The Brooklyn Academy of Music's new facility was planned and designed to meet LEED Gold certification and is meant to be a model for a 21st century arts center. The Fisher center is located just around the corner from the existing BAM Peter Jay Sharp location at 321 Ashland Place.

BAM Fisher offers subsidized rehearsal and performance spaces, affordable ticket prices and includes an expanded roster of educational and family-centered programs and lectures.

These photographs were taken and submitted to B-K Lighting by Nathalie Faubert of lighting design firm Cline Bettridger Bernsteing Lighting Design. Ms. Faubert was awarded a $100 gift card for doing so (one may submit photos here).

The CO2 fixtures splash light up along this arcade and classic Brooklyn brick construction. Imagine the different effect had this building's exterior buttresses been illuminated over the interior arches. When light is seen emminating from within it makes an inviting statement beckoning the community to discover the benefits of center. Compare the differences in the lighting plans between the BAM Fisher and and the neighboring building in the far left background.

The CO2 (c1915-45) in-grades contain dual custom faceplates. They are sourced with ES20 metal halide lamps. The fixtures were designed with the door in mind; the tolerances are close as it swings out and partially over the fixtures' faceplate.

We were curious about this issue and the reasoning behind the two faceplates stacked atop each other. We asked Nathalie to comment on the project. In her own words:

We went to larger faceplate because the diameter of the concrete opening was larger than the diameter of the standard fixture. We were dealing with an existing structure with many limitations. The fixture details with the larger faceplate were coordinated between CBB, BK, ELS (Richard Agriss) and H3 the architect (it took a few conference calls to sort it out).

This photograph demonstrates how precisely planned lighting can make a rather plain window suddenly become more than the sum of its parts. The Romanesque details are brought to life with light and a boring concrete slab is suddenly interesting and well balanced beneath the beautifully curved arch.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Project: BAM Fisher

Product used: c1915-45

Lighting Designer: Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

Architect: H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture

Contractor: EW Howell

Sales rep: Enterprise Lighting Sales

Phot credit: © Nathalie Faubert

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