In the cities, bridges is also a symbol of the city’s economic status and level of development, they tend to become a landmark building in the landscape. This type of bridge lighting and naturally became one of the important of the urban landscape. City Landmark bridges of this type of lighting, we found them to be more or less there are some misunderstandings of bridge lighting design.
Myth one : roadway street lights too , affect the function of lighting effects.
To reflected street lighting of continuity, bridge roadway of lighting, usually used and street same height of street lamp rod, due to bridge of important landscape parts usually are in road road above, so this height of lamp rod on on motor vehicle of stepped forward party viewpoint caused must of interference, first regardless of lamp rod and bridge itself of style whether coordination, its height, and density and produced of glare light, on has damage has overall of lighting effect. Even in the case do not turn the light on during the day, close street light poles, can also affect bridge during the daytime landscape.
Myth two : dynamic lighting effects of abuse , causing light pollution.
With the development of LED lighting, dynamic lighting lighting has entered the era of today. Application of lighting of the bridge, will be required to use a lot of dynamic lighting, bridge lighting with a sense of modernity, science and technology is more exciting.
But people tend to ignore an important point: relative to the River below the bridge, bridge the bus come to traffic and pedestrian flow, the bridge itself is an absolutely static landscape. Water under the bridge, no matter how peaceful, also won’t be entirely static, it produces reflection does not move. Walking on the deck of the vehicle, pedestrian is in a hurry but, cleaned out, and his point of view is itself a moving body, when we will bridge the lighting gives the complex and frequently changing dynamic effects, will only make the overall effect of the Pontic is dazzling, chaotic. Therefore, dynamic lighting effects to the bridge, not without, but it does suggest using less, even with dynamic lighting scenarios or long period should be used as far as possible, effect of slow change, make the near feel comfortable, so far the viewer with a sense of looking forward to it.
Myth three: too many colors cause visual fatigue
The emergence of LED lighting, so that people have more options on the color of the light, and lighting in the form of more diverse. Like commercial buildings, bridge lighting has been applied to this new technology, tried to bridge lighting effects even more colorful and richer content. But the bridge is not a commercial space, nor so abundant levels, a variety of commercial building size.
Bridge appearance and structure are usually dominated by simple, crisp, with air, tall and straight as the main style, on the basis of such a structural body, imposed on their business climate is no doubt superfluous.
A good work of art, often using only a small amount of color elements, many great photographs even in black and white. For bridges, lighting design, we have to create a masterpiece work of art should be treated like that.
Coloured lighting while giving a sense of freshness, but the content does not represent the content and freshness will over time produce fatigue. Bridge is a simple, quiet, and it should not be affected by the noisy atmosphere of the city, it should be unique. Using a small amount of color lighting, or even just using a variety of color temperatures of white light, could provide a bridge to the special landscape, more content and more engaging.
All in all, bridges are important elements of the urban landscape, but also an essential element of life in people’s lives, to create a comfortable, beautiful and reasonable bridge lighting, is the goal of lighting designer.