The Giardino Lounge & Restaurant, inside the Hotel Giardino in Ascona (CH) on Lake Maggiore, is a youth and suggestive location, that has its hallmark in the dialogue between inside and outside, developed through a play of references to natural elements: from the vertical garden that triumphs in the main room to the textiles that decorate the lounge valorized by the contrast with the white furniture. With this solution, Studio Matteo Thun & Partners creates not only a place within bar, restaurant and lounge are linked but a new “Place to be” , but also a suggestive meeting place without time, in contact with nature, that fascinates all year.
The winter garden and the setting are enhanced by the choice of the studio to use the quality and professionals of Buzzi & Buzzi total recessed lighting products. In particular ORIS IP65 in Coral WaterOut® allowed to obtain a spread lighting maintaining the vegetation of the vertical wall green and luxuriant. This luminaire fits perfectly nearby damp spaces, the IP65 grade in fact gives the ideal qualities to be installed outside and in places with high humidity like the situation of the vertical garden. Especially, the waterproofness of the product is granted not only by the characteristics of the electrical part but also by the innovative material, patented by Buzzi & Buzzi, Coral WaterOut® that has excellent properties of thermal resistance, atoxicity, hardness, water repellency.
The project had ambitious aims from the lighting and botanic point of view, in fact, it was necessary a detailed study with Buzzi & Buzzi and the creators of the green wall to assure a uniform light avoiding the overheating. For this purpose have been installed ORIS IP65 in metal halide version CDMR111: with the adjustable basket inside and the possibility to alternate 35W and 70W lamps, oriented respectively toward the top and the bottom of the wall, have been obtained an amazing result maintaining an ideal microclimate for green preservation.
The total disappearance lighting products by Buzzi & Buzzi, perfectly integrating in the surfaces thanks to the material and the clean design that distinguish them, allowed to create romantic and comfortable atmospheres with the heat of indirect light.
