Press release: Sammode lights up Archi-Folies
Sammode is lighting up Archi-Folies at the Parc de la Villette until 3 September 2024.
Sammode, a French lighting manufacturer and lighting expert for almost 100 years, is sponsoring Archi-Folies, the architecture exhibition at the heart of the Parc de la Villette, open until 7 July and again from 28 August to 3 September. Twenty ephemeral pavilions featuring innovative architecture, designed and implemented by students from the Ecoles Nationales Supérieures d'Architecture et de Paysage (ENSAP), will host 20 sports federations (rowing, archery, gymnastics, horse riding, wrestling, etc.) on the Club France site during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It's an educational and unifying programme that brings together architecture, education, industry, research and sport, and Sammode is proud to be part of it by supplying luminaires as part of its sponsorship.
A total of 124 Sammode ‘light tubes’ are used for signage, corridors and a number of the sports federations' pavilions, providing both architectural and functional lighting for this exhibition, which celebrates architecture, innovation and sustainability - values that are dear to Sammode. The luminaires, all of which were reused - they were originally installed at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris's 16th arrondissement or in Paris offices - have been completely dismantled, reconditioned and, in some cases, converted to LEDs, to provide optimal architectural lighting and contribute to the sustainable dimension sought by the event's organisers.
Sammode, patron of Archi-Folies
For many years, Sammode has supported the world of architecture and culture through sponsorship and partnerships with universities, museums and cultural institutions. In particular, Sammode has illuminated several areas of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (ENSCI) in Paris. It is also a regular partner of the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, the Palais de Tokyo and the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris, as well as the Villa Noailles art centre in Hyères, to name but a few.
By becoming a patron of Archi-folies, Sammode wanted to renew its commitment to architecture through a unique and carefully thought-out scenography that uses light to sublimate the work of ENSA students. Sammode supplied the general and facade lighting for the pavilions, the lighting for the scaffolding and all the signage bearing the name of the school and the sports federation, as well as the deck lighting. It's a complete ephemeral urban lighting project.
Reuse, a sustainable solution
Made entirely in France, at their historic factory in Châtillon-sur-Saône, in the Vosges, Sammode luminaires are characterised primarily by their design, quality, technological innovation and durability. The manufacturer, which is almost a hundred years old, designs all its products with the aim of guaranteeing extreme longevity, thanks to a design based on the use of robust materials that can be repaired, evolve technologically over time and are easy to recycle at the end of their life.
By giving a second life to old light fittings, this project is perfectly in line with the principles of sustainability and the preservation of the planet's resources. For Sammode, repairing rather than replacing, reconditioning rather than throwing away whenever possible, is a question of ‘common sense’. And to take things a step further, the manufacturer is looking into the possibility of giving these 124 lights a ‘3rd life’, by reusing them once again at the end of this temporary exhibition at the Grande Halle de la Villette.
© Rudy Ricciotti - stade Jean Bouin - Paris
Focus on the Sammode luminaires used for Archi-Folies
Lighting deck:
Re-used light fittings, previously used in offices.
Colour: Stainless steel
Dimensions : L. 700 x Ø 70 mm
Retail price for new product: 684 Euros (inc. VAT)
General lighting of the pavilions:
Géricault wall lamp
Reused lighting from the Jean Bouin stadium.
Colour: stainless steel
Dimensions: 100 x 1600 mm
Price on request
Signage:
Reused signage from the Jean Bouin stadium, specially customised for Archi-Folies.
Archi-Folies exhibition
14 June to 7 July and 28 August to 3 September
Parc de la Villette
211 Avenue Jean Jaurès, 75019Paris
Prairie du triangle and Prairie du cercle nord
Wednesday to Sunday, 2pm to 8pm
Free access
Media contacts
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Stéphanie Kirkorian - stephaniekirkorian@14septembre.fr / 06 17 98 43 27
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