COVESTRO HEADQUARTERS

Aug 17, 2023

COVESTRO HEADQUARTERS

Leverkusen, Germany
Artificial Lighting

Client: Covestro
Architect: HENN
Interior Designer: Kinzo
Completion year: 2021
Images: Covestro

The Covestro headquarters form the core of the new corporate campus. The open floor plan enables flexible collaborative work. For this purpose, Kinzo designed colourful and inviting spaces. Lounge areas surround the work areas for over 700 employees. The central air space with a big skylight is the architectural focal point.
The surrounding light lines accentuate the geometric shape of the air space. Downlights illuminate the circulation areas and combine the colourful theme worlds of Kinzo with their own decorative lighting solutions. The entire lighting design was created as a BIM process with visualization and collision checking, quantity and cost determination and the creation of plan sets.

LIT Awards 2023: Honorable Mention

The Covestro headquarters form the core of the new corporate campus. The open floor plan enables flexible collaborative work. For this purpose, Kinzo designed colourful and inviting spaces. Lounge areas surround the work areas for over 700 employees. The central air space with a big skylight is the architectural focal point.
The surrounding light lines accentuate the geometric shape of the air space. Downlights illuminate the circulation areas and combine the colourful theme worlds of Kinzo with their own decorative lighting solutions. The entire lighting design was created as a BIM process with visualization and collision checking, quantity and cost determination and the creation of plan sets.

LIT Awards 2023: Honorable Mention

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CAFÉ H IN THE HYUNDAI MOKDONG, SEOUL

Aug 17, 2023

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CAFÉ H

Seoul, South Korea
Artifical light

Client: Hyundai Department Store
Architect: Casper Mueller Kneer
Completion year: 2021
Image: Roh Space

Café H is a small café located inside the Hyundai Mokdong Department store. The interior design is warm and simple with an open wood cassette ceiling of the same material as the walls that provide a distinct contrast to the grey stone bar counter and floor. The lighting approach is simple yet straightforward with a lighting grid of diffuse linear lighting that provides soft and uniform illumination to the ceiling cassettes and the surrounding walls. The lighting stays hidden from sight from a distance; when looking up into the cassettes two LED lines equally placed above the ceiling grid become visible. To enhance the counter, additional adjustable spotlights are located in between the ceiling cassettes for localised accents.

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PARK 1 IN THE HYUNDAI MOKDONG, SEOUL

Aug 17, 2023

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PARK 1

Seoul, South Korea
Artifical light

Client: Hyundai Department Store
Architect: Casper Mueller Kneer
Completion year: 2021
Image: Roh Space

Casper Mueller Kneer refurbished the ground floor of The Hyundai in Park 1, Seoul, providing a new graphical look to this dedicated cosmetic’s floor. A swinging carpet of suspended diffuse disks characterises the central circulation space that is divided into two symmetrical zones. As a second element, downlights are distributed in between the suspended fixtures providing further soft accents. Both elements together create an appealing visual ceiling grid and unify the space. To visually identify the zones with varying cosmetic brands along the sides, circular backlit volumes are dropped from the ceiling helping visitors with product selection. Colour temperature and colour rendering were carefully considered for the best rendering and visibility of exhibited products. Light levels were balanced between transitional spaces and other department store floors.

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DEVON HOUSE

Aug 17, 2023

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DEVON HOUSE

London, United Kingdom
Artificial Lighting

Architect: Workplace Creations; John K Symes
Completion year: 2021
Images: John Boyd

Boston-based Northeastern University aimed to expand its global network, leading to the creation of the New College of the Humanities (NCH @ Northeastern). The brief required flexible learning and workspaces, a new entrance, and a central staircase connecting the ground floor to the first floor.

Light reflects off shiny materials and rope-type feature lighting, paying homage to Devon House’s location in St. Katharine Docks. This setup subtly references water reflections and the ropes used for mooring ships. The bespoke staircase with bleacher seating and step lighting serves as a central visual accent. The team repurposed existing light fixtures and adjusted linear layouts to provide suitable lighting for teaching spaces with flexible setups and foldable glass partitions. They highlighted plantings with small lighting spots. Additionally, seating, breakout spaces, and meeting rooms received extra decorative lights to reflect the vibrant atmosphere of this collaborative hub.

Boston-based Northeastern University aimed to expand its global network, leading to the creation of the New College of the Humanities (NCH @ Northeastern). The brief required flexible learning and workspaces, a new entrance, and a central staircase connecting the ground floor to the first floor.

Light reflects off shiny materials and rope-type feature lighting, paying homage to Devon House’s location in St. Katharine Docks. This setup subtly references water reflections and the ropes used for mooring ships. The bespoke staircase with bleacher seating and step lighting serves as a central visual accent. The team repurposed existing light fixtures and adjusted linear layouts to provide suitable lighting for teaching spaces with flexible setups and foldable glass partitions. They highlighted plantings with small lighting spots. Additionally, seating, breakout spaces, and meeting rooms received extra decorative lights to reflect the vibrant atmosphere of this collaborative hub.

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GARDEN CONSERVATORY

Aug 17, 2023

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GARDEN CONSERVATORY

Seoul, South Korea
Artificial Lighting

Client: Hyundai Department Store
Architect: Casper Mueller Kneer
Completion year: 2021
Images: Roh Space

The architects designed this indoor garden room on the top floor of the Hyundai Mokdong Department Store as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional green house, extending the external roof garden into the indoors. It is a space without fixed programme inviting customers and local residents to relax while bearing flexibility for potential future events. A series of green islands with lush planting are scattered around the space providing a calming and immersive experience. The feeling of sitting inside a greenhouse is enhanced by the back-lit pitched roof. Light levels and light quality for the green islands were carefully considered and selected to apply a biophilic design idea with additional focused plant-friendly LED lights above the planting.

LIT Award 2021: Winner in Horticultural Lighting

The architects designed this indoor garden room on the top floor of the Hyundai Mokdong Department Store as a contemporary interpretation of the traditional green house, extending the external roof garden into the indoors. It is a space without fixed programme inviting customers and local residents to relax while bearing flexibility for potential future events. A series of green islands with lush planting are scattered around the space providing a calming and immersive experience. The feeling of sitting inside a greenhouse is enhanced by the back-lit pitched roof. Light levels and light quality for the green islands were carefully considered and selected to apply a biophilic design idea with additional focused plant-friendly LED lights above the planting.

LIT Award 2021: Winner in Horticultural Lighting

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