Listed buildings - mawa design

Individually manufactured postament outdoor lights in two different sizes and octagonal basic shapes decorate the pillars on the street side and the terrace balustrade on the lakeside.

The initial plan to reproduce the luminaires created during the GDR era was cancelled after mawa got hold of a picture from earlier times that documented a much more plain design.

Since the re-opening, guests are welcomed by modern LED technology, which has been elegantly framed and at the same time has a timeless appearance, thanks to customized product development.

Photo: Stefan Wolf Lucks

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LED lighting also ensures illuminated access to the garden in the evening hours.
Low bollard luminaires of the wannsee series concentrate the light onto the footpath thanks to their near-ground light emitting surface.

The visionaries, planners and participants in this project have succeeded brilliantly in building a bridge between the centuries, so that the magnificent building, rich in tradition, has been shining in new splendour since 2019. It provides its visitors with the perfect setting for lasting memories.

This was the case for the downlights in the coffered roof construction of the fully glazed exhibition hall on the ground floor.
The space welcomes visitors, presents a thematically varying prelude exhibition, then leads visitors down to the lower level, housing collection spaces and functional areas.

All original illuminants from the building were replaced with a combination of LED modules, reflectors, and diffusors.
The planners placed great importance on high color reproduction and narrowly selected color consistency. This allows the lighting throughout the building to work in harmony and support the appearance of the art as authentically as possible.

Only the color temperature is deliberately differentiated. While the exhibition spaces shine in a neutral 3000 K, the adjacent spaces are illuminated in a warm white 2700 K.

Due to the great depth of production ability at mawa, even complex elements were able to be reproduced, such as the kick reflectors of the wall washers in the lower level.

For each and every challenge, an appropriate solution was found within a very short time. All project specific developments were tested in our in-house lighting lab, and made available to the planners and clients as sample modules.

Today, lighting is able to be precisely controlled with building automation, and the high efficiency of modern technology saves energy. Thus, this prestigious, timeless-appearing monument has been transformed into a future-oriented, cultural icon.

Since 1956, Austria’s leading specialty clinic has been located in the 13th district of Vienna on the site of a former orphanage with its associated church building.

During renovation of the church, the lighting system was updated. The lighting concept from Friedemann Vest, produced for this purpose, particularly focused on the curved structure of the altar steps and row seating. For this reason, all three lighting profiles possess different lengths and radii.

The gold-like finish of the housing reflects the ornamentation of the otherwise unpretentious church interior and wonderfully correlates with the ceiling fresco above the altar.

Light, Light, Light

When laying out the workspaces, the planners always desired proximity to daylight.

This is impressively evident in the central reading hall. Here, the imposing daylight ceiling as well as the potsdam table lights ensure ideal working conditions.

Modern Interpretation

On the top floor, workspaces are also grouped around the daylight-flooded central structure, and spatially defined to the rear by a built-in shelving system along the wall.

Linear lights follow the rhythm of the acoustic ceiling above. In comparison with traditional fluorescent lamps, their diffuse light-emitting characteristics are concentrated exclusively on the lower half of the room and provide especially efficient ambient lighting

In Rows

Linear lights in rows illuminate cloak rooms in the basement.

Grouped

In the entrance hall, the planners chose to highlight the design of the coffered ceiling and combine ten single linear lights with a rectangular support structure. The challenge here was to make the construction hinged in order to access air conditioning and loudspeaker components positioned underneath.

Or Reduced

In the stairwell, the design principle is repeated in a reduced size with three shortened linear lights.

Photo: mawa design, Fertigung von Aufbau-, Decken- und Tischleuchte für Bibliothek Alte Aktienspinnerei Chemnitz Foto: mawa design

Photo: Till Schuster

Photo: mawa design, Fertigung von Aufbau-, Decken- und Tischleuchte für Bibliothek Alte Aktienspinnerei Chemnitz Foto: mawa design

Photo: Library, Alte Aktienspinnerei Chemnitz, featuring floor, ceiling, and table lamps. Photo: Till Schuster

Photo: mawa design Bibliothek Alte Aktienspinnerei Chemnitz mit Aufbau-, Decken- und Tischleuchte Foto: Till Schuster

Today, this successful symbiosis between a historical structure and modern use unites all six of the previously spread-out library locations under one roof.

