In the spring of 2021, Louis Poulsen will introduce Flindt Plaza, a new sculptural post top by Christian Flindt that merges design flexibility with contemporary aesthetics. With its modular build-up, which can be adjusted to the surrounding environment, the Flindt Plaza is ideal for creating scenic and larger-scale illumination for the public realms and landscapes of tomorrow.
The Flindt Plaza is a new addition to the Flindt family, developed by award-winning Danish designer and architect Christian Flindt in collaboration with Louis Poulsen. The Flindt Plaza meets the need for scenic, flexible, and discreet larger-scale illumination in a range of applications, including public parks, urban squares, city centers, and oceanfronts. Its aesthetic design has the same subtle sculptural appearance as the rest of the Flindt family, complementing both modern and classic urban spaces.
“The Flindt Plaza is all about creating inclusive and scenic lighting in an environment, not just for safety or having enough lighting to be able to walk around and see objects, but for creating a scene that's attractive and invites people to play and be social outdoors. This is more important than ever for urban spaces and urban planning,” says Kasper Hammer, Director, Product & Design – Architectural & Outdoor at Louis Poulsen.
Based on the same design language and basic idea of the Flindt family, a single asymmetrical carving opens up the light. This distinctive carving adds character to the luminaire and serves as a dimming reflector, softening the light and making it more pleasant in the dark while directing it precisely where it is needed.
The idea for the sculptural design was born in 2011 when a more refined type of bollard was required to illuminate a park next to an exhibition at the Danish Kunsthal Brænderigården exhibition space, which is known today as Viborg Kunsthal. The light fixture was so well-received that Louis Poulsen decided to develop it further. In partnership with Christian Flindt, the bollard was enhanced in terms of material quality, light distribution, and efficiency. It was introduced as the "Flindt Bollard" at the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt in 2014.
The simple aesthetics of this resilient bollard, with its functional and attractive illumination, have since made the Flindt Bollard a convincing choice – elegantly complementing urban parks and other public spaces during the day and making them safer and more accessible and at night.
Building on the success of Flindt Bollard, the Flindt Plaza is a further step in bringing the Flindt family into spaces where greater height, scale, and aesthetic illumination are required. To enhance the flexibility in lighting design, the light units are adjustable by plus/minus 5° vertically and 360° horizontally on-site, allowing for more varied light distribution.
“With the Flindt Plaza, we construct units and direct the light to create scenic lighting. When the day of final commission comes, the modules can still be adjusted, and the angle of the light beam changed,” says Hammer.
The Flindt Plaza is based on a modular principle. In some configurations, it can be designed to include four highly flexible light heads on one pole.
“Creating scenic lighting in an environment is also about ensuring flexibility. Creating a modular system that could be used in the design process with lighting designers, specifiers, architects, and planners was important in order to ensure that these environments are attractive for human beings,” says Hammer.
The fixture emits a downwardly directed light. The light source is hidden at the top, inside the asymmetrical carving on the side of the post top, where the gradient serves as a reflector that softens the light and forms an attractive organic shape.
The Flindt Plaza comes in a warm corten or aluminum finish with a textured surface. The textured finish not only allows enhanced visibility and elegant reflection – both in sunlight and artificial lighting – but ensures its durability in all of the different environments in which it is used.
The Flindt Plaza post top will be available in spring 2021.
Product information and specifications
Design: Christian Flindt
Year: 2021
Dimensions (W x H x L):
Head Diameter: 140 x 500 mm + 100 mm for flange and smart connector
Top Diameter: 140 x 150 mm
Post Diameter: 140 x 3500 mm (additional pole heights available)
Mounting:
Driver position: Driver integrated into each head. Posts available for in-ground installation or with baseplate for surface mounting. Post diameter: 140 mm. Fixture heads connect using connectors and can be mounted on top of each other and fixed with two screws. Up to four heads on one post depending on total height. Reflector can be tilted +/- 5 degrees from outside the fixture, and heads can be turned 360 degrees.
Looping: Heads are connected by smart connectors. Installation cable: 5 m 5x1 mm² (Class I) or 5 m 4x1 mm² (Class II).
Light Source: LED 2700K, 3000K, and 4000K. 40W per head.
Materials and finish:
• Finish: Aluminum or corten. Textured surface, powder-coated.
• Top: Cast aluminum
• Head: Cast aluminum
• Post: Extruded aluminum
• Base plate: Cast aluminum
• Diffusor: Polycarbonate
About Christian Flindt
Copenhagen-based lighting, furniture, and industrial designer Christian Flindt (born 1972) has established an international reputation with his fresh, daring designs and an experimental approach geared toward inspiring new connections between people. Flindt graduated with an MAA and MDD from the Aarhus School of Architecture in 2002 and opened his own design studio in 2003. He began working with Louis Poulsen in 2006, developing the Flindt 220 floor lamp, the Flindt 220 pendant, the Flindt 475 pendant, the Flindt Bollard, the LP Grand pendant, and the Flindt Wall.
His work with LED design has repeatedly highlighted his ability to connect disparate fields such as lighting and furniture design. Flindt has won numerous awards for his designs, including the Bolig Magasinet Design Award for his Flindt range for Louis Poulsen and the 2014 ELFORSK Prize from Danish Energy for the Flindt Bollard.
About Louis Poulsen
Founded in 1874, the Danish lighting manufacturer Louis Poulsen creates products that encompass the duality of design and light. Every detail in the design has a purpose. Every design starts and ends with light. Louis Poulsen offers a range of lighting aimed at the commercial and domestic lighting markets, with lighting fixtures and solutions for both indoor and outdoor applications. In close partnership with designers and architects like Poul Henningsen, Arne Jacobsen, Verner Panton, Øivind Slaatto, Alfred Homann, Oki Sato, and GamFratesi, Louis Poulsen has established itself as one of the world's key suppliers of architectural and decorative lighting. Louis Poulsen has a global presence with dedicated showrooms in Copenhagen, Miami, Oslo, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Dusseldorf.