Comments on: Solar Tree by Ross Lovegrove 2 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: carl http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/comment-page-1/#comment-229167 carl Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:59:57 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/#comment-229167 aweful. Green, - no, massive amounts of energy go into solar panels which have a very limited life (6years at best) they need to be cleaned regular to optimise power. in urban enviroments birds/pollution will dull them in weeks. Columns there are columns here which dont actually do anything. Bent and tapered is v expensive. plus 2tone paint job not cheap. so compare this design to a standard low voltage street light using electronic gear designed to reduce energy output during off peak hours with its long life. you can even stipulate where the energy comes from for this. ie a wind farm. Artistic - not really just different from the norm. but it cant be used everywhere. so as a result its very limited. cant be used near a road as it might be hit by a bus. limited in terms of lamp height. There is also something creepy about emulating nature, as it just looks very unnatural. ie fake. Practical - this is a joke, maintenance on this will be a nightmare. the short life of the solar panels the bird crap. How will it look after 10 years of life. (bearing in mind the average street light system does 30years life) not to mention light tresspass and the fact that this will not give out much light when its overcast and dull. For winter when you need more light, (less daylight in shorter days) how will it cope. would like to know the total cost. design build installation and projected life of item to compare to modern streetlight before you can value its worth. aweful.
Green, – no, massive amounts of energy go into solar panels which have a very limited life (6years at best) they need to be cleaned regular to optimise power. in urban enviroments birds/pollution will dull them in weeks. Columns there are columns here which dont actually do anything. Bent and tapered is v expensive. plus 2tone paint job not cheap. so compare this design to a standard low voltage street light using electronic gear designed to reduce energy output during off peak hours with its long life. you can even stipulate where the energy comes from for this. ie a wind farm.
Artistic – not really just different from the norm. but it cant be used everywhere. so as a result its very limited. cant be used near a road as it might be hit by a bus. limited in terms of lamp height. There is also something creepy about emulating nature, as it just looks very unnatural. ie fake.
Practical – this is a joke, maintenance on this will be a nightmare. the short life of the solar panels the bird crap. How will it look after 10 years of life. (bearing in mind the average street light system does 30years life) not to mention light tresspass and the fact that this will not give out much light when its overcast and dull. For winter when you need more light, (less daylight in shorter days) how will it cope.

would like to know the total cost. design build installation and projected life of item to compare to modern streetlight before you can value its worth.

]]> By: sandra http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/comment-page-1/#comment-117277 sandra Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:18:29 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/#comment-117277 Great! - green, artistic, practical - love to see them everywhere that needs a light. Great! – green, artistic, practical – love to see them everywhere that needs a light.

]]> By: alex http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/comment-page-1/#comment-73184 alex Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:12:50 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/#comment-73184 wow i was so surprised to see the design snobs on here "dissing" lovegrove's lamps. you sound jealous. these are the perfect public art for our time. they mimic nature...they raise consciousness about going "Green" and they look pretty cool lit up at night. you criticize lovegrove for being a "salesman" gee maybe you should try designing something HALF as gorgeous as his stuff check out his entire website and then maybe you should learn how to sell too instead of being jealous and bitter. have a nice day. wow i was so surprised to see the design snobs on here “dissing” lovegrove’s lamps.
you sound jealous.
these are the perfect public art for our time.
they mimic nature…they raise consciousness about going “Green”
and they look pretty cool lit up at night.
you criticize lovegrove for being a “salesman”
gee maybe you should try designing something HALF as gorgeous as his stuff
check out his entire website
and then maybe you should learn how to sell too
instead of being jealous and bitter.
have a nice day.

]]> By: Al Alaverdi http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/comment-page-1/#comment-66016 Al Alaverdi Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:19:42 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/#comment-66016 Brilliant, what a gracious way to blend in nature and clean technology. I love it ! Brilliant, what a gracious way to blend in nature and clean technology. I love it !

]]> By: klaus engelhorn http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/comment-page-1/#comment-59733 klaus engelhorn Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:46:31 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/solar-tree-by-ross-lovegrove-2/#comment-59733 solar trees are cooler than any other public lightning in vienna and almost anywhere else...imagine a boulevard full with it...what we have seen is a prototype. This work is untouchable even in it´s first steps... solar trees are cooler than any other public lightning in vienna and almost anywhere else…imagine a boulevard full with it…what we have seen is a prototype. This work is untouchable even in it´s first steps…

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