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Shibaura Konan District Bridge Illuminations, Shinshiba BridgeMinato Ward, Tokyo

Bridges spanning the canals are illuminated to create a vivid and colorful scene

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  • Shinshiba Bridge, on the flow line from JR Tamachi Station to the canal. Illuminated in rainbow on its abutments during the lighting ceremony and events.

  • Weekend arrangement: white color accentuating the color of the bridge girder and blue color on the abutment.

  • Accent lighting, coloring the footings of bridge pedestrian.

  • Daytime view of Shinshiba Bridge.

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Lighting design
Motoko Ishii Lighting Design Inc.

Installation date

May, 2019

Location

With canals running through into the Bay of Tokyo, and a number of bridges spanning them, Shibaura Konan District offers a charming and interesting setting.

Seeing these waterside spaces as a great local resource, Minato Ward is progressing with works to illuminate these bridges and other key monuments, further enhancing their appeal and in turn stimulating tourism and business activities as well as revitalizing the local community. The lightings, tailored to highlight the unique traits of each bridge, accentuate the colors of the girders with white light as the base, and reflect upon the water the combinations with parts such as the back of the girders to truly bring out their character. The color illuminations of the piers and bridge abutments can be adapted and modified to create different displays to mark weekdays, weekends, and public holidays - as well as special seasons or occasions such as cherry blossom season and Christmas - creating a vibrant and colorful nightscape.

Further along from Nagisa Bridge and Nagisa Street, Shinshiba Bridge is the bridge nearest to JR Tamachi Station and its name originates from that of Shinshiba Town, which was the former name of the area it spans across today. A key route within the Tamachi business district, the high-footfall Shinshiba Bridge features at its center an outward facing half-moon shaped deck from where it is possible to gaze over the canal and the boats that come and go along it. Illuminated to signify the flow of movement from the station to the canals, the lighting scheme of Nagisa Bridge also serves to accentuate and complement the visual appeal of the waterside space and the promenade running along the bank, helping to create a pleasant lighting environment.

Specification

  • Bespoke linear luminaires for bridge girders - 24

  • Bespoke color floodlights for illumination of bridge abutments - 24

  • Bespoke luminaires for accent lighting of windows - 12

  • Bespoke luminaires for accent lighting of railings - 24

  • Bespoke luminaires for navigation lighting - 4

  • DMX controller - 1

  • Related project

    Nagisa Bridge