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Neon Sign and Lighting Design For Barlow Motors Building on 20-28 La Trobe Street

Name: Matias Hon Pong LAOStudent ID: 396076Date: 130325

Represents:The Adventrurous spirit of Barlow’s lifeFluidityMovement and Speed

By incorporating into the building:

TransparencySignage of - the brand (Barlow Motors) the carparkFuturistic and Mechanical

Precedents

Glass Car Silos Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany, photo from http://wallpaperglu.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/volkswagen-glass-car-silos-germany.html

The Tower of Winds, Yokohama, Japan, photo from http://www.seniorbillings.com/drafting/webquest2-architecture/files/Rawls100001465.htm

Building ProgramsCar Service Station

Mechanical Car Parking TowerOffice Space

Car Showroom

The Lighting Design of the building have 3 major features:- Parking Entrance - Parking Tower - Barlow Motors‘ Main Sign

Barlow Motors’ Main Sign

Par

kin

g Entrance and ‘Flowing light’

Par

king

Tower Lighting

The Design of the ‘P’ :

Original PGive Sense of Speed

Define FlowDefine Linear Path

Rough Concrete Surface

Cyan LED

Cyan LED

Smooth, Light in ColourSurface

Detail Section

Sign Elevation

A ribbon of LED runs around both inside and outside the building, mostly visible from the car showroom.Car parking will trigger the flow of the river by starting a negative signal from the car park and night.

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Left

Trigger

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The tower is divided in to several segments vertically. When a car gets up (once en-tered the elevator) entire floor of storage space will be lit in vertical upward motion. Likewise if a car leaves it lights in downward direction. This will trigger the flow of light, as described.

When Cars Arrive

When Cars Leave

The Main Sign is essentially detected from the flowing light system but it is important for the showroom. It is located at the front of the building (facing La Trobe Street) to grab maximum attention from the busy traffic.

Logo DesignThe original logo is inspired by the illustration of a wheel around Australia. Given that the journey from Darwin to Melbourne was remarkable the path is represented on the logo. The logo also represent speed and the dynamic spirit of Mr Barlow.

Original Scheme

Distorted to give ‘Speed’

Represents the Journey

Adding the ‘Wheels’

Simplified

Final Logo

Laminated LED glass panels are employed here. During the day the texts are merely visible and create higher sense of transparency. People are attracted mainly to the cars on display. At night it glows and can be seen from a distance.

Day view

Night view

How it worksLED integrated laminated glass panel is a technology that allows LED placement in-side two glass panels. It creates a futuristic appearance on the building. To enhance the linear shape of the text and the logo, electric tinting glass can be in-corporated into the glass.

Credit: http://www.archiexpo.com/prod/schott-ag/led-intergated-laminated-glass-panelss-63755-628374.html

Credit: http://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/green/smart-window4.htm

Barlow Motors’ Main Sign

Park

ing

En

trance and ‘Flowing light’

Parking Tower Lighting

Represents:The Adventrurous spirit of Barlow’s lifeFluidityMovement and Speed

By incorporating into the building:

TransparencySignage of - the brand (Barlow Motors) the carparkFuturistic and Mechanical