Dim café interior with warm spotlights on a brick wall, tables and planting

Courtyard café

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Location
Tabriz
Year
2023
Type
Interior
Scope
Design, supply, installation
Color temperature
2400 K
Control
Phase dimming, three scenes

Low-level accents and shielded downlights keep a café dim enough for evening and bright enough to read the menu.

The owner wanted the room to feel like the courtyard it opens onto: dark overhead, with light only where something happens.

Tables, the bar front and the planting are each lit separately with tightly shielded spots, and the ceiling is left dark. The evening scene runs at a fifth of full output, which is enough to read a menu and not enough to see the fixtures.

Luminaire schedule
TypeDescriptionColor temperatureQuantity
L1Shielded track spot2400 K38
L2Floor-recessed uplight for planting2700 K16
L3Step light at the bar plinth2400 K22

Sample project. The text, figures and photos on this page are placeholders and do not show work by Sina Sazeh.

Placeholder images via Wikimedia Commons: cover.jpg by PattayaPatrol (CC BY-SA 4.0), detail-1.jpg by PattayaPatrol (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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