million dollars and almost 4 years of work, more than 450 employees have begun their move to MAPFRE Mexico’s headquarters, located at Paseo de la Reforma 243, in the heart of the country’s financial district.

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

Designed by Colonnier y Asociados with a clear focus on sustainability, the MAPFRE Tower, at 124 metres and with 28 floors, is one of the tallest buildings in the country. The architecture, engineering, lighting and design details of the new building have been created to follow the concept of agile working, which aims to strengthen the standards and quality of the working environment.

“Among the criteria we focused on—said José Ramón Tomás Forés, CEO of MAPFRE Mexico during the inauguration—was the creation of open, spacious and luminous areas with easy circulation to encourage interaction between the different teams at MAPFRE, providing maximum flexibility for day-to-day operations in the office”.

“We also—he continued— aimed to establish a way of working that is more sustainable through a programme designed to reduce printing and improve waste management through the availability of dedicate d recycling points for organic materials, plastics and paper ".

CUTOMISED LIGHTING

For the general illumination of office areas, LUXIONA has designed an integrated and fully customised lighting system located in a false ceiling. LUXIONA’s lighting system has been designed to comply with the 500 lux standard in all work areas, providing a high degree of comfort and energy efficiency.
LUXIONA’s lighting concept follows values of sustainability and energy efficiency, while providing functionality for all work areas to ensure a high level of visual comfort, relaxation and the creation of warm and comfortable spaces.

In all the meeting rooms, which are equipped with the latest communications technology, the auditorium and the various common spaces dedicated to culture and leisure, the brief was to create the highest level of wellbeing while optimizing energy consumption. To achieve this, the solutions provided have been based mainly on the implementation of LED lighting and smart systems to automatically detect and manage the presence and quality of light.

The building’s emergency lighting was created with the ÓPTIMA range from SAGELUX, a solution that fully integrates the light fittings into the wall space, combining minimalism and aesthetics with emergency signage functionality.

The CEO of MAPFRE Mexico, José Ramón Tomás Forés, noted in his inauguration address that "LUXIONA’s contribution to the lighting of our MAPFRE Tower was essential for the success of the project and we are delighted to have found a partner with the capacity to listen and understand our challenges, and then apply innovation to put the right solutions into practice”.

"We are proud and honoured to have been chosen by the MAPFRE Group to “light up” this marvellous, modern building which is destined to become one of the most iconic in Latin America" said Javier Tey, CEO of the LUXIONA Group.

CREDITS:
Architects: COLONNIER Y ASOCIADOS
Interior Architecture: KMD
Construction: ALDESA
Construction Site Supervisor: IDOM
Lighting Project: LUXIONA

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We are pleased to present our LUXIONA Magazine No.4.

The following edition provides the subject of using the day light and minimizing the power consumption in case of office buildings illumination. The fixed element of our magazine is presentation of the investments that have been completed by our company. The interview with Ms Jolanta Kepler, the architect, describes the background of Aesculap Chifa project in Nowy Tomyśl. The newest trends in designing „clean rooms” will be discussed on the basis of the World Hearing Centre in Kajetany.
New illuminating systems program is worth mentioning as well. RETAIL and LUXIONA Poland products offer.
Additionally, the products section presents the most interesting solutions that enrich LUXIONA’s offer.
We wish you a good reading.
LUXIONA Editorial Staff

With great pleasure we are giving over to you a consecutive volume of LUXIONA Magazine. This edition is dedicated to non-standard projects that we have realized. Places which are presented in this edition required from us creativity, flexibility and quick response to changing
conditions. Very often the result of such projects are new lighting solutions which find their way to be used in other places and become a significant offer for our customers.
We also write about the latest events in which we took part and about new solutions we have been implementing (this time for educational sector).
Enjoy the reading

Editors of the LUXIONA Magazine