Wuhan Yangchun Lake City Exhibition Hall

Lead Designers Li Yanli

Entry Description

Inspired by the metasequoia trees in East Lake, the architecture features a silver-white steel structure like tall and straight trees with branches extending from the ground. The weaving facade and transparent glass roofing echo the surrounding metasequoia trees. At night, the lighting design extends the architectural features. It highlights the crystal and translucent appearance of the building, creating a visual experience with pure lighting, unique charm, and an artistic environment.
The lighting arrangement was intended to create a "crystal clear glass cube on the water" at night under constant light mode. The simple use of a concise color temperature contributed to a remarkable overall effect. The building's exterior lighting combined floodlights and interior lighting to highlight the wholeness of the building.
Bespoke window sill lights were installed at each intersection of the "branches", which illuminated the lower structure of the "branches". A unified 4,000K color temperature was adopted to complement the building's pure temperament and create a metasequoia art space with the interplay of light and shadows. Flexible light strips were installed at the main entrance to serve as a guide but also enhance the overall nighttime ambiance of the building, in line with the concept of creating a visual experience with pure lighting, unique charm, and an artistic environment.

Sustainability Approach

According to the design brief, the lighting control and management in this project involves controlling the building's lighting operation based on information such as time, weather, and traffic flow. The building's lighting operation can be reasonably controlled to either operate or stop, or switch between full load and half load operation. The operation time of the building's lighting varies seasonally.
The project has three lighting modes: general lighting, local lighting, and on-duty lighting (used by staff during non-exhibition hours). Efficient light sources such as LED fixtures and electrical accessories were carefully selected to ensure good decorative effects of lighting, visual functions, and high-quality illumination.