OUTDOOR ART LIGHTING EXPERIENCE

Posted on June 18, 2024July 1, 2024 by sla_main_admin

OUTDOOR ART LIGHTING EXPERIENCE

🌟 Exciting news! Delve into the enchanting world of outdoor natural light experiences with us as we unveil the intricate process behind creating a captivating ambiance that stirs deep emotions and forges a profound connection with nature. Here’s a sneak peek at the steps we follow:

🌳 1. Site Analysis: Identify key natural features and minimize environmental impact with eco-friendly lighting solutions.

📔 2. Imagining the Storyline: Select a theme, craft a narrative, and introduce characters or events for an immersive journey through nature, history, and fantasy.

🖥 3. Integration of Technology: Plan lighting designs, implement interactive systems, and utilize projection mapping for a magical experience.

👏 4. Blending Function with Spectacle: Seamlessly incorporate functional lighting, create highlight areas, and adapt to seasonal variations for year-round engagement.

🤩 5. Creating Deep Emotional Impact: Enhance the ambiance with soundscapes, interactive elements, and personalization options for a truly unique visitor experience.

⏩ Join us on this mesmerizing journey where nature meets innovation, and every light illuminates a story waiting to be told.

NIGHTSCAPE DESIGN APPROACH

June 18, 2024

Our Nightscape Design Approach | Case Study in Vietnam

Embarking on a nightscape lighting design involves a delicate balance of artistry and environmental sensitivity. Inspired by cinematographic techniques, this approach aims to create a marvelous dark atmosphere that immerses visitors in a memorable experience. Key considerations include respecting the natural night sky, harmonizing with the natural landscape, protecting wildlife, and preserving the authenticity of the architecture. By carefully integrating subtle, directional lighting that enhances rather than overpowers, the design transforms spaces into enchanting nocturnal scenes, captivating visitors while honoring the intrinsic beauty and integrity of the surroundings.

New membership to LUCI Association

June 18, 2024

New LUCI associated member 2024: Welcome to ScenoLight! Based in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh, ScenoLight Atelier specializes in transformative lighting design, turning dark spaces into experiences with custom projects that blend urban, scenography, and architectural knowledge. They focus on nightscape design, for tourism, entertainment, and urbanlandscape sectors.

INTO YOUR EYES | ART LIGHTING PROPOSAL

“Into your eyes” is an innovative art installation that aims to spark conversations and inspire actions that mitigate the adverse effects of artificial light on our environment and well-being.

Through a captivating blend of interactive lighting scenarios and immersive soundscapes, this installation invites viewers to experience and reflect on the pervasive influence of artificial illumination in modern life.

By engaging the senses and emotions, we think it fosters a deeper understanding of the often-overlooked consequences of artificial lighting.

SOCIAL LIGHTING WORKSHOP IN BANGKOK

Our Creative Director has just returned from an intensive workshop in Bangkok’s old town. The workshop emphasized the importance of understanding the social context for challenging sites with a 100s-year history and complex user’s typology. This knowledge is crucial for integrating urban and landscape design, as well as lighting design. In a unique situation, we were able to quickly implement and present a lighting mockup to the local communities and government authorities, including the Governor of Bangkok. We hope that this successful workshop will open minds and provide valuable insights for future approaches to urban nightscape, where lighting design plays a significant role.

MASTER THE POWERS OF LIGHT

July 17, 2023

MASTER THE POWERS OF LIGHT is an original method of lighting design imagined by ScenoLight Atelier breaking down our approach into five domains of expertise that guide us to master the light phenomenon and its powers applied to space.

The Powers of Light

We have defined five key powers of light that are always applied in space design, dim up and down to create the perfect balance or overlapping and variable in a space.

FUNCTIONNALITY | The primary power of light is enabling legibility, for our safety in movements also our activities and tasks executions.
ENHANCEMENT | We perceive our environment because there is light, a power applies to emphasis space and transform his appearance.
COMFORT | Light impacts our mood and health, a power to control for adequate atmosphere while insuring our welfare and the environment preservation.
ATTRACTIVITY | Light is the most powerful eye catcher, essential for communication and to be memorable yet iconic.
EXPERIENCE | Light generates emotions and stimulates our imagination, a power used to convey stories and produce spectacular.

For this complex manipulation of the invisible we have created a range of creative and technical design pillars structured to control the light phenomenon and its powers.

The Light Phenomenon Unveiled

Lighting is one of the most fascinating phenomena known to humankind, playing a critical role in how we perceive and experience the world around us. As lighting designers this phenomenon is the backbone of our know-how.

But how this phenomenon exactly happens:

First a flux of energy is emitted from a powered system to spray into space, generally quantified at source in lumen.
Then the light waves impact matter, whose quantity is expressed in Lux / sqm, the illumination sequence.
Finally, these waves are reflected with alteration before being intercepted by our eyes, quantified in Candela this is the luminance sequence that activates our vision.

Major factors play a key role in how we perceive space: the lumen flux properties, the matter characteristics, and our vision abilities, so considering only Lux levels as targets is not sufficient. To truly capture the essence of space, we’ve developed an array of expertise that encompasses every aspect of the light phenomenon, and that guarantees accurate and creative lighting design for a lasting impact.

The Captivating Connection Between Lighting and Emotion

Flame is the origin of artificial light, and the origin of animated shadows, generating new images that stimulate the imagination.

Since then, light is linked to our common culture and emotional memories, as dark represents unknown