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Tecton II - Pininfarina

Tecton II

After the success of its predecessor, Tecton II has been designed to redefine the standards in the field of integrated lighting solutions.
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  • Category
    Professional
    Interior
  • Client
    Zumtobel
  • Location
    Austria
  • year
    2025
A new solution came to light!
A great Legacy

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Tecton II succeeds to Zumtobel’s prestigious Tecton light, introduced in 2001, Tecton revolutionized integrated lighting solutions. Indeed, as of today, the combined length of all Tecton sold adds up to 38,000 KM. In other words, Zumtobel sold enough Tecton to span the Earth’s circumference. This success is mainly because Tecton meant flexibility, durability and sustainability for the customers, and that is why it has been so versatile, being used in factories as well as the library Cite de l’architecte et du patrimoine, in Paris, among other places

Following the same footsteps

To deliver on the great challenge to design the continuity of such a product, Pininfarina kept in mind the core advantages of Tecton. Tecton II reinvents itself in terms of flexibility by offering an installation that’s on average 70% faster and a glue-free design, meaning it can be entirely (dis)assembled without tools, giving the possibility to attach cameras or detectors. Regarding sustainability, Tecton Is made with up to 34% recycled materials and has a recyclability of 77%.

Bright Years Ahead

Another important point in this project was to be able to create a product that, like its predecessor, lasts. This is a task that Pininfarina completed by focusing on a robust functional design. The Tecton II’s lifetime can indeed reach 100,000 hours and it has greatly improved in terms of energetic efficiency but, above all, the product has been designed to be timeless. All in all, this project, while being singular compared to others, embodies Pininfarina’s designing philosophy, It’s an elegant, functional and timeless design.