Slide 1: T rac i s name , Partne r, L uc e Gro up At this po - PDF document

� Slide 1: T rac i’ s name , Partne r, L uc e Gro up At this po int, yo u’ ve he ard ho w skill, kno wle dg e and stamina are e sse ntial to re c re ate the pe rso na o f a pre side nt that e ve ryo ne fe e ls the y “kno w”. E rin has g ive n yo u an o ve rvie w and g o als fo r the pro je c t. David has disc usse d the c halle ng e s and the triumphs fro m the pre se rvatio n e nd. And Stan has to ld us abo ut so me o f the trials and tribulatio ns o f using te c hno lo g y in an histo ric building . As the 4 th me mbe r o f this c re ative te am, the lig hting de sig ne r, I to o , have info rmatio n to g ive yo u. � Slide 2: be fo re and afte r sho t o f c o ttag e with lig hting ? L ig hting de sig n c an have a g re at impac t o n the visito r’ s e xpe rie nc e . I t c an e ithe r suppo rt o r diminish the suc c e ss o f an e xhibit. On the po sitive side , lig hting c an e nhanc e the mo o d o r fe e ling o f a spac e , c an he lp fo c us atte ntio n to ward a spe c ific o bje c t o r are a, affe c t the hue s and saturatio n o f c o lo r and muc h mo re . AASLH Presentation, 9/10/2008 1

On the ne g ative side , c o lo r, inte nsity, o r type s o f fixture s, fo r e xample , c an intrude and de trac t fro m the fe e ling o f an e xhibit o r spac e . � Slide 3: list o f lig hting c o nside ratio ns Whe n lo o king at any pro je c t, what fac to rs do yo u take into ac c o unt whe n c o nside ring lig hting ? T he main que stio ns must be : what am I trying to ac c o mplish and ho w c an I ac hie ve it? He re is a list o f so me o f the issue s I addre ss e ve ry time I start a pro je c t. • quality o f lig ht/ c o lo r te mpe rature Am I lo o king fo r so me thing warm and inviting o r c o o le r and c le an? • type and plac e me nt o f fixture s o re c e sse d o trac k o histo ric (site spe c ific ) o fluo re sc e nt What type is appro priate and whe re do I hang the m? • lig ht le ve ls Are the re o bje c ts in the e xhibit that are lig ht se nsitive ? I s the re e no ug h lig ht fo r patro ns to walk safe ly thro ug h the g alle rie s? AASLH Presentation, 9/10/2008 2

• c o ntro l syste m Ho w and whe re do the lig hts turn o n and o ff? • available po we r I s the re e no ug h e le c tric ity in the building do what the de sig n re quire s? So le t’ s talk abo ut L inc o ln Co ttag e . Spe c ific ally fo r this pro je c t what we re we trying to ac c o mplish? T he mo st impo rtant aspe c ts o f the lig hting de sig n c ame do wn to histo ric al ac c urac y and the atric al sto ryte lling while still c o mplying with mo de rn safe ty standards. Ho w did we ac hie ve this? Re g arding histo ric al ac c urac y, I turne d to E rin and David fo r g uidanc e . So me o f the ir c o nc e rns inc lude d plac e me nt and type o f lig hting fixture s, atmo sphe re o f the ro o ms, and pre se rvatio n o f the o rig inal struc ture o f the Co ttag e . With this in mind, we plac e d lamps ac c o rding to the g as lig hting re se arc h yo u he ard abo ut fro m David and de sig ne d fixture s that lo o ke d histo ric ally appro priate but c o uld g ive us hig h e no ug h lig ht le ve ls that wo uld c o mply with mo de rn safe ty standards. � Slide 4: c usto m fixture drawing AASLH Presentation, 9/10/2008 3

We de sig ne d a c usto m fixture with two bulbs, o ne bulb to re plic ate the so urc e o f the g as lig ht, the se c o nd bulb to add ambie nt lig hting to the ro o m. � Slide 5: finishe d library sho t T he g re at thing abo ut this fixture is that it addre sse d all o f o ur c o nc e rns. I t lo o ke d appro priate ; it g ave us e no ug h lig ht fo r safe ty; and it pro vide d the rig ht quality o f lig ht….warm and inviting , similar to the g as lig hting whic h wo uld have e xiste d whe n the L inc o ln’ s invite d yo u into the ir ho me . I n additio n to the se fixture s we also adde d a fe w re c e sse d fixture s to e nhanc e the sto ryte lling aspe c t o f the pro g ram. � Slide 6: Sitting ro o m pho to Re g arding the atric al sto ryte lling ….he re I dre w upo n my the atre bac kg ro und and training . F o llo wing E rin’ s c o nc e pt o f the inte rpre tive pro g ram, we kne w that the lig hting and A/ V c o uld no t be static . T he so lutio n was a c o ntro l syste m that wo uld allo w fo r the atric al c uing and manag e bo th the A/ V and lig hting syste ms. As yo u he ard fro m Stan, this syste m is de sig ne d to supply the do c e nt with a hand he ld re mo te whic h g ive s the m the po we r to c o ntro l the te c hno lo g y. AASLH Presentation, 9/10/2008 4

With the push o f a butto n the lig hting c hang e s and the ro o m the to ur g ro up has e nte re d c o me s to life . With ano the r push, the lig hting fo c use s o n a spe c ific ite m to e nhanc e the sto ry that the do c e nt is te lling . I n additio n to e xe c uting c ue s, this syste m g ive s the do c e nt the fle xibility to inte rac t with visito rs and tailo r the to ur to e ac h g ro up with the ability to pause , answe r que stio ns and mo ve fo rward at the ir o wn pac e . With all o f this said, the g o al fo r the lig hting at the Co ttag e is to e nhanc e the visito r e xpe rie nc e by subtly g uiding the m thro ug h the to ur, dire c ting the ir fo c us to spe c ific ite ms that e nhanc e the sto ryte lling and g iving the m the fe e ling o f what it mig ht have be e n like whe n L inc o ln walke d the halls o f this plac e he c alle d ho me fo r many mo nths. � Slide 7: last slide -- slide o f ho use T hank yo u fo r yo ur atte ntio n. T his e nds the fo rmal part o f o ur pre se ntatio n. L e t’ s start the Q&A to be sure that yo u le ave the ro o m with all the info rmatio n yo u ne e d. Moder ator ’s pr er ogative: Que stio n to E rin: I f yo u had no limit o n time and mo ne y, what wo uld yo u c hang e abo ut the de c isio n made and the pro c e ss? AASLH Presentation, 9/10/2008 5