ZUHAI CITY MUSEUM

Apr 17, 2023

ZUHAI CITY MUSEUM

Zhuhai, China
Artificial Lighting

Client: HUAFA Group
Architect: gmp International
Completion year: 2020
Images: CreatAR

The design of the Zuhai City Museum comprises a vertical and a horizontal tract. Together, they combine to form a sculptural ensemble. This contrasting duality reflects both the local situation between the mountains and the coast as well as the museum program – the exhibition areas provide visitors with a view into the past and the future of the city. The architects of gmp synchronise both these aspects to create a uniform architectural gesture.
Visitors enter the museum from the coastal road via the foyer in the linking part between the two tracts. The horizontal part of the building to the south facing the mountains exhibits, on two exhibition levels, the history of the city’s development in this traditional coastal region at the Pearl River Delta. In the exhibition area dedicated to the planning of the town, visitors are guided upwards along a spiral gangway to explore the cascading sequence of stacked exhibition rooms.

The design of the Zuhai City Museum comprises a vertical and a horizontal tract. Together, they combine to form a sculptural ensemble. This contrasting duality reflects both the local situation between the mountains and the coast as well as the museum program – the exhibition areas provide visitors with a view into the past and the future of the city. The architects of gmp synchronise both these aspects to create a uniform architectural gesture.

Visitors enter the museum from the coastal road via the foyer in the linking part between the two tracts. The horizontal part of the building to the south facing the mountains exhibits, on two exhibition levels, the history of the city’s development in this traditional coastal region at the Pearl River Delta. In the exhibition area dedicated to the planning of the town, visitors are guided upwards along a spiral gangway to explore the cascading sequence of stacked exhibition rooms.

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TIME HANDSOME STORE, SEOUL

Apr 17, 2023

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TIME HANDSOME STORE

Seoul, Korea
Artificial lighting

Client: Time Handsome Store
Architect: Casper Mueller Kneer
Completion year: 2020
Images: KT Studio

The new architectural identity for Handsome Corporation’s TIME brand has been designed by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects in collaboration with Lichtvision Design. Three main design elements define the space – the custom designed terrazzo flooring with different shades of beige and blue insets, the walls plastered in natural clay and the open grid ceiling which creates a continuous, luminous horizon.

The lighting elements are reduced to a minimum. The open grid ceiling is fully backlit to reveal an overall endless luminous horizon. Additional directional spots are integrated into the backlit ceiling to enhance the product display. Cove lighting was installed to remove backdrop shadows from the product display and to provide vertical illumination, so the space feels light and fresh. The new design concept is to be carried out in various stores in Seoul and South Korea.

The new architectural identity for Handsome Corporation’s TIME brand has been designed by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects in collaboration with Lichtvision Design. Three main design elements define the space – the custom designed terrazzo flooring with different shades of beige and blue insets, the walls plastered in natural clay and the open grid ceiling which creates a continuous, luminous horizon.

The lighting elements are reduced to a minimum. The open grid ceiling is fully backlit to reveal an overall endless luminous horizon. Additional directional spots are integrated into the backlit ceiling to enhance the product display. Cove lighting was installed to remove backdrop shadows from the product display and to provide vertical illumination, so the space feels light and fresh. The new design concept is to be carried out in various stores in Seoul and South Korea.

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BAUHAUS MUSEUM WEIMAR

Apr 16, 2023

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BAUHAUS MUSEUM WEIMAR

Weimar, Germany 
Artificial Lighting

Client: Bauhaus Museum Weimar
Interior Design: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Completion year: 2019
Images: Radeck Brunecky

This three-storey museum holds the oldest and most unique Bauhaus collection in the world. Over the course of three storeys, this museum takes visitors on a historical journey from the origins of Bauhaus to the present day. The museum emphasizes the cultural heritage of the Bauhaus school and its impact on the present day. The exhibition lighting in this museum has tracks integrated into the ceiling, following its form, and highlights the pieces in the exhibitions with adjustable track heads. This creates a flexible space that can accent different important pieces in various different exhibits over time. The rooms for a sequence of unique and scenic lighting atmospheres.

a view of an exhibition room in the bauhaus museum in weimar. In the foreground is a table with drawings and other paper on it, protected by glass. Behind those, glass exhibition boxes with architectural models of buildings. The room is white with beams across the ceiling. In these beams are tracks with spot track heads in them, aimed at the various pieces being exhibited.

This three-storey museum holds the oldest and most unique Bauhaus collection in the world. Over the course of three storeys, this museum takes visitors on a historical journey from the origins of Bauhaus to the present day. The museum emphasizes the cultural heritage of the Bauhaus school and its impact on the present day. The exhibition lighting in this museum has tracks integrated into the ceiling, following its form, and highlights the pieces in the exhibitions with adjustable track heads. This creates a flexible space that can accent different important pieces in various different exhibits over time. The rooms for a sequence of unique and scenic lighting atmospheres.

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BEETHOVEN HOUSE, BONN

Apr 16, 2023

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BEETHOVEN HOUSE

Bonn, Germany 
Artificial Lighting

Client: Beethoven-Haus Bonn
Architect: Holzer Kobler Architekturen
Completion year: 2019
Images: David Ertl

The Beethoven House in Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in the city center. For the 250th anniversary, the permanent exhibition was reorganized and redesigned. The planning team, consisting of architecture, exhibition design, graphic design, media installations, and lighting design, was selected through a selection process with a holistic approach and implemented the redesign.

The design idea was to perceive the museum as a private house – the house as part of the exhibition and the stories being told. Daylight is reduced using screens, maintaining the view to the outside and anchoring the exhibition in the present. The lighting situation should not be documentary and sober, but rather the room light should complement the exhibition light, creating light islands and zones; making the private visible in the public. The display case lighting system is transferred into room lighting. The fine line in the visible area minimizes the technology and connects room, picture, and graphic lighting.

German Lighting Design Award 2022: shortlisted

The Beethoven House in Bonn is the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in the city center. For the 250th anniversary, the permanent exhibition was reorganized and redesigned. The planning team, consisting of architecture, exhibition design, graphic design, media installations, and lighting design, was selected through a selection process with a holistic approach and implemented the redesign.

The design idea was to perceive the museum as a private house – the house as part of the exhibition and the stories being told. Daylight is reduced using screens, maintaining the view to the outside and anchoring the exhibition in the present. The lighting situation should not be documentary and sober, but rather the room light should complement the exhibition light, creating light islands and zones; making the private visible in the public. The display case lighting system is transferred into room lighting. The fine line in the visible area minimizes the technology and connects room, picture, and graphic lighting.

German Lighting Design Award 2022: shortlisted

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ALWADI HOTEL DOHA

Apr 16, 2023

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ALWADI HOTEL DOHA

Doha, Qatar
 Artificial Lighting

Architect/Interior Design: Squire & Partner
Lead Architect: Gensler
Completion year: 2019
Images: Accor

The Downtown Doha project is a 31-hectare mixed-use development in the centre of Qatar‘s capital. It is part of the old commercial district’s regeneration process with a new architectural language that is modern yet inspired by traditionial Quatari heritage and architecture. The lighting commission includes interior, exterior and public realm lighting of high end office and retail spaces, leisure facilities, luxury apartments, hotels, a mosque, entertainment venues and public outdoor spaces. The designs developed during concept stage formed project wide lighting strategies that bring consistency and balance to lighting of individually designed spaces and provide sitewide lighting language. A number of bespoke luminaires were developed to achieve excellent lighting functionality and unique architectural integration.

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