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Commercial Lighting Vehicle Showrooms

Niigata Toyopet Niigata Higashi StoreNiigata City, Niigata Prefecture

A car showroom lighting plan with impressive architectural construction and a perspective-based design concept

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  • The power-conserving class 300 LEDioc LED SPOTLIGHT (SMD type) lights have a brightness equivalent to compact 70W metal halide lamps for a power consumption of roughly 30W, and light the spacious showroom to create a relaxing appearance.

  • The installed class 300 LEDioc LED SPOTLIGHT (SMD type) lights.

  • A view of the exterior during the day. With natural light pouring in from the glass paneling, the sales showroom building gives an impression of openness, and with a design that uses perspective, it creates an effect whereby the length of the building is emphasized to seem longer when approached from the Niigata City direction.

  • The 2nd floor of the showroom, where the high ceiling and all-glass walls provide an impression of openness. class 300 LEDioc LED SPOTLIGHT (SMD type) lights with a color temperature of 4000K attractively showcase the body lines and colors of the display vehicles.

  • A full view of the 2nd floor of the showroom. Top-light housing ceiling recesses and LED spotlights have been arranged in a systematic configuration, providing more effective lighting where required - instead of uniform light - to create a cozy space.

  • A view of the exterior at night. The LED light that escapes from the glass curtain walls creates charming night-time scenery.

  • The area around the pamphlet shelves on the 1st floor of the showroom. LED spotlights have been used for the base lighting to provide light where required as well as contrast in the space.

  • The 1st floor in the sales showroom building. The class 300 LEDioc LED SPOTLIGHT (SMD type) lights have been set to a color temperature of 4000K to create a calm, lounge-like atmosphere.

  • The workshop interior has a uniform color temperature of 5000K, with high-ceiling lightshades that use 115W LEDioc LED EYE LAMP lights as light sources arranged to ensure uniform brightness.

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Installation date

June, 2017

Niigata Toyopet's Niigata Higashi Store reopened after relocating to new premises in June of 2017. The new location is on a site roughly 2430m² in size, and features roughly 1260m² for the building area and roughly 1680m² in total floor space surrounded by all-glass paneling in a space spread over two floors with an overflowing open feeling. In terms of the architectural design, because there is a workshop to the back of the premises and the depth of the showroom is large compared to its frontage, the structure of the showroom building has been provided with a slight distortion instead of using a simple rectangular shape. In other words, the shape is one where the horizontal and vertical surfaces have been cut obliquely and the roof slopes down from the diagonal line, and by making the ends of the walls form slightly acute angles, it aims for an effect that provides an optical illusion to the human sense of near and far. This makes the front of the building look longer than it actually is when approaching from the Niigata City direction, while from the opposite direction, the design calls forth a finely calculated optical illusion so that no perspective effect takes place, and aims to focus on the view of the showroom from the road to display the limited frontage as being more elongated. With respect to the lighting plan, for the brightness settings for the entire showroom, spotlights have been used as the base lighting, creating a relaxing impression in which neither the 1st nor the 2nd floor is too bright. The space has not been lit uniformly, but instead the display vehicles, meeting tables, and shelves have been illuminated with focused lighting from class 300 LEDioc LED SPOTLIGHT (SMD type) lights for clear delineation of lighted areas. Furthermore, LED downlights have been evenly spaced around the floor to create pools of light on the ground, providing accents to the space. When seen from the outside, the shine from the LED downlights on the 2nd floor is eye catching, increasing the building's sense of presence. Meanwhile, the workshop uses lighting fixtures that are a combination of high-ceiling lightshades, holders, and 115W LEDioc LED EYE LAMP lights, ensuring a brightness of 750ℓx, and promoting power savings while also creating a comfortable work environment that brightly lights working hands. In this space with ceiling heights of 4.2m - 6.5m, the use of long-life LED light sources has the merit of contributing to reduced maintenance costs, while the use of compatible color temperatures according to each area - 4000K for the showroom and 5000K for the workshop - has created a high-quality lighting environment with a sense of unity.

Specification

  • LEDioc LED Spotlight (SMD type) class 300 - 61

  • LEDioc LED EYE LAMP SP 115W - 21

  • LED Base Light LDL40 (2 Lamps) - 5

  • LED Base Light LDL40 - 2

  • Water proof/Moisture proof type bracket LED Lamp LDL20 - 1

  • LED Downlight (incl. Universal Downlight) - 120