In 2019, the L.A. Lights the Way competition invited designers to reimagine and redesign the future of Los Angeles street lamps. Initiated by the City of L.A. and led by the Mayor's Office in conjunction with the Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL), the civic competition winner is Project Room and their winning design SUPERBLOOM. The design brief asked designers to create a lighting system that would not only incorporate new lighting technology but also provide shade and have enough room for text on each pole.
According to Project Room co-founder Sandy Yum, "We are incredibly honored that our design was selected [...] L.A. Lights the Way challenged us to create a new streetlight for Los Angeles that would connect to our city's design history and culture, incorporate new technology, and still reflect L.A.'s diversity."
According to BSL Exec. Director Norma Isahakian, there are over 223,000 street lamps within the City of Los Angeles. Project Room's new design will replace 180,000 standard streetlights that are scattered throughout the city. With the intentions of complimenting the historic streetlights within the city, SUPERBLOOM aims to help "reimagine [Los Angeles'] core systems as a symbol of this diversity, rather than an expression of ordered uniformity" shares Yum.
In addition to having their streetlamp design showcased throughout the city, Project Room will also receive prize money of $70,000. To learn more about the competition and other finalists click here.
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looks nice. maybe a tad beefy but is America after all. not a fan of the unnecessary loop. I think they also forgot the cctv cameras.
This is a very "LA" design. I mean that in a good way. These will fit in nicely.
The finger loop is kind of nice, though it's not clear how its a "banner holder." It's sort of "steampunk."
The bulb downlight looks like the new light fixtures on 4th Street in Santa Monica.
i love this.
the way it peels off is very nice.
Looks like they put a lot of thought into this design. I like the retro modern aesthetic and think that works well for LA. Unfortunately these won't address light pollution which is already so bad in LA. Nat Geo had an excellent article about light pollution recently, there are simple things designers can do to reduce this. https://www.nationalgeographic...
Nice. The modular strategy allows a lot of customization and is smart. The kit of parts is cool, and the attenuation is elegant as well.
Okay, sold. I'll go ahead and pay my taxes this year. (In check's memo line: "use for new streetlights, not for corrupt councilmen salaries.")
Horseshit design, for a horseshit program, created by a bunch of horses asses. One question; does this make your unhoused population feel safer? It sure makes the unhoused easier to round up, with all that cop add-ons.
Maybe complain to the democrats who run the place?
Cop Gear
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If you'd like to lodge a complaint on how horribly run this city, county, and state are, you'll need to join the end of a long, looooong line. Make sure to wave when you pass by.
Meantime, the light fixtures are nice. Since nobody in authority listens much, we'll take what we can get.
b3: do one of those tubes disperse needles, huh? Do one of those tubes provide reparations for the natives who lived here 500 years ago, huh? Do one of those tubes tar and feather racist kkkops, huh huh huh?
I’m about to design the wokest lampost ever...
debating, shall we start a Lawn Flare post (political shit people put on their lawn) or a Woke Architecture post (all seemingly irrelevant to any kind of reality)? It's a nicely designed street lamp that functions well. Any interpretation beyond that is an indicator of psychological counseling may be needed or the drugs you are using are great.
I think we should all write a project narrative for a hypothetical woke street light proposal or a super offensive street light proposal. More ambitious users can do an actual drawing maybe?
Nice design you can attach shade structures, seats, etc., and much better than the really useless ones they put around palm trees in Culver City in the nineties.
I have to ask where they are planning to put them first? My guess is, in an area where celebretory and vibrant urbanism with developer money.
Nice design. Deco meets steam punk.
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