Surprising in every respect

Upon entering the catholic church building, an enormous spatial volume unfolds, one that could hardly be imagined from its inconspicuously embedded placement in the narrow street. Further, the visitor is immediately captivated by the decoratively painted interior. Seemingly hard to beat in radiance and colour intensity, it is reminiscent of Byzantine picture churches.

Strength and uniformity combined

In the central nave, the requirement as much as possible, was to brightly illuminate the barrel vaulting situated high above the column capitals, while at the same time, homogenously lighting the seating rows below without glare.

To that end, four slim lighting elements from the fbl series were integrated into the underside of the inclined front edge of the uplight.

There was a similar requirement profile for the side aisles. The illumination of the cross vaults was to be combined with the accentuation of the framed portraits on the outer pillars. This was accomplished through the integration of a movable light head from the wittenberg 4.0 series. Tilted out from the lighting level, and equipped with the appropriate interchangeable lens, these spotlights bring each of the images to life.

mawa not only meets the design requirements, but fulfills highly technical demands such as freedom from flickering as well. In-house production enables short distances and spontaneous negotiation. Thus for this project, it was possible in short order, to produce an empty housing to help the client better visualize the proposal in the course of a 1:1 dimensional study.

With more than 3000 track-mounted spotlights from the seventies series, mawa individually staged numerous showcases and exhibits, such as those of the Polynesian gods.

The combination of modern LED technology, the large variety of accessories, and ease of portability offers an economical, highly flexible, and timeless lighting solution – especially for temporary exhibition programs such as the ivory exhibit „Terrible Beauty.“ Until the end of November 2021, it illuminated the polarising theme between aesthetic and barbarism in a polyphonic and multi-dimensional way.

As a result of the high performance capability of the museum spotlights, even the highest rooms are able to be efficiently and effectively illuminated. This can be experienced first hand in the more than ten meter high space of the „Have a Seat!“ exhibit, among others. The exhibit invites the youngest visitors to the Humboldt Forum to playfully experience and think about the theme of sitting in the context of society and culture.

When he designed the substation, Schwechten especially accentuated the technical function of the building. The original room divisions with the high transformer hall on the ground floor and the low rooms for transformers and batteries located above are still readable in the facade today.

Since the renovation by Petra and Paul Kahlfeldt in 2014, our grunewald facade lights emphasize the rhythmic pattern of the distinctive curved arches on the ground floor.

 The lights, with their curved lattice structure, take up the design of the doors, while at the same time, lighting the adjacent walkway – with energy saving LED’s reflecting the spirit of the client.

glaskugelleuchte Glass globes with modern LED-technology illuminate the nave and the high chancel of the romanesque collegiate church from the 12th century.

These lights, customized with extra long cables and a lowering mechanism, are able to fullfill the challenges of their particular spatial conditions.

The light head of the wittenberg 4.0 series finds itself, once again, in a different form. In a four-lamp arrangement, it illuminates the altar, organ and paschal candelabra. In this case, a cantilever arm for the specially constructed housing is vertically attached to the flanking pillars. Integrated into the torch-like wall lights, they emphasize the vaults of the cloister. In the form of movable floor lamps, features in the refectories are emphasized.

The slim lighting element of the product series, consisting of a linear LED board and single optic heads, were also used in wall-mounted downlights in the cloister.

An additional floor model is found in the crypt and sacristy. It is based on the rectangular light head from the fbl lighting series. Positioned as needed, in a single or double arrangement, and supplemented with an asymmetrical anti-glare shield.

This model was not part of this series until now and represents a perfect example of broadening the catalogue program in response to project-specific developments.

Additionally, a rotary potentiometer was integrated into the light to facilitate individual dimming.

The lighting, accessible for maintenance and upkeep, was designed, constructed, produced, and mounted, by mawa. The special feature: HIT and LV mixed technology operation with dimmable DALI control and integrated emergency lamp units

Offices, conference rooms, banquet halls, and ballrooms, in addition to the so-called Diplomats Hall on the upper floor, are housed in the interior of the building.

The building, located on Schlossplatz 1 in Berlin-Mitte was also used for awards and recognition ceremonies as well as diplomatic receptions.

A facade of sandstone and red granite decorates the structural steel skeleton. Integrated onto the facade are damaged, repaired, and newly rebuilt parts of the entry portal from the demolished Berlin City Palace, including the balcony from which Liebknecht gave his famous speech on Nov. 9, 1918, declaring a free socialist republic.