Collaboration
City center
St Etienne – France, 2013
The City of Saint-Etienne wanted the lamp standards that illuminate the city’s main square to showcase local materials and skills. The glass used in this case met this objective.
The glass was hand-blown and coloured using formulae from the Middle Ages.
At night, the illuminated lamp standards give rhythm and movement to the space. In daylight, the sun moves across them projecting coloured anamorphic compositions onto the ground.
Technique
Street lighting mats in stainless steel coloured glass.
Thirty stainless-steel lamp standards with hand-blown glass shades.
The blue glass shades were mass-dyed with cobalt, the orange-coloured ones with selenium.
Architect
Obras Architecture
Design and execution
Atelier Barrois
Client
City of Saint-Etienne
