Surface Design Awards – Complete

• EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE YEAR - NEW
  This is a new category that recognises wall and surface design products including decorative, creative and inventive surfaces for the exterior of building including both commercial and residential properties.

Conceived and engineered according to the specifications of the world-renowned lighting designer Francesca Storaro, GEA is an innovative in-ground recessed uplighter standing out for its unique shape, function, and performance. An unprecedented combination of tree different bespoke optics allocated in the same chassis delivers an even wall wash effect on both close-up and distant installations, with a well-defined light projection. Three individually manageable optics rows ensure a surprisingly uniform coverage of a vertical space from ground level up to approximately 18 metres.

Moreover, this innovative optical configuration enables both vertical and horizontal lighting effects, facilitating the creation of flags and patterns of different colours and shapes. This revolutionary product is a must-have choice for enhancing urban decor through illumination. An elegant stainless steel frame allows for seamless, discreet integration into pavements in historical or modern urban environments. The optional built-in antiglare filters prevent unpleasant glare effects in situations with specific project requirements or strict urban regulations. Thanks to its unique features, which make it a pioneering novelty in the market,

GEA offers the following benefits:
-Seamless ground-level lighting, regardless of the product's distance from the wall.
-Elegant and dramatic lighting with perfect uniformity and even light distribution.
-A natural overall effect that respects architectural features, both in historical and modern buildings.
-Prevention of all forms of light pollution, including skyglow, light trespass, glare, and clutter effects, achieved through precise control of light emission.

GEA is available in the following options: RGB+W 3000K or 4000K, tunable white ranging from 2700K to 6500K, as well as in 4000K natural white, 2700K and 3000K warm white colour configurations.

Housing material: AISI 316L stainless steel flange, black-painted die-cast aluminum body, and galvanized
steel formwork.
Lens material: PMMA
Hardware material: Grade A2 stainless steel
Screen material: Tempered glass
Gasket material: VMQ

As an innovative uplighter, it prevents of all forms of light pollution, including skyglow, light trespass, glare, and clutter effects, achieved through precise control of light emission.

The product had to comply with the lighting designer's demanding prerequisites.

GEA is an innovative product conceived by the lighting designer and architect Francesca Storaro and engineered by Griven Srl. Therefore there is no client and no contractor.