About Goldstick Studio
Goldstick Studio [formerly Goldstick Lighting Design, Ltd.] is a full-service firm specializing in architectural lighting design. Founded in 1999 by Karen Goldstick, the 26-year-old firm is now owned by partners Kalynn Amadio and Beth Turomsha. Our studio is rapidly growing and continually adding to a group of creative, agile, and enthusiastic designers who understand the importance of light in built and natural environments. Goldstick Studio prides itself on providing high-quality, responsive service that results in creative, workable, and reliable lighting designs. We are proud of the long-term relationships we have built with numerous clients to complete over 600 projects in the first 25 years of practicing architectural lighting design.
Our work includes interior and exterior spaces for – academic facilities, airports, corporate headquarters, medical facilities, lobbies, multi-family buildings, parks, retail, religious institutions, and hospitality spaces. Many GS lighting designs have received awards from GE, New York Construction, the Illuminating Engineering Society, and the American Institute of Architects.
Goldstick Studio is located in Westchester County, NY, and is certified as a Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) by the New York State Empire State Development Corporation, NYC School Construction Authority (SCA), NYC Small Business Services (SBS), Port Authority of NY and NJ, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), Virginia Small Business & Supplier Diversity (SBSD).
Kalynn Amadio
Principal
As Managing Principal at GS, Kalynn is responsible for collaborating on the design vision and direction of design efforts during the production phases. She is instrumental in creating design details and navigating technical coordination of project concepts including custom fixture design, lighting controls, circuiting, and emergency lighting compliance. Kalynn also serves as our resident lighting engineer providing collaborative engineering support for the MEP team on a project-by-project basis.
Beth Turomsha
Principal
Beth Turomsha is a Partner at Goldstick Studio. She has extensive project and architectural lighting design experience over the past 20 years. Before that, she worked as a theatrical lighting designer for 10 years. Beth has design experience in every project sector with a bulk of that work in corporate interiors, academic and residential. She believes close collaboration with architects and interior designers is essential, to create a holistic design approach to every space.
As a Principal at GS, she is active in business development, design development, concept presentation, production, and coordination with the architect and other design team members.
Tyrell Lundman
Associate
Tyrell Lundman is an Associate at Goldstick Studio. He has a Master of Architecture degree from City College of New York (CCNY).
Ty has extensive project and design experience with GS ranging from corporate interiors, academic facilities, custom fixture design, exterior lighting, hotels, multi-family highrises, and community centers. Included is design and detail work for six multi-family and mixed-use retail projects in the New York City area, retail spaces at the new LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal B, Chelsea Pier 60, academic auditoriums, and corporate headquarters in the Westchester, NY, and Fairfield, CT areas. He is instrumental in project management for GS.
As a project manager and Associate, Ty is active in design development, concept presentation, production, and coordination with the architect and other design team members.
Matthew Hanson
Designer
Matthew Hanson is a Master of Architecture graduate from CCNY. During his senior year of the master’s program, Matt joined GS as a junior designer. For his final semester, he completed a work-study program to hone his skills as a lighting designer.
Before joining GS, Matt worked on small-scale residential architectural projects, furniture design, and carpentry. He is versed in Revit, Autocad, Adobe Suite, and Rhino 3D. While at SVA, he focused on 3D printing, metal fabrication, and hand sculpting as his main focus. He actively assists the Goldstick team on various aviation, residential, and interior corporate space projects. Matt manages lighting manufacturer product resources and continuing education efforts for GS staff. He is integral to the ongoing management of projects during the construction process until the final punch list is issued.
Adrian Somm
Designer
Adrian Somm is a Designer at Goldstick Studio. His background in Fine Art and Industrial Design helps him work fluidly in many aspects of design where he applies diverse experiences to innovate solutions at GS. His detail-oriented approach and sensitivity to the client’s needs enable a collaborative approach to finding solutions that function and inspire. Never one to settle, Adrian has a passion for cutting-edge technologies and techniques that enhance both the results and efficiency of each project he works on.
In addition to lighting, Adrian has a passion for sound design and operates a hardware-based production studio. To unplug, he enjoys outdoor sports such as snowboarding, camping, and hiking as weekend pursuits.
Farnaz Hamedanchian
Designer
Farnaz Hamedanchian is a Designer at Goldstick Studio. She received her MPS in Lighting Design from NYSID in 2012. She has a background education and work experience in the fields of Architecture and Interior Design. She has had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects which include international airports, and municipal, commercial, and residential buildings.
Since 2012, Farnaz has worked in different areas of the field of lighting. She worked in the applications and engineering offices of Mark Lighting and Coronet Lighting. Farnaz gained an understanding of lighting fixture fabrication production, and produced technical submittal drawings coordinating specifications with designers. In addition to lighting, she has worked for firms specializing in both architecture and interior design. Her diverse work experience brings a unique perspective to the solutions GS crafts.
Lighting Design
Lighting design services encompass many diverse aspects of the architectural lighting scope from schematic design through construction administration. Below is a list of a typical scope of work in this category:
Schematic Design
Concept development
Concept presentation
Basis of design
Energy codes analysis
Design Development
Lighting layouts (FOH & BOH)
Fixture selections
Custom fixture design
Illumination calculations
Lighting Power Density
Control intent
Fixture schedules
Equipment Budgeting
Code compliance
Mock ups
Contract Documents
Final layouts & schedules
Architectural details
Fixture cut sheets
Quality control
Written specifications
COMcheck
Final coordination
LEED compliance
Construction Administration
Value engineering
Substitution evaluation
Expediting
RFIs & Submittal review
Site visits
Punchlist
Lighting Controls
Services related to lighting controls vary per project based on the engineering team’s involvement. While GS provides a control intent document for all spaces that the engineering team can implement independently, GS can implement the control system for the project by adding the following services during the design development and contract document stages:
Control system development (central or distributed)
Daylight harvesting
Energy code compliance (ASHRAE, IECC, NYCECC)
BAS, BMS integration
Final controls specification
Zoning diagrams
Wiring diagrams
Written specifications
Lighting Engineering
Lighting engineering is an expanded service offered by GS. In this servoce, GS can work as a WBE sub-consultant to the MEP firm providing all Lighting Design and Lighting Controls services outlined above plus the following:
Emergency lighting calculations
Emergency code compliance
Emergency lighting specification
Circuiting lighting systems (normal and emergency)