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Tree family, sustainable outdoor lighting units, 2014

Modular lighting unit family for METU campus, made with Moonlight as advisor. Consisted of a bollard, a pole-top, and a wall-mounted units. Uses biomimicry principles, sustainable, suitable for the campus image, functional, and compact.
Modular lighting family made of small, easy to product pieces - aluminum extrusions mostly. Like a real tree, it can “grow” extra “branches” or dispose them. Can act like a constructor where user creates their own unique design. Or be sold in catalogues as suggested designs like following ones.
2 sided bollard example
2 sided wall-mounted unit example
1 sided pole-top unit example
Relative sizes and construction details
Example of sustainability between units
Process of redesigning old units with broken or missing parts into fully working objects
Research and design process
Inspiration sketches from nature
Inspiration from Tree of Science - symbol of METU, and real life trees; idea simplifying
Final render in forest environment
Tree family, sustainable outdoor lighting units, 2014
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Tree family, sustainable outdoor lighting units, 2014

Outdoor lighting family for METU campus, designed with Moonlight firm as advisor. Modular, sustainable, compact, and suitable both for the campus Read More

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