INSEMEX Office Building
Visioluce designers accepted the challenge to design the lighting project for a glass building, the main headquarters of the Insemex National Research Institute.
Galaxy 8
Andromeda 12
The history and functionality of the building
Insemex, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH – DEVELOPMENT FOR MINING SAFETY AND EXPLOSIVE PROTECTION, has a history of over 65 years. The head office is located in Petroșani, Romania.
The establishment of this institute was determined by the need to solve technical security problems in the mining industry in Romania.
The institute conducts research to find technical solutions for the prevention, protection and limitation of explosions (rapid combustion reactions), caused by dangerous substances with inherent explosive properties or by air-flammable substance mixtures.
Environmental protection in mine-affected areas and related activities, technological development in regulated areas, fundamental and applied research, equipment testing and certification, personnel training and attestation, rescue activities and mine closure, as well as the national public interest in risk assessment and prevention. In explosive and toxic atmosphere risk activities, including the use of explosives, is the domain of this institute.
INSEMEX Petroșani is carried out in two premises with 4 pavilions of about 6,000 square meters.
Visioluce designers designed the lighting for the main office. The building, built in 1962, consists of a ground floor and three floors. It was rehabilitated quite recently. Much more modern architecture was adopted, the main facades being predominantly made of glass.
Lighting Design for Insemex Office Building
The aim was to achieve as much uniformity as possible on the surfaces of the window frames and to emphasize the main entrance by lighting the pillars. For the facade, we used Andromeda projectors and Galaxy for pillars. The most suitable photometric distribution for this type of lighting is floodlight or wall washer type. If the projectors are mounted on poles at a distance from the building, then opt for floodlight optics. On the other hand, if the projectors are mounted at the base of the building, asymmetric wall washer optics are the right choice. For this project, I used both options because the side facades were lit by the pillars, and the main facade was from the base of the wall. The brand identity has been preserved, using the characteristic colour light of the company, namely red.