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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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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PERGAMONMUSEUM

Aug 9, 2023

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PERGAMONMUSEUM

Berlin, Germany
Museum Lighting Design: Daylight & Artificial lighting

Architect: Prof. Dr.-Ing. O.M. Ungers
WPM (Kleihues + Kleihues, Prof. Noebel, BAL)
Renderings: SPK / ART+COM
Ongoing

The renovation and extension of the “Pergamonmuseum” (PMU) is the final step in the completion of the Museum Island Berlin as a globally unique ensemble.
As a daylight museum, the PMU has an exceptional position in this context. The renovation occurs cautiously under full retention of the concept of Wiegand; according to strict historic preservation requirements and to high conservation demands in certain areas.
In these areas in particular, the lighting design takes into account the museum’s requirement to flexibly illuminate permanent and temporary exhibitions with adaptable spotlights. The large-scale use of LEDs is being intensively examined in the lighting design for the museum.

The renovation and extension of the “Pergamonmuseum” (PMU) is the final step in the completion of the Museum Island Berlin as a globally unique ensemble.
As a daylight museum, the PMU has an exceptional position in this context. The renovation occurs cautiously under full retention of the concept of Wiegand; according to strict historic preservation requirements and to high conservation demands in certain areas.
Especially in these sections, the flexible illumination of both permanent and temporary exhibitions by adaptable spotlights is of particular importance. The large-scale application of LEDs is currently being carefully examined.

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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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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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