Brown Jordan, the creators of high-end exterior furnishings since 1945, turned to StudioK1 to design the lighting in its West Coast flagship showroom at SOCO in Costa Mesa, California. The lighting scheme mimics the quality of exterior light, simulating how their customers would typically see the furnishings. Large, internally illuminated drums provide the cool ambient quality of daylight, while high output LED accents provide intensity and color temperature to represent sunlight. The entire installation is LED, providing a crisp, bright showroom with a fraction of the energy consumption of conventional fixtures.

A multi-family residential community strives to bring five-star resort elegance to its residents. The 500-unit development has amenities and finishes that place it in a rarified tier of rental housing. The challenge was to provide a level of detail and integration to the lighting that would match the finish and harmonize with the Palladian architectural motifs while creating a serene, visually comfortable, yet safe nighttime environment. To do this, we tightly controlled the color temperature of all luminaires to a warm, residential 2700K, and we took care to accentuate key elements while providing sufficient contrast between lit and unlit surfaces to create dramatic interest. Hewing to the country’s most stringent energy code, with maintainability a priority, every luminaire on the project is LED. The entry drive and gatehouse are lit to provide a sense of warmth and welcome using 2700K sources while preserving a formal symmetry. The gatehouse is uplit with LED in-grade luminaires to provide a focal point, while decorative poles provide sparkle and a formal rhythm along the walkways. Custom pendants provide a sense of elegance, while uplit columns allow for silhouetting the cypress trees, using light and shadow for dramatic effect. Custom pendants mounted to trellis structures enhance the formality of the walkways, while discreet step lights and vertical illumination on the foliage ensure safe light levels. Double height breezeways have their verticality accentuated with decorative backlit panels. Elegantly ornate armatures on decorative sconces provide a sense of architectural detail. Internally illuminated columns support a canopy structure next to one of the five pool decks, while integrated miniature LED downlights provide task lighting. The central pool deck is elegant in its formal simplicity while providing owner-mandated light levels for safety. A dramatic colonnade of uplit palms provides a central spine to the property and provides visually comfortable illumination of the main pathway. Luminaires integrated into the walls of the bocce court allow for nighttime play.

Pacific City Apartments is a new high-end LEED-registered residential apartment community located on 14 acres with a design inspired by the crashing waves of the nearby ocean. The project consists of six buildings sitting atop a two-level continuous underground parking garage. Residents can see our lighting design team's work throughout the property, which includes 516 units with resort-style amenities such as a 5,000 square foot outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, and conference facilities, with cohesive landscape architectural features throughout the 17-acre site. This project also includes a two-acre public park. ‍The team was challenged with making the many areas sexy, hip, and inviting while adhering to a strict energy code and appeasing a client who wanted the world but didn't want to spend too much money. The entire property uses LED sources, standardizing at 3000K or warmer. Simple dusk to dawn photocells controls the lighting. The pool deck is the focus of the property, while multiple courtyards spread throughout the property between the apartment buildings bring interest while keeping light focused on those spaces as not to impede on the tenant's private spaces. Coordination with the architect and landscape architect was essential to gracefully incorporate the lighting into the fun while bringing the project at thirty percent under California's Title 24 Energy Code.

tk1sc’s boutique lighting design team, studioK1, provided architectural lighting design services on this new, mixed-use project. This development is comprised of 332 apartments, amenity spaces, and 10,000 square feet of retail. The apartments are geared towards the student population at SDSU. The complex consists of a 4-story contemporary building arranged in courtyard configurations. Connections from the pedestrian spine to the internal courtyard spaces link the community gathering spaces with the more passive courtyard spaces. Internally, the project provides a variety of amenities and spaces that enhance the user’s experience. Amenities include a clubhouse, pools, a social lounge, a chill zone, and plenty of outdoor recreation areas for residents to gather for a game of sand volleyball, bocce, or picnicking.

StudioK1, working with architects Pacific Design Group and Hong Kong-based interior designer Joey Ho, has taken a historic hotel from the 1930s, and given it a radical, contemporary twist. The DusitD2 Hotel Constance in Pasadena has opened to much fanfare, revitalizing the eastern end of Colorado Boulevard and bringing new life to a faded glory. tk1sc also provided electrical engineering services on this project.