Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Company Studio Illumine
Lead Designers Azlan Nazam
Other Designer's names Viva Cao, Shiny Kuang
Client Kudos
Photo Credits Element Plus, Spark Design Group
Other Credits Interior Design - Spark Design Group, Acoustic Engineering - Delhom Acoustique
Completion Date November 2011
Project Location Shanghai, China
Entry DescriptionStudio Illumine designed the lighting environment for a Global Gaming Company, Kudos. The concept is the Hollywood Golden Era - Sleek and modern, with an opulent flair. The interior design adopts a darker material palette, rich in textures and metallic finish. With this palette, the lighting design defines the fine line between glamour and gloom. To maintain this balance, the brightness of the space is managed through the illumination of key vertical surfaces.
The general lighting is kept at a low level. LED strips are concealed within skirtings to illuminate circulation paths. Despite an overall subdued environment, the lighting level at workstations is over 500 lux to ensure work productivity. Lighting is soft for best visual comfort. Glare is minimized through the use of shielded suspended fixtures incorporated with sound-absorbent panels for acoustic control.
In meeting spaces, dual-lighting scenes are incorporated. One for face-to-face meetings where lighting is limited at desks for a calm and controlled lighting environment. The latter is set for video conferencing (VC), where soft light illuminates the entire room, thus minimizing lighting contrast for the best VC performance.
This lighting project is a successful precedence that full-fills function and aesthetics, without compensating for comfort.
Sustainability ApproachEnergy efficiency is optimized through the strategic implementation of daylight sensors near the perimeter windows. These sensors facilitate the automatic dimming or deactivation of lighting by the windows in response to ample natural illumination.In addition, presence sensors are placed within enclosed spaces. These sensors prompt the automatic shutdown of lights in the absence of detected motion over a 15-minute interval.
Human wellness is key to our lighting approach. Given the inherent demands of the users’ roles for long working hours, their visual comfort is prioritized and the illumination strategy is orchestrated to harmonize with their work patterns. As the
darker material palette creates a dimmer environment, strategic illumination of remote walls and vertical surfaces are instituted, mitigating stark visual contrasts experienced by users from their desks.
