Lighting design for a multi-story apartment with indirect LED lighting

  • Erstellt am 2025-02-21 12:35:21

goldfisch138

2025-02-21 12:35:21
  • #1
Hello everyone,
we have realized the following floor plan for our new building & are currently finalizing the lighting plan.
The entire lighting and electronics are connected via KNX.

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I have planned the lighting as follows:



I will mostly use ceiling spots, only in the bedroom and living/dining area will there be changes.
Lamps 1-5 will be warm white lights. In the hallway I have planned 3 ceiling lights in the form of spots, but I am still unsure whether I should add an LED strip about 30 cm above the finished floor as indirect lighting. I am also unclear about the transition from the hallway to the living/dining area regarding illumination. The dining table will pretty much form the center of the living/dining area and, as of now, will be lit by a ceiling light.
In the kitchen, I will place the spots in an L-shape above the worktop. In the middle of the room seems less ideal because then you get shadows on the work surface. For 23-24, I am still not sure whether it should be placed there, as that is the appliance wall.

Additionally, there will be an LED strip in the living room to set warm white or cool white depending on the mood. Another LED strip will be installed behind the TV for background lighting. Contrary to the upper plan, the sofa has now been rotated and is positioned against the wall facing the balcony.

I would be glad if you could briefly share your experiences & also please provide serious, even harsh criticism. I have put a lot of thought into this and now want to finalize the lighting plan, but would like to ask for your opinions and expertise first.

Thanks in advance.
 

nordanney

2025-02-21 12:56:30
  • #2
Remove all spots except for the ones in the bathroom and possibly the hallway. Next to them in the hallway (besides spots for bright lighting), plan for wall lamp(s). Why? Spots are uncomfortable and rarely used. Still conceivable above the worktop.
 

goldfisch138

2025-02-21 13:33:04
  • #3


May I ask which light bulbs you would choose instead?
 

nordanney

2025-02-21 13:39:34
  • #4
Ceiling lamp, wall lamps, floor lamp, candles, table lamps. For example, in my living room (about 25 sqm), I have a ceiling lamp, a floor lamp, spot lighting in a room divider with shelves as well as in a bay window seat (the lights only act as accent lighting for the shelves or serve as reading lamps for the person who wants to sit on the bay window seat), two wall lamps, indirect lighting through LED strips (in the wall where the TV is mounted - hard to describe). Additionally, there are always candles lit.
 

ypg

2025-02-21 17:43:14
  • #5
Oh dear, who was so eager there? Does someone want to make money off you or was that your (naive) idea?
Bathroom: 1 spot at the toilet, 1 spot in the shower, 1 light in the center of the bathroom and otherwise mirror lighting.
Leave 15, 16, 17, 18 and make a 17a in the cross between 17 and 18.
One central outlet in every room and working light in the kitchen, possibly pendant lights over the island.
Enough sockets for lamps.
The dressing room is a mystery to me, there a central ceiling outlet is sufficient as it is. If spots are absolutely necessary there, then in the extension to the hallway and not offset.
 

Molybdean

2025-02-21 19:53:06
  • #6
Especially with KNX and the probably available dimming options, spots can work well. And then better to have more slightly dimmed spots rather than just a few that have to be turned up fully to evenly illuminate the room.

But if they are supposed to be recessed spots, check beforehand what a spot costs.

The prices electricians and concrete companies charge for that are rather steep.
 

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