{"id":3772,"date":"2017-11-06T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T09:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3772"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T11:00:00","slug":"les-deux-plateaux-at-the-palais-royal-in-paris-enhanced-by-light","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/en\/news\/les-deux-plateaux-at-the-palais-royal-in-paris-enhanced-by-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal in Paris, enhanced by light"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-hero-block_f05b05e6c096aab46f30feb40c607e54\" class=\"container-fluid header_news_part px-0  block-hero\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12\">\n                <nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Home<\/span><\/p><\/nav>                <h1 class=\"with_line with_line_blue\"><span>Les Deux Plateaux<br>at the Palais-Royal in Paris,<br> enhanced by light<\/span><\/h1>\n                <div class=\"tags_part mb-5\">\n                    <span class=\"badge white\">Product<\/span><span class=\"badge white\">Project<\/span>                <\/div>\n\n\n                <div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\"><p>On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, LEC looks back at its lighting contribution with Daniel Buren: Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny visitor to the Cour d\u2019Honneur, whether entering from rue de Valois or from the Com\u00e9die-Fran\u00e7aise, sees before them a courtyard entirely punctuated with green points, or completely scattered with red points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Buren \u2014 Painter and Sculptor<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span>Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal,<br>an artistic installation illuminated with LED lighting<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>Daniel Buren is a French painter and sculptor, widely recognised for having coined the concept of \u201cin situ\u201d work.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>His many interventions explore space, colour, movement\u2014and light. Rather than simply decorating, Daniel Buren seeks to transform places and challenge the perceptions of passers-by.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>In 1985\u20131986, he completed a public commission, Les Deux Plateaux, for the Cour d\u2019Honneur of the Palais-Royal in Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>The work consists of twenty-sided polygons, each striped in black and white. The lowest elements allow vehicles to pass through, while others barely emerge from the ground to visually create a horizontal line. The tallest elements, each measuring 3.20 metres, form an oblique plane along the longest diagonal of the courtyard.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>It is these two planes\u2014one perfectly horizontal, the other oblique\u2014that give the work its title, Les Deux Plateaux.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>To complete the installation, Daniel Buren needed light. His assistant, architect Patrick Bouchain, was aware of LEC\u2019s pioneering role as the first manufacturer to use LED technology and to develop objects capable of integrating it, particularly for public-space ground installations. He therefore suggested partnering with LEC for this essential component of the artwork.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-990x661.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-660x440.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-680x454.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-1900x1268.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-365x244.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16-535x357.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.lec.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/75_2853_Paris-16.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, LEC looks back on this remarkable lighting contribution. We asked Daniel Buren how he conceived the artistic lighting of his columns.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span>Daniel Buren reflects on his collaboration with LEC<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cI did not want simply to light the artwork, but to reveal a work that is different from what is seen during the day. Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal therefore has two distinct aspects: one diurnal and the other nocturnal. The latter is a combination of the site itself and its transformation, through the two main points of light.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>To achieve this nocturnal vision, I highlighted what, during the day, is heard more than it is seen\u2014namely the water flowing beneath the gratings and under the feet of passers-by.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>This is where I used what was, at the time, a brand-new invention: the LED, which until then had only been used for wayfinding. I asked LEC to create a specific object, and they responded perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span>A bespoke LED luminaire: the birth of the 1843 Palais-Royal marker<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cIt was a raised product that allowed two different colours to be displayed on each of its two faces. I chose to use two contrasting colours: green and red.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>I am very satisfied with the LEC product, which later became a standard item in their catalogue under the name Palais-Royal. It is an object that can now be seen along high-speed rail platforms and in many other public spaces\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>I would also add that during the rehabilitation of the surface and subsoil of the artwork, the red and green markers were replaced with new, more advanced LEC products\u2014this time flush-mounted\u2014significantly refining and simplifying the pedestrian surface of the entire courtyard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 heading\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span>An installation that continues to inspire<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cAs for the final result, I believe that Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal are ageing very well. We celebrated their 30th anniversary in July 2016. I am happy to see thousands of children and adults who, every day, come to spend time there, using the artwork in their own way. Their constantly renewed presence, combined with the very design of the work, allows everyone to invent how they engage with it\u2014and thus to transform and continually renew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p><em>Did you know?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-xl-10 offset-xl-1 paragraph\">\n<p><em>As early as 1977, LEC took a bold step by embracing LED technology\u2014a successful choice that met demanding specifications in terms of reliability, energy efficiency, maintenance, and aesthetics. Rediscover with us 40 years of LED history and lighting innovation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les Deux Plateaux at the Palais-Royal,an artistic installation illuminated with LED lighting Daniel Buren is a French painter and sculptor, widely recognised for having coined the concept of \u201cin situ\u201d work. His many interventions explore space, colour, movement\u2014and light. Rather than simply decorating, Daniel Buren seeks to transform places and challenge the perceptions of passers-by. 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