Ahead of this summer's Olympic Games in Paris, design offices Concepto and Studio 5.5 have installed 350 street lights made from salvaged scaffolding poles and lampposts in the athletes' village.
The lighting project is part of a scheme overseen by the Olympic Games delivery authority Solideo with the aim to reduce carbon emissions by 47 per cent compared to a conventional project.
Concepto and Studio 5.5 have designed street lights for the Olympic Village in Paris
Landscape architecture firm Agence TER, which was responsible for master planning the public areas, collaborated with Studio 5.5 to create a low-carbon materials charter for these spaces that includes lighting and street furniture.
Putting this sustainable design agenda into practice, the street lighting was designed to be manufactured using decommissioned lampposts and components sourced from building sites. The lights are made with reclaimed scaffolding poles
"We had to persuade policymakers and local authorities that these reused lampposts represented future aesthetics and strong sustainable development policies," Studio 5.5 co-founder and partner Anthony Lebossé told Dezeen.
"It's easier to opt for novelty from catalogues but as we were creating the Olympic Village, we wanted to set an example of designing differently."
Smaller lights are propped up on laminated wood poles
Lighting design firm Concepto was tasked with creating a plan for illuminating the village, which involved defining t...