2 Dec
2014
2 Dec
'14
11:27 a.m.
We have tossed around the idea a couple of times to have a
balcony/mezzanine along the walls in the Bocce Ball court. That way we
wouldn't block the natural light from the skylights from reaching the
bottom level, but we'd gain a ton of storage space along the walls. That's
a good amount of work though (not to mention construction costs, building
permits etc...)
For now, I think we mainly need more, and more targeted lighting. So I
would suggest we keep at least some of the fluorescent tubes initially, and
start adding LED lighting where we really need it.
Anyone have a good guesstimate of how much it would cost to provide
sufficient light in the Bocce ball court with nothing but LED lighting? I
know they've gone down in price, but it's still going to be quite a bit
more expensive up front than fluorescents, right?
Patrik
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Alice Rosenthal <beehappysolutions(a)gmail.com
wrote:
This is an interesting thought. As my eyes age, I
find I like brighter
light situations when I work but when working with an illuminated screen,
light is not much of an issue.
If I made a general assessment of Sudo SPACE I'd say that if more
atmospheric lighting was desired, then the ceiling needs to be lower. Of
course there are a few ways to do this, but the most practical way to do
this could also increase work area. What I am thinking of is building a
loft. Under the loft (10' high) would be beams/joists that would serve as
a structure for directional light. The loft itself would block out the
omni-directional flood light given off my the flouresent bulbs currently
providing light. Under the loft would be both cave like and open with 10'
ceilings. Above a loft could be used for many purposes - too many to list
here.
Things to consider: lofts are usually against (attached to) one, two or
three walls. Lofts materials cost money and are must be build using sound
construction practices.
Lighting, like I am talking about above would also cost money.
It's all a considerable investment and there is so much to do already at
the Omni to get it to pass code inspections. The rent has to be paid every
month and I worry that there may be a challenge maintaining the existing
roof over the collective's head.
Perhaps Noemie had something less grand in mind about changing the
lighting in Sudo. I'd love to read some other peoples ideas about creative
lighting solutions / changes.
I've go to get to work now.
Alice
On Dec 1, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Noemie Serfaty wrote:
Hey sudo ers
Imagine a sudo room where you'd want to sit and hack for hours. A sudo
were you'd want to have enlightening conversations for hours. Read, Build,
Saw, Hang out.
All this can become a reality... if we change the damn lighting!
Is anyone interested in doing something about the slightly depressing
lighting in sudo?
I am. I think that if we change the lighting, it will be a small
revolution.
It would be cool to be a group of fabulous people working on it!
I imagine that LED lights instead of the current ones would be great. We
could also scatter some smaller & cute directional lights here and there.
Let's start a light revolution thread!
<3
Noémie
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