Lighthouse in Düsseldorf

The Lighthouse is an office and administration building in the Düsseldorf Derrendorf district. Architect Thomas Pink from the “Petzinka Pink Architects” office used light as a brand-forming design element when designing the architecture. The narrow LED light strips attached to the facade of the new building trace the architecture. Each of the seven floors of the U-shaped building is highlighted in such a way that the structure of the architecture can also be seen in the dark.

The brightness of the light strips, light scenes, and color variations can be individually adjusted. The automatic recall of pre-programmed lighting scenarios is controlled via calendar functions (sunrise and sunset). The instalight 4010 LED-lines—totaling 1,430 meters—are equipped with 89,145 LEDs housed in 4,523 individually addressable LED modules. 55 control units with 13,569 control channels ensure that signals sent by the instalight CONTROL system can be transmitted to the entire installation at speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s. With its innovatively illuminated facade, the Lighthouse serves as a pioneer for urban development in northern Düsseldorf.