During The European Landscape Meeting (AEP) to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (from October 26th to 28th 2009), the Park of the Orangery appeared under a new light thanks to a night development of 10 remarkable sites. This setting in light was born from a strong partnership between the lighting designer Jean-Yves SOËTINCK (L'Acte Lumière), company CITEOS and PHILIPS Lighting.

The authorities of the town of Strasbourg benefitted from this opportunity to launch a "public dialog" during Ten nights, relating to the setting in perennial light of this park.
The Tens Solutions of Philips Lighting: 260 luminaries, mainly of the dynamic solutions of lighting LED (RGB) - little énergivores, perfectly integrated in the environment and respectful of fauna and the flora - on sites like the Island with the Swans, the alley of the Plane trees, the House of the Orangery, the Hedge, the adventure playground of the children...






The installation of these 260 lighting equipments required 7 km of cables, 8 days of implementation 24:00 /24 with the assistance effective of teams CITEOS and the personnel of the green areas of the town of Strasbourg. The gardens and green areas are too often still remote regions in the cities.

The ten tables proposed for the "public dialog", presented the two solutions of setting in light proposed by the Agency L'Acte Lumière within the framework of the total renovation project of the lighting of the Park (government contract gained in 2008).

A first solution in white light, firstly out of metal Halide, accompanying the evolution by the natural colors during the seasons.
or a coloured Scenario, prolonging the romantic and majesteux character park in the middle of the night. The coloured contrasts, the game with a pallet of nuances in smoothness, makes it possible this to magnify space while limiting the consumption, but by facilitating largely management.






Credit photos: Xavier Boymond