LIGHT POLE "LICONIA"

Valenton is a city located in the suburbs of Paris that has a park surrounding an old castle at its center. The city proceeded redevelopment plans for this block, which up until now has divided the town into two, by creating a welcoming ambience, and at the same time, establishing thoroughfare access. Due to the procedures necessary for land reorganization, the project took many years. As a first step, a master plan was set up to give the general direction. Its aim was to create more charming light environments as promenade, striking a balance between the castle’s classy character and the casual environment in the park. I.C.O.N. won this bet thanks to the close collaboration with HYL, the urban planner.

Whatever color, whatever shape, if you make an array of regularly spaced lamppast in a natural environment, they are owed to stand out as something artificial with a certain intention. Akari-Lisa Ishii considered how to avoid the uniform appearance by using a pole “Could there be a more organic form of street lighting pole, still remaining appropriately manufacturable as an industrial product? “On the occasion of lighting up this park, she designed a new pole with four branches connected one to another in a spiral formation. By rotating each one of them differently at installation phare, you can break out the annoying regularly.

Thus was born “LICONIA” - named from an exotic plant. By applying such a design, the lighting of pathways, the up-lighting of trees and providing brightness around benches etc. can be covered by one pole, thus it enabled to optimize their number.