Melbourne Airport T2 Luxury Mall

Lead Designers Electrolight - design lead: Alison Loader

Entry Description

Driven by a desire to reimagine the traditional perception of a transient airport terminal, the design for T2's Luxury Mall was born from ideas of urbanism & authenticity.The vision for lighting was to provide a memorable & captivating impression of Melbourne as a city to visit, or come home to, via an immersive sense of theatre, surprise & rarity. Lighting would be central to creating a luxurious & inviting ambience & encourage a moment of pause along the traveller’s journey.

The concept was to seamlessly integrate the lighting into the fabric of the architecture in keeping with the language of the geometric canopy-the hero of the space.The aim was to enrich the opulence of gold materiality,while highlighting the multi-faceted surfaces of the ceiling theatrically through light & shadow.

The main challenge was how to provide the functional lighting without suspending from/perforating the ceiling.The solution combines functional lighting elements within a bespoke architectural detail