Scope of Work

The lighting design approach was a combination of retail and art gallery. The look and feel of a high-end retail establishment was desired but within the context of the facilities content. This content was more often than not high value antiques and artwork that require a great standard of care. For example, several artists on exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art also appear in their art auctions regularly. Therefore lighting quality for both display as well as conservation was a focus. These two goals are often in competition with each other but achieved through the use of the right fixtures, careful spectral analysis and a sophisticated controls scheme. Furthermore, the lighting within the public spaces needed to be adaptable enough to accommodate the various auction events and an ever-changing arrangement of product displays.

Within the back of house office areas, high efficiency contemporary volumetric lighting was used in conjunction with task specific lighting fixtures. A fully integrated control system was deployed to allow users complete freedom in dimming, setting and recalling scenes for any application and for integrated vacancy sensor usage.