Illumesh

Illumesh® : media façade with integrated illumination.

ILLumesh is architectural patented LED (digital) facade caldding system designed to transform a facade in to a lively constantly changing skin. ILLumesh is perfect for colour wash and simple text animations. ILLumesh is a 60% transparent  screen,  it is a fantastic choise for solar shading application.

Following photos were taken from a project we completed in France - Atelier Relais in Torcé

  

Like Mediamesh ILLumehs is also result of the cooperation between GKD and ag4, also uses LED profiles to create nighttime illuminations on media façades. Illumesh® works with a system integrated illumination of the mesh. The backbone is also created on GKD looms: special fixtures are woven into the mesh panel horizontally at intervals of 50 to 400 cm and accommodate round profiles - the same profiles as used in Mediamesh®. With Illumesh®, however, the opening in the profiles is directed inwards towards the mesh. The angle at which the mesh is illuminated determines the size of the illuminated area. A chain of insulated cables is woven into the edges of the mesh. After installation on the building, this system supplies power and data to individual groups of 16 LED profiles. As with Mediamesh®, the corresponding control units are installed in the ceilings of the building and are connected to a central server.

Illumesh® is especially suitable for large-scale, nighttime illumination of façades. This creative illumination is achieved through intelligent implementation at a relatively low expenditure, with the high-performance LEDs lighting up the complete surface of the stainless steel wire mesh structure. From a distance, the media technology in the profiles mounted in front of the mesh blends with the structure of the mesh - what you see is the illumination, not the technology.

 

The quality of the illumination depends on the relationship of the horizontal and vertical pixel intervals. The recommended ratio is a vertical interval for the LED profiles of 50 to 400 cm and a horizontal pixel interval of more than 4 cm. Depending on the interval between the profiles, Illumesh® offers a wide spectrum of visual design potential, ranging from changing color effects to complex animation and limited graphic performance. To optically enhance a building at relatively low cost, an individually programmed lighting concept can address each individual pixel in every color and thus create a color depth of up to 16 million colors which are well reflected by the wire mesh.

Compared to conventional lighting systems, the arguments for Illumesh® are its higher image resolution and its maintenance-free operation. In addition, the robust, weather and temperature resistant properties of the projection system guarantee excellent functionality, making Illumesh® the perfect choice for a permanent, transparent media surface for nighttime illumination which can be operated via the Internet.

Illumesh® façades have plenty of magic of their own. The projection of the monochrome LED light structure on the round stainless steel wires creates a three-dimensional optical effect. A change of the viewing angle adds extra dynamics to this effect as the light rays seem to move with the spectator, apparently changing their direction from vertical to diagonal.