The Darling Hotel is the first 5 star hotel to be built in Sydney since the Olympics, it is the jewel of the new Star Casino complex.

The entry statement was a critical element, Cox Architecture have a sandstone wall that flows from outside to in. The enhancement of this striking feature was achieved by the use of the KKDC Sen product, grazing light up the wall as a consistent light treatment – blurring the inside and out.

Once inside you are in a glass roofed atrium space with bridges spanning between the flanking walls, bridges which are studded with the KKDC Groove Light, a 1.5mm thick strip of light. It creates flecks of light that are reflected in the glass ceiling, lifting the space.

Fresnel lens chandeliers add glamour to the space in the high ceiling zone, whilst integrated LED TiMi strip lights enhance features such as the library shelves and magazine racks, skirting under the reception pods, floating the heavy stone monoliths. The Skirt to the concierge desk is an edge lit acrylic acting as a courtesy panel.

A deep rich red LED enhances the feature wall behind the reception whilst MoMo floor linear in ground up light reveals the texture of the stone wall.

A multi layered lighting approach with the integration of KKDC products creates a dramatic space as the entry to the hotel.

Hotel corridors are lit entirely with LED down lights (KKDC MR16) with wall strip lights (Poki) enhancing the wall panelling and creating a dramatic rhythm along the contoured corridors.

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Thank you to Mark Elliott, Design Director at Point Of View for this article.

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Idaho Asymmetric is part of our already popular Idaho family by Prolicht. These profile systems can be suspended, recessed or surface mounted.

What makes the Asymmetric special? Its inbuilt reflector that kicks the light back out on an angle to create a wall wash effect.

Light Project proudly present Prolicht products as examples of quality and technical excellence. As with all Prolicht standard products, Idaho Asymmetric is available in their full range of 21 colours within 5 days production time.

Technical sheets and IES files can be found through this link to our product gallery.

For more information, or to organise a sample, please contact one of our skilled sales consultants.

Architect: Fender Katsalidis Architects

Images: All Images Courtesy of Vision Design & MONA

Located on the banks of the River Derwent in Hobart, MONA is a three-level museum on the 3.5 hectare Moorilla vineyard site 12km north of Hobart in suburban Berriedale. The 9,500sqm building comprises of 6,000sqm of gallery space on three subterranean levels, designed to display David Walsh’s eclectic art collection (the largest private collection in the southern hemisphere).

Over 35,000 cubic metres of rock were removed before the headland was ‘rebuilt’ with a combination of precast and in-situ waffle forms and corten panelling. The building, designed by architects Fender Katsalidis and structural engineers Felicetti, could be deemed an artwork in its own right with its three levels designed to create a captivating spatial experience.

Lighting was a crucial piece in the creation of the subterranean structure, guiding visitors through the heritage-protected courtyard house and deep into the museum, where the exhibition spaces are often illuminated by the artworks alone. The architecture, the revelation of the structural fabric and detailing of the natural rock, which forms a backdrop to the museum interior, all enhanced by a lighting concept that becomes part of the gallery experience.  At times intense and at other times subdued, light has been applied as solicitously as paint to a canvas. The mood and atmosphere is unavoidably immersive, complementing both art and architecture.

The varied function spaces and external landscape are treated with as much consideration as the gallery areas, as all are part of the experience. Sometimes challenging conventional lighting ethos, the concept for this project was to be something new, different, intriguing, moody. The brief was so delightfully open, it allowed the designers to create a pure experience of light seldom seen. Much of the architectural lighting utilises LED strip from KKDC, carefully detailed into the structure so that light and architecture become one.

The design team worked in collaboration with various artists to create solutions for the many experiential art installations. Works such as Kryptos (Brigita Ozolins), Sternenfall:Shevirath Ha Kelim (Anselm Kiefer), Pulse Room (Rafael Lozarno-Hemmer) and Pausiris (a display space for the 2000- year-old sarcophagus), where the lighting design and application were a major contributor to the interpretation of the work and the visitor experience.

Vision Design / MONA won the IESANZ Victoria Chapter 2011, Award of Excellence for the Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania.

- Donn Salisbury

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Held at Zinc Federation Square, VLiDA 2011 was a 1930’s themed dinner to signify 80 years of the IES in Victoria. Tony Wilson was master of ceremonies, with the hard task of keeping the lively guests focused. Throughout the evening the Nymphs entertained with big band vocals inspired by the war-time crooners, and a group from Swing Patrol got a fair number of people up dancing 1930’s styles. Along with the launch of Steve Browns book ‘A history of the IES in Victoria’, the guests knowledge of IES history was put to the test with a round of hands on heads/hands on tails for a series of true/false questions.

Light Project products were used in three of the winning projects.

Commendation awards were presented to:

Electrolight

for Lonsdale Street, Dandenong

“Attention to detail, battles with beauracracy and a desire for beauty have delivered the objective to ‘revitalise central Dandenong’. The designers have created a legacy for the residents to take ownership in and helped restore civic pride.”

Electrolight

for Victorian Parliament Council Chamber

using MoMo

“A subtle brush was sensitively applied to this grand old lady. The designers navigated technical requirements and heritage constraints to produce a timeless example of architectural lighting design.”

NDYLIGHT

for The Botanical Restaurant, South Yarra

using TiMi and KKFX

“The scheme was tastefully implemented and carefully considered. A warm inviting atmosphere has been created and it stands testament to the fact that there is still a place for the humble incandescent lamp.”

Excellence awards were presented to:

Vision Design

for MONA – Exhibition Fitout, Hobart

using TiMi, MiMi and KKFX

“Innovation and bravery in equal parts resulted in a scheme bordering on sublime. Projects such as this are a once in a career opportunity and the designers have well and truly risen to the occasion.”

Point of View

for Shed One, Princes Wharf, Hobart

“A flexible, functional yet beautiful scheme that is deceptive in it’s simplicity and respectful of it’s heritage structure. The designers have created a community hub that many had long since dismissed.”

The Light Project team in Sydney are looking forward to the New South Wales Lighting Design Awards on Friday the 18^th of November.

The current exhibition is titled Boyd’s Error: Planning’s Curse and illustrates Ivan Rijavecs discussion of Robin Boyd’s concept that the Australian streetscape is like “a dressmaker’s floor strewn with snippings of style” using four streets in a local Collingwood block.

Ivan Rijavec is the artist behind the exhibition who, along with seven RMIT architecture students, photographer John Gollings and two4k audio design, created this audio and visual comparison between what our current streetscape looks like, what it might have been had rigorous regulations from the Victorian error been applied, and the extreme of Boyd’s “dress makers floor” where anything goes and the cityscape “embraces featurism as an Australian inevitability”.

The small booklet that accompanies the exhibition is worth delving into as the exhibition itself has minimal explanation. It includes an essay by Rijavec explaining how he developed the concept and theory for the artwork, and how this was translated into both graphic and audio form.

PinUp Architecture and Design Project Space is at 15-25 Keele Street in Collingwood 3066 and is open Wednesday – Friday 11am – 5pm, Saturday 12pm – 5pm.

For more information visit www.pinupprojectspace.com or another review here.

Light Project is looking forward to welcoming Emmet McAteer, Sales Director, from Concept Lighting Architecture next week (7th-10th November).

Concept is the only New Zealand manufacturer that produces aluminium extrusion lighting systems, and we are proud to represent them in Australia.

After completing his fitter welder apprenticeship at a young age, Emmet developed his passion for lighting through working with electrical wholesalers and going on to work as BDM for Philips Lighting. With 18 years experience in the lighting industry, in sales and management with companies such as Thorn Lighting, Rexel Lighting, Aesthetics Lighting and ECC Lighting, in 2009 Emmet bought into Concept Lighting Architecture.

With his engineering background and lighting sales experience Emmet will be sharing his knowledge of aluminium extrusion lighting and the Concept product range by providing advanced training to Light Projects sales consultants, and presenting across Melbourne and Sydney.

If you have a project for which you are considering profile lighting, don’t miss this opportunity to discuss your design requirements with Emmet, please contact us.

Please use these links for more information about Concept and their product

The compact, simple aesthetic means it can be visibly surface mounted yet still remain unobtrusive, recessing & semi-recessing is possible for a more minimalist installation. The innovative shape of the housing reduces the viewing angle to such an extent that the risk of viewing the light source directly when installed in a shelf is avoided, even when installed into high level shelving above eye level.Furthermore the housing is designed to allow 2 positions for LED strips, providing a choice of solutions to suit your output and glare requirements.

TANA is available in custom lengths to a +/- 1mm tolerance to fit all shelving where the actual LED strip inside is always centred.

For the product profile or to download Technical Sheets click here.

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