One of the recently completed Novartis campus buildings is the office building WSJ 174, the so-called Maki Building, planned by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki.

'Light follows architecture' was the motto of the planners and architects with the Maki Building, characterised by its high level of transparency and openness.

The individual office storeys of the Maki Building are connected to each other by cross-storey spaces.

The lighting designers were confronted with the task of keeping the volumes of space free of luminaire bodies but still supplying good visual conditions for office work.

A custom dual-component lighting solution with T16 fluorescent lamps and LEDs was realised in close cooperation with Siteco for the multi-space workplaces.

Highly precise Siteco Eldacon® microprismatic structures ensure omnidirectional glare control for the indirect component of the desk and sideboard luminaires.

A fixed central console runs between two desk levels situated opposite to each other upon which a two metre long luminaire at a height of 70 cm above the working plane is positioned.