Prize(s) Honorable Mentions
Lighting Design/Product Company ASlight Studio
Lead Designers Anna Sbokou
Other Designer's names Catia Milia-Argeiti
Architecture Company Tatoo CDC
Interior Design Company Tatoo CDC
Client A|S Antonia Skaraki
Photo Credits Gavriil Papadiotis [GavriiLux] Photography
Completion Date November 2023
Project Location Athens, Greece
Entry DescriptionHoused in a meticulously restored 1901 stone building in the north of Athens, this branding agency’s new headquarters celebrates the dialogue between heritage and innovation. Despite its freestanding structure, the building’s small original openings limit natural daylight penetration—with the exception of the southwest office “loggia.”
The lighting design centers around tunable lightboxes seamlessly integrated into the architecture of each ceiling. These elements sense ambient and task-plane light levels, dynamically balancing artificial and natural illumination throughout the day. Complementary layers include task lights, adjustable downlights, wallwashers, and linear fixtures discreetly embedded within architectural recesses and joinery, adapting to each space’s functional and emotional needs—from offices, to meeting rooms and relaxation areas. High-CRI (>90) specifications ensure color accuracy essential to a branding studio’s visual precision.
Custom features articulate key transitional spaces: in the reception, a continuous end-to-end uplight guides movement, while in the stairwell, diffused spherical luminaires “melt” into the walls, unifying all levels.
Throughout the outdoors, lighting follows the organic flow of planting and pathways, creating a dreamlike atmosphere after dusk while accentuating social pockets around the building’s entrances and gathering areas.
Sustainability ApproachSustainability in this project is not treated as a technical requirement but as a natural extension of the lighting concept—light that listens, learns, and adapts. All luminaires use high-efficiency LED technology, ensuring minimal energy use and long life.
A DALI-based control system enables real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and energy tracking, detecting failures in sources, drivers, or power units and allowing for responsive maintenance.
Daylight harvesting and tunable white lightboxes maintain a living balance between natural and artificial light, while presence sensors and tailored lighting scenes deliver only what is necessary for each activity.
The result is an intelligent, self-aware ecosystem of light—quietly efficient, enduring, and respectful of both people and place.
