British architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed a building services system that integrates lighting, security cameras, fire prevention tools and ventilation.
The Node system has been designed by the Norman Foster-led practice in collaboration with lighting company Artemide, and heating and ventilation company Price Industries.

It consists of a range of devices including lights, sprinklers, speakers and occupancy sensors. Cameras are also integrated into the system, which can be either mounted on or within a ceiling.
The devices are connected to a standardised wiring system that links them together, meaning that the building's services can be controlled from a single point.

Launched last month at the Light + Building trade fair in Frankfurt, the system was created as a result of Foster's belief that building services should be considered as part of the design process. "Node emerged from a desire to create an integrated system for a building service that offers a single flexible solution, simplifying the specification, installation and operation while operating on a common platform that allows for future change," said Mike Holland, head of industrial design at Foster + Partners.

Each of the devices within the system is shaped like a circular node ? all sharing the same materials and visual characteristics.
A range of lighting fixtures that will be manufactured by Artemide, named Hoy, have also been created specifically to work with the system.

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