Case Study 02
Feature Wall
An even, uninterrupted vertical wash across a smooth plaster, timber or marble wall.
The design challenge
Reveal the wall's colour and material honestly, edge to edge, with no visible scallops, no hot line at the top, and no dark base.
Interactive demonstration
Interactive 3D preview of the configured lighting scene. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.
Why this works
- 01A dedicated wall-washer optic 700 mm off the wall projects an asymmetric distribution that reaches the base as strongly as the top.
- 02Even fixture spacing (typically wall-offset ≈ fixture spacing) creates overlapping fields with no visible boundaries.
- 033000 K flatters most architectural surfaces — plaster stays warm, timber stays timber, marble keeps depth.
Common mistakes
- ×Using a downlight instead of a wall-washer — leaves a hot arc near the ceiling and darkness below waist height.
- ×Placing fixtures too close to the wall (<400 mm) — scallops become visible even with a wash optic.
- ×Mixing colour temperatures — the wall reads patchy instead of continuous.
Technical reference
Values are educational reference points, not specification. Every project requires site-specific analysis and product photometric data.
Luxitecture recommendation
Prefer purpose-built wall-washers with asymmetric reflectors. Keep the aperture line clean and continuous — a plaster-in linear detail reads best on a monolithic wall. Never mix wash and downlight optics on the same feature plane.