Polesano
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pole sano BY dean skira

polesano— Polesano is the first collaboration in product design between Delta Light and Dean Skira. The goal was to develop a new concept in lighting instruments, designed specifically for urban settings, be that a pedestrian pathway, roadway, park, square, façade or landscape. It needed to provide maximum flexibility for the designer to combine different optical characteristics, whilst keeping the same aesthetic for the entire system, regardless of the area. The result is Polesano, offering modularity and flexibility, and providing personal involvement for the designer to meet specific...

DEAN SKIRA— is the founder of Skira, an award-winning practice based in Pula (Croatia) with projects also in the EU, Middle East, Russia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For the past 30 years, he is building and creating mostly with intangible forms while working with investors, architects and designers to create meaningful lighting experiences.

— The main idea of 'POLESANO' is to create a 'device' which can provide all necessary forms of light in one single aesthetically unique structure, where the pole and the fitting become one body— Dean Skira Urban fabric is a complex set of architectural, historical, cultural, commercial, spatial and functional requirements for inhabitants. Connective tissue in an urban setting is unthinkable nowadays without light that follows vehicles, pedestrians, landscape or vertical surfaces in any given type of area throughout nocturnal communication. The main purpose of urban lighting is to secure...

The Polesano is characterized by a minimalist and pure design, subordinate to its environment. Its modularity and high flexibility allows to meet multi-zone lighting needs in a continuous design language. Thanks to different optics and sizes Polesano enables precise illumination as well as merging lighter and darker zones smoothly, making the combination landscape, social interaction and lighting more effective.

IK In addition to harsh weather conditions, outdoor luminaires can also be subject to collision. Therefore, the enclosure of the fixture needs to protect the electrical equipment, according to a standard classification. The IK label gives us an idea of the possible impact a luminaire can withstand. In case of Polesano, IK08 stands for an impact of 5 Joule. Outdoor luminaires often need to withstand harsh weather conditions, therefor Delta Light® maintains the highest standards, both in material choice as well as in the coating process. Finishing and protection layer Layer thickness process...

Flexibility of multiple luminaires from a single infrastructure— Conventional street lights primarily illuminate horizontal areas. However, this is not sufficient to meet the needs of today’s landscape design and illuminate with impact. The flexibility of the Polesano enables to illuminate vertically and horizontally, as the double axis in the connection box allows a 355° rotation from the luminaire vs. the pole and a 180° rotation from the luminaire itself. In this way, any possible set-up can be achieved.

Luminaire head The luminaire head houses both LED engine and power supply. For maintenance or in case of any sudden defect, the head can be removed from the pole and check-up can be done on ground level. To keep dust, dirt or humidity from entering the luminaire, the head is completely sealed with a silicon rubber gasket. Power supply Street and area lighting can suffer from voltage peaks through direct or indirect lightning charges. The standard power supply used can withstand peaks up to 6 kV. Moreover, it also features AstroDIM functionality based on an internal timer, allowing energy...

— The main idea of 'POLESANO' is to create a 'device' which can provide all necessary forms of light in one single aesthetically unique structure, where the pole and the fitting become one body—

Precise Optics— Polesano comes in 4 optics, enabling precise illumination and staging of buildings, decorative elements, paths and streetways. Other specific lenses with an asymmetrical or ellectrical distribution are in development, but can be asked for on request. CTRL DELTA Polesano can be combined with Delta Light’s unique CTRL DELTA, a user-friendly solution for easy wireless control via mobile devices.

Configurate to your needs— You can shape your Polesano according to the specific needs of your project. The pole comes in 2 standard heights, either 4 or 6 meters high. Both heights can be combined with one, two, three or four luminiares. The luminaires can be any mix of the spot, flood, medium or street optics, or a set of the same optics - depending on the specific illumination requirements of its landscape. Besides the height of the pole and the selection of luminaire optics, you can also opt for either anchored installation or with a base.

ARCHITECT DINO KRIZMANIĆ, LEONID ZUBAN (URBIS) / LIGHTING DESIGN DEAN SKIRA / PHOTOGRAPHY JAN STOJKOVIC

A toolbox for different urban applications— Illuminating the street, the park, objects and façades certainly requires varying optic characteristics, power, beam angle and so on. By definition it requires completely different luminaires and multiple poles. The Polesano is able to combine multiple functions in one pole. It is a modular toolbox combining best lighting optics with elegant design, enabling you to specific tailor your lighting around human and aesthetical needs.

Street Asymmetric—

Combined Options—

Spot + Medium + Flood

Concrete, Steel, Light and Emotions Lighting is dependent on architecture or the space in between, like music is dependent on silence among notes. The tension amid utilitarian and poetic gives light great power and therefore we can truly express ourselves only when designing lighting installations. Then the spirit of place Genius loci brings to us the decisive moment of inspiration to build the atmosphere of the place and its experiential quality. At SKIRA we refer to light as to an intangible but powerful building material. By understanding light as an infinite voyager, we have developed...