Yokohama City- Japan - Philips Electronics Japan (Headquarters: Minato-ku Tokyo; CEO: Seiji Kamijo) today announced that the company will sponsor the “Stardust Illumination” lighting event, which starts Dec.1 at the Yokohama Marine Tower (Yokohama City, Kanagawa prefecture).
First Christmas LED Illumination since Reopening
The “Stardust Illumination” lighting event is a special illumination of the Marine Tower for the holiday season, which runs Dec. 1 - Jan. 31, 2010. The Marine Tower is an architectural icon for Yokohama City that made its reopening debut May 23 as part of the 150th anniversary of the port opening of Yokohama.
Philips’ full color change and high-output LED floodlight “ColorReach Powercore” will add color and dream-like glamour to the reinvigorated Yokohama symbol at night. In addition to the normal ColorReach Powercore installation, this year’s illumination will feature gleaming stars falling from the top of the tower through Philips LED fixtures on the frames. Philips’ “iColor Flex SLX” will be used for this LED installation. Its LED-based strand form generates unique and dynamic installations without the constraints of fixture shape or space. Each node can be independently controlled for desired lighting effects.
The Tower will be lit nightly from 5 p.m. – 12 a.m. The LED floodlighting, on the other hand, will be installed after the event and is planned to impress visitors through lighting programs designed for the upcoming seasonal and special events.
Lighting enables urban development and refreshed identity
The new LED-lit marine tower will serve as a symbol of Yokohama’s future direction in urban planning. Philips believes that beautiful landscape lighting plays an important role in urban development through its offering of safety and comfort to the people and delivering of energy and joy to city life. Outdoor lighting, including landscape lighting, is a business field that Philips engages in throughout Europe and other regions of the world. In particular, LED landscape lighting has been gaining attention as a sustainable means of lighting from its low energy consumption, long lifetimes and friendly environmental impact with low hazardous substances and CO2 emissions.
Lighting Design: TK2, Support: Color Kinetics Japan
*Powercore is a registered trademark of Philips.
About Yokohama Marine Tower
1961 Built for the 100th anniversary monument of opening Yokohama seaport
2006 City of Yokohama decided to renovate the tower for the 150th anniversary
2009 Reopened on May 23
For Further Information on Yokohama Marine Tower: http://marinetower.jp