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Driving the light from the sky into the underground

Driving the light from the sky into the underground

Category
Daylight in buildings - Region 3: The Americas

Students
Macarena Vargas
Vicente Urrutia

Teacher
Javier del Rio
Douglas Leonard

School
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Country
Chile

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The project consist in a structure of cones that bring natural light into the subway, by reflecting it. At night, LED wall luminaires lights the concave, white surface of the cones and reflects light into the subway and to the exterior plaza. At the same time these cones work as a planter wide enough to sit on, with a watering system.