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Pergola Kitchen

Location
California
Type
Residential
Year
2026

A freestanding pergola with outdoor dining, a lounge and a kitchen counter. Wet-location downlights sit in the pergola's light pods on a wider beam, chosen so the rows don't leave dark bands, and dim to warm tape under the counter lifts it to its food prep level.

Scope
Pergola dining and lounge, outdoor kitchen counter
Systems
Wet-location dim to warm downlights, dim to warm tape in a sealed aluminum profile, 24 V phase-dimmable drivers

Layout and footcandles

The plan, and the light it delivers.

Footcandles
051020305075+
Footcandle illuminance plan of the pergola: about 21 fc average at the 30 inch dining table and 62 fc average on the kitchen counter, with isolux contours between the downlight rows.
Reflected ceiling lighting layout of a 16 ft square pergola: ten 3 inch wet-location downlights in the beam light pods on a 7 ft 6 in by 5 ft grid, and a 14 ft run of dim to warm LED tape along the outdoor kitchen counter beam.
LayoutFootcandles
Pergola and outdoor kitchenDrag the handle to compare the layout with its footcandle study

Calculated results

Every room against its target.

Measured at the plane where the task happens: counters and desks at working height, halls and stairs at the floor.

Calculated maintained illuminance by room, in lux
RoomPlaneTarget lxAverage lxMinimum lxUniformity
Dining / lounge2.5 ft above floor108229440.19
Pergola patio floorFloor54203430.21
Outdoor kitchen counter (tape only)3.1 ft above floor430 to 6504732170.46
Outdoor kitchen counter (tape + downlights)3.1 ft above floor430 to 6506642570.39
Maintained values from the issued calculation report. Uniformity is minimum over average.

In the package

  • Lighting Layout, Pergola + Outdoor KitchenE-01
  • Driver Zoning and CircuitingE-02
  • Illuminance Plan, Pergola + Outdoor KitchenE-01L
RCPIlluminanceCalc reportBOM