the façade of the moorfields eye hospital in london features an impressive use of aluminium louvers and LED technology. the new building, designed by architects penoyre & prasad, is illuminated on the south side using RGB color changing LED lighting supplied by light projects and tryka. the recently completed project has been nicknamed ‘seagulls’ by its creators.

moorfields eye hospital, london

the building has an outer glass curtain wall, with the seagulls positioned on a tensioned cable net about 0.75 m away to protect the building from solar gain. the LED lighting fixtures are positioned on gantries at each floor level. a total of 64 fixtures were used, including linear fittings and others to fit around the uneven shape of the building.

read more on the project at: LEDs magazine, mediaarchitecture & interactive architecture

see many more projects which use LEDs in the results of designboom’s recent competition brightLED