GARDEN CONSERVATORY

Aug 17, 2023

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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SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Aug 1, 2023

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SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Shanghai, China
Artificial Lighting

Architect: gmp Architekten
Visualizations: Willmore
ongoing

The 860-meter-long former steel factory with its distinctive basic structure, including the characteristic ventilation towers on the roof, will be retained, and fitted out to accommodate the New Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. With its approximately 220,000 square meters of gross floor area, the new art academy will include all important teaching facilities as well as art studios, a publicly accessible forum with restaurants and retail areas, a library, sports facilities, a museum, and more exhibition areas.
In the future, a 600 personnel strong teaching staff and 4000 students will teach and learn here. The use of daylight is one of the main design factors for the interior design. Lichtvision is designing a holistic and integrative artificial lighting scheme for all teaching, museum, office and retail areas.

a rendering of the entrance of the shanghai academy of fine arts, the building is very open and has a lot of glass, lending itself well to a daylit space

The 860-meter-long former steel factory with its distinctive basic structure, including the characteristic ventilation towers on the roof, will be retained, and fitted out to accommodate the New Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. With its approximately 220,000 square meters of gross floor area, the new art academy will include all important teaching facilities as well as art studios, a publicly accessible forum with restaurants and retail areas, a library, sports facilities, a museum, and more exhibition areas.
In the future, a 600 personnel strong teaching staff and 4000 students will teach and learn here. The use of daylight is one of the main design factors for the interior design. Lichtvision is designing a holistic and integrative artificial lighting scheme for all teaching, museum, office and retail areas.

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CHANGZHOU CULTURE PLAZA

Apr 18, 2023

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CHANGZHOU CULTURE PLAZA

Changzhou, China
Exterior & Landscape Lighting

Client: Changzhou Jinling Investment and
Construction Co., Ltd.
Architect: gmp International
Landscape architect: WES
Completion year: 2020
Images: Schran images

The Changzhou Culture Plaza comprises various museums, a library and service facilities. In addition, numerous shops and restaurants in the on the lower level are directly connected to the cultural spaces above. The six pavilions cantilever in large arcs and open upon covered public space on the ground floor. A water course running diagonally through the site links all the modules and acts as a source of natural lighting for the basement facilities.

The pavilions’ functions vary significantly but they form a visual whole from the outside. This is underlined by the façade lighting realized from high poles surrounding the complex. Along the riverside promenade the lighting of the water features as well as of trees, sculptures, benches and handrails aims for a high-level integration. General lighting of streets and pedestrian areas is implemented with poles again, emphasizing spatial axes with higher poles and entrance areas with lower ones.

LIT Awards 2021: Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination
IES Illumination Awards 2021: Merit Award
FX Award 2021: shortlisted

Front view of the Changzhou Culture Plaza at night, with striking linear façade lighting that emphasizes the building's symmetrical, geometric design

Night view of the Changzhou Culture Plaza, featuring illuminated geometric architecture with lit pathways and a modern water feature

Night view, featuring striking horizontal façade lighting that highlights the building's unique geometric design, reflected in the nearby water

erial view of the Changzhou Culture Plaza at dusk, showcasing its illuminated geometric design and surrounding public spaces

The Changzhou Culture Plaza comprises various museums, a library and service facilities. In addition, numerous shops and restaurants in the on the lower level are directly connected to the cultural spaces above. The six pavilions cantilever in large arcs and open upon covered public space on the ground floor. A water course running diagonally through the site links all the modules and acts as a source of natural lighting for the basement facilities.

The pavilions’ functions vary significantly but they form a visual whole from the outside. This is underlined by the façade lighting realized from high poles surrounding the complex. Along the riverside promenade the lighting of the water features as well as of trees, sculptures, benches and handrails aims for a high-level integration. General lighting of streets and pedestrian areas is implemented with poles again, emphasizing spatial axes with higher poles and entrance areas with lower ones.

LIT Awards 2021: Winners in Exterior Architectural Illumination
IES Illumination Awards 2021: Merit Award
FX Award 2021: shortlisted

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COSTA SMERALDA

Apr 18, 2023

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COSTA SMERALDA

Cruiseship
Artificial Lighting

Architect: Tihany Design, Jeffrey Beers International, Rockwell Group, Dordoni Architetti, Partner Ship Design
Completion year: 2020
Images: Costa

Costa Smeralda is the biggest vessel within the Costa Crociere fleet. Designed by four different interior designers, under the guidance of a Tihany Design masterplan, the ship offers an incredible variety of areas between restaurants, shops and entertainment.

General lighting has been used to bind the various venues together, creating nice transitions from one area to the next. Custom decorative fittings and highlights for architectural features have been introduced to bring out the essence of each area for a greater customer experience. Dim to warm and tuneable white technologies have been widely used to allow for change of atmosphere throughout the day and the night. This brings a strong connection between the inside and the outside, with bright and energetic scenes at daytime and a moodier candlelight effect at nighttime.

Costa Smeralda is the biggest vessel within the Costa Crociere fleet. Designed by four different interior designers, under the guidance of a Tihany Design masterplan, the ship offers an incredible variety of areas between restaurants, shops and entertainment.

General lighting has been used to bind the various venues together, creating nice transitions from one area to the next. Custom decorative fittings and highlights for architectural features have been introduced to bring out the essence of each area for a greater customer experience. Dim to warm and tuneable white technologies have been widely used to allow for change of atmosphere throughout the day and the night. This brings a strong connection between the inside and the outside, with bright and energetic scenes at daytime and a moodier candlelight effect at nighttime.

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ZUHAI CITY MUSEUM

Apr 17, 2023

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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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