Parks are public places for people to relax and enjoy at night and their safety and the feeling of travelling at night is a very important part. Therefore, a good park lighting design is not only to illuminate the park, but also to create a park environment at night according to the characteristics of the park. There are many park features, including pavilions, flowers, trees, statues, rockeries, lakes etc. The different landscapes have to show their own characteristics and at the same time be coordinated with the overall park style. The lighting effect of the landscape is achieved through the lighting design of lamps and lanterns, there are many different types of lamps and lanterns, their shape, characteristics and role are also different, we need to do the process of park landscape lighting design, according to the effect of landscape lighting to be obtained, to choose the appropriate lamps and lanterns.
How to do landscape lighting design in parks?
1, clear theme and tone of the park.
Do not set lighting fixtures in general, but combine the characteristics of the park garden landscape, through the contrast between the strength of the landscape lighting, hidden contrast and contrast between the real and imaginary, the creation of a clear focus, a clear hierarchy of lighting design scheme, to its most effective in the light to reflect the landscape effect as the principle to arrange lighting fixtures equipment, highlighting the characteristics of the park’s night scene more sense of order and character.
2. The direction and colour temperature of the lighting should be such that the atmosphere of the trees, shrubs and flowers is increased.
Plants will appear in different colours when illuminated by different light colours. White light can more naturally express the natural colour of plants, making them feel clear and crisp and reflecting their hierarchy, while high-pressure sodium lighting is used for yellow plants that need to highlight the feeling of colour, which will have a better effect. Do not just for the pursuit of brightness, uniformly bright.
3, the lighting of the water surface, water features landscape, pay attention to the reflection and other issues.
Park water features have open water, fountains, streams, artificial pools and waterfalls, etc. The water landscape lighting design is mainly by the beautification of the water surface, the reflection of the water surface formed by the lighting of the railings and trees on the shore, the real scene and the reflection in the water set each other off and reflect each other. At the same time do a good job of protection and lighting of personnel in the dangerous areas involved in the water, to avoid the misadventure of personnel caused by loss of footing in the water. At the same time for the waterfront area, should do a good job of adequate protection guardrails and other protective facilities.
4, park lighting should consider the service life and maintenance.
As a public facility, the service life and maintainability of lighting fixtures is very critical to the operating costs of the park, while higher safety also provides security for visitors.
Commonly used luminaires for park landscape lighting
1、Lawn light
The lawn light has a variety of shapes and styles, easy to install and highly decorative, and is not only used for lighting around lawns and green areas in gardens, but also for lighting in landscape squares, pedestrian streets and various car parks in gardens.
2、Road light
Road lights are set on the garden road, used to provide lighting for visitors and vehicles at night. At present, the commonly used road lights are incandescent lamps, high-pressure mercury lamps, high-pressure sodium lamps, low-pressure sodium lamps, induction lamps, metal halide lamps, fluorescent lamps, etc. In the garden road lights and garden lights, landscape lights to form a three-dimensional lighting pattern, so as to enhance the garden road landscape, beautify the garden night scene.
3、Landscape lighting
Garden landscape lighting can be designed and set according to the environment of the garden and the environment and atmosphere, etc. By using lamps and lanterns modelling, light colour and brightness to create a scene, in order to achieve the purpose of improving ornamental, rendering atmosphere. Such as red lanterns, can be in the garden square, important festivals to bring a festive atmosphere. Green landscape modelling lights can add light and colour to waterfalls and ponds. Landscape lights in the garden are mainly used in larger squares, public green spaces and large attractions.
4、Garden lights
Courtyard lights are used more often for ancient and modern buildings, halls and flower houses in the park landscape. Garden lights are also available in a variety of shapes and can be installed and used on lawns and green spaces.
5、Spotlights
The projection effect of spotlights is varied. The light shines on the object that needs to be emphasized, which can achieve the artistic effect of highlighting, unique environment, rich level and highlighting the theme. Spotlights are of various types and have a wide range of uses, and can be used for plant lighting, garden squares and sculptures, etc. They can also be used for small indoor objects.
6、Chinese Lantern
Chinese lanterns are also known as Chinese lanterns. Chinese lantern shape beautiful and generous, generally have more than one light source, soft light, high illumination. It belongs to the high wattage energy saving lamp or high pressure sodium lamp, metal halide lamp. Suitable for garden lighting project and garden road lighting, can also be used for garden square.
7、Buried lights
The material of buried lights is basically stainless steel, strong and durable, impermeable to water and good heat dissipation. Silicone seal ring, waterproof, high temperature resistance, anti-ageing. High-strength toughened glass, strong light transmission, wide light radiation surface, strong gravity. Buried lights are mostly used in lawns, green areas, water features, steps and park roads etc.
Guangdong Wanjin Lighting Co., Ltd.（WANJIN LIGHTING） is located in Jiangmen national high tech Industrial Development Zone, Guangdong Province, the “overseas Chinese capital of China”. It is mainly engaged in the design, R & D, production, sales and technical services of LED landscape lighting and scene art lighting products. Now it has become one of the main manufacturers of LED scene art lighting products in China, and provides in-depth design consultation, special customization and other related technical services for lighting show lighting projects at home and abroad.
Post time: Nov-05-2022
