Bjarke Ingels Group has teamed up with the Italian lighting brand Artemide to create a color-changing lamp that will help plants grow.
A pill-shaped blown glass lamp called Gople uses Artemide's patented RWB lighting system designed in 2010 to help plants do photosynthesis. Blue light with a wavelength of 425 to 450 nanometres is used to stimulate the vegetative section of the plant, while red light with a wavelength of 575 to 625 nanometres promotes flowering.
BIG has identified the need for a versatile lamp that can support plant growth, but also provide environmental and functional white lighting when needed.
“Not only the confluence of different knowledge and approaches, but also a very open and collaborative exchange allowed us to achieve the desired result,” said architect, Artemide designer and vice-president, Carlotta de Bevilacqua.
‘A BIG was able to combine innovative technology with the design of the blower glass. The result was so interesting that it was natural to present it as an Artemide collection.”
The lamps were handmade using an old Venetian glass blowing technique that gradually turns white glass into crystal glass. Gople has a white crystal, transparent silver and transparent bronze coating.
