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Wellscapes
HEALTHFUL LIGHTING | AIR | WATER | SOUNDS | ECOSYSTEMS
Integrator Leverages Color Tunable
Landscape Lighting to Accentuate
Natural Features
Focusing on the human experience,
NatLawn's Attilio Petroni uses circadian
tuned lighting to illuminate project's
exterior spaces at night without
triggering a waking response.
By Nick Boever
SITUATED IN Greenwich,
Conn., the client of this
private residence had
originally reached out to
Attilio Petroni and his team
at NatLawn for his reputation
in the landscape lighting
category. Specifically, it was
his ability to enhance the
breadth of outdoor living
spaces through circadian
lighting design that had
drawn the client's attention.
According to Petroni, the
client wanted to ensure that
the fixtures would not evoke
a melanopic response when
one viewed the landscape
lighting in the evening.
This meant programming
multiple different lighting
fixtures with the same Correlated
Color Temperature
(CCT) as well as selectively
placing the uplighting and
moonlighting fixtures for the
correct circadian responses.
" By controlling the landscape
lighting through the
Lutron experience combined
NatLawn used Lutron controls and 150 WAC fixtures
to create the impressive outdoor lighting design.
with different WAC lighting
fixtures with a vibrant high
color rendering index, it allows
me to illuminate objects and
plant material in their true and
natural color, " notes Petroni.
" I designed all the lighting
myself, which was challenging
enough. I had to create
unity and balance between
different lighting scenes that
would enhance the overall
beauty of the landscape while
taking into the account the
architecture of the home. "
Working collaboratively
with the builder, Petroni
stated that the project had
a strict and tight deadline.
He and his team had but
a single week to tackle
installing 150 WAC fixtures
with six transformers across
the residence. Fortunately,
it only took the team four
days to get the work done.
" The number one highlight
Creating a showpiece in the backyard, NatLawn deployed
uplighting and moonlighting to transform the space.
of the project was definitely
uplighting the façade of this
estate, " he adds. " This is the
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showpiece when entering
the property, so I wanted
to create an emotional response
with the installation. "
The pool area is also a
close second, he says. Via
uplighting and moonlighting
the different plant species
found throughout the
property, Petroni transforms
the darkened space into
a diverse showcase of the
flora found throughout.
Natural stone elements,
such as those found in the
border walls, the façade of
the stone pillars adjacent
to the patio, as well as the
stone path leading to the
pool, are also highlighted via
landscape lighting.
" The goal for this lighting
scene was to create a
relaxing outdoor living
environment, " Petroni concludes.
" There was a sense
of harmony between each
individual living space with
the pool as the main focal
point of entertainment. "
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