PUTRAJAYA The Government Administrative Centre of Malaysia
LIGHTING THE CITY IN A GARDEN
Putrajaya Core Island- Artist’s impression
LOCAL AUTHORITY: Perbadanan
Putrajaya,
(Putrajaya Corporation)
Kompleks Perbadanan Putrajaya,
24, Persiaran Perdana,
Presint 3,
62675 Putrajaya.
Tel No.: 603-8887 7000
Fax No.: 603-8887 5000
PRESIDENT:
Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Samsudin Osman
Bird’s Eye View of Presint 1, circa 1999 Putrajaya Lake, circa 2002 Putrajaya Botanic Park
The Emerging City
As
an emerging city, Putrajaya has the opportunity to plan the use of light
selectively, creatively and appropriately throughout the entire external
environment. An attractive and pleasant night time image is achieved through
coordinated and planned efforts spearheaded by the local authority through
the PUTRAJAYA LIGHTING MASTERPLAN and the PUTRAJAYA GOOD LIGHTING PRACTICE
GUIDELINES published in 2002.
The Putrajaya Boulevard – Persiaran Perdana
Creating Sense of Identity
The lighting design
guide was drawn from an aspiration to extend the day ambiance of the city
into the night and thus creating a different set of experience for visitors.
The quest for an identifiable identity of the city has led the planners
and designers to study the details of the city’s landscape components
to reinforce the concept of the ‘City in the Garden’. Various
design options that engaged traditional cultural motives on to themed
street furniture was explored to create miniature landmarks such as street
light installations and signages.
The lighting design guide was drawn from
an aspiration to extend the day ambiance of the city into the night and
thus creating a different set of experience for visitors. The quest for
an identifiable identity of the city has led the planners and designers
to study the details of the city’s landscape components to reinforce
the concept of the ‘City in the Garden’. Various design options
that engaged traditional cultural motives on to themed street furniture
was explored to create miniature landmarks such as street light installations
and signages.
Seri Perdana Bridge
Obor (torch) design
Floral inspired by floral motives
Fauna – inspired by the eyes of a beetle
Wau (Traditional kite) design
Prime Minister’s office at dusk
Putrajaya Lighting Master Plan
The purpose of the Putrajaya Lighting
Master plan is to facilitate :
1. Fostering the city image and character through lighting.
2. Night time ambience influence through architectural lighting criteria.
3. Fostering the city image and character through lighting.
4. Night time ambience influence through architectural lighting criteria.
5. Full enjoyment of outdoor space (which during daytime can be unpleasantly
hot ).
6. Reducing energy consumption.
Experience As a New City
One of the important considerations in
Putrajaya Corporation’s review of any development in Putrajaya is
the design and placement of exterior lights. Exterior lights particularly
building façade lighting should be architecturally compatible with
its surroundings and should not create glare, light overspill nor light
pollution. As new developments are still in progress, it has always been
our practice that new lights should not stand out in relationship to surrounding
lights when viewed from a distance except among others, for landmark buildings,
during state and festive occasions. It is the desire of Putrajaya Corporation
as the Local Authority to maintain the city’s existing well planned
uniform lighting as it is viewed within, from a distance, vista or scenic
highways entry. The following guidelines represent the standards that
Putrajaya Corporation will use in evaluating the design and placement
of exterior lights.
Ministry of Finance (MOF)
Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC)
Lighting Policy Guidelines
Putrajaya
has taken the opportunity to ensure that lighting plays a highly visible
role in the overall presentation of the emerging city. In order to develop
a nightscape that is cogent, attractive, environmentally successful and
economic, 9 lighting policies had been drawn up to :
Policy 1 :
Distinguish the Central
Boulevard from all surrounding roads and streets on the Core Island
and most other roads and streets throughout Putrajaya through the
use of a distinct road lighting character. Limit this policy to
situations where the use of differing colour values of ‘white’
light are used to distinguish specific areas e.g. the Chancery area
within the Diplomatic Enclave.
Policy 2 :
Limit the use of
primary and saturated colour for the lighting of public and private
buildings and structures throughout Putrajaya. Any such lighting
should only be operated during state and/or festive occasions.
Policy 3 :
Establish lit Gateways
to the main entrances into Putrajaya from perimeter roadway system.
Policy 4 :
Engage the necessary
personnel to secure the comprehensive implementation of the lighting
objectives of the Lighting Master plan within Putrajaya Corporation.
Policy 5 :
Ensure that Putrajaya
Corporation maintains operational control of lighting throughout
the city including lighting to roads and streets and public buildings,
structures, landscapes and waterscapes. Additionally, established
a system to encourage the owners of private buildings to participate
in the programme of external lighting.
Policy 6 :
Extend the approvals
process to embrace the requirement that all external lighting be
submitted as a partial or separate approval application.
Policy 7 :
Minimize night sky
light pollution by requiring good lighting design practice, appropriate
equipment specification and concise aiming of installed lighting.
Policy 8 :
Establish maximum
limits on the luminance of internally and externally illuminated
advertising and signage.
Policy 9 :
In residential areas
street lighting columns should be of a height that is sympathetic
to the scale of adjacent buildings but should not under any circumstances
higher than the height of such buildings.
Palace of Justice (POJ)
The Putrajaya Lighting Master plan ensures the night
time ambience of Putrajaya is attractive and appropriate to a city of
its status and function in which the lighting display the spirit of the
city.
The lighting design must be developed to embody the main
theme of simplicity, unity and dignity that underpins the city’s
urban statement.
The lighting fixtures nor the lighting itself however
should draw attention to it and should not be frivolous.
National Millennium Monument
Strongly colored
(primary or saturated) and animated lighting should not play important
or major role in the Putrajaya nightscape. This strategy is limited to
festivities and nightscape to mark important events or for building enhancement
only.
The Putrajaya lighting
standards adopted the Commission International de L’Eclarage (CIE)
standards. The majority of the bridges in Putrajaya form the gateway to
the city centre of the Core Island which has become a night time popular
attraction to Putrajaya.
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Seri Wawasan Bridge from Presint 3 Water Front Promenade
The nightscape
“postcard” image will then be largely determined by the lighting
design quality. This will encourage the daytime image of the city to be
extended into night time through the use of light that moves beyond the
purely practical or ornamental purposes.
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Seri Saujana Bridge at night
Challenges in Implementation and Sustaining
the night time City Urban Ambience
An integrated operational approach, inclusive
of roster and daily action schedule work are undertaken for ensuring pleasant
night time ambience. Quality of light output is controlled and monitored
for consistency of the night city lighting scheme.
Putrajaya Landmark
Mercu Tanda at Putra Perdana Park – The first structure erected
in Putrajaya to commemorate the ground breaking of the Putrajaya Project
in 1995
Night view of Putra
Mosque during the 2003 Independence Day fire works display
Coordinated Lighting Network (CLN) Initiatives
The lighting society for Putrajaya
was formed among the building owners, initiated by Putrajaya Corporation.
Coordination on the lighting modes was established among members to achieve
the consistency on operations. Most of the building’s lighting operation
is controlled through the Building Control System (BCS).
Putrajaya Corporation Building Complex at dusk
Night view of Palace of Justice from Putrajaya Corporation Building Complex
The Putrajaya Boulevard – Persiaran Perdana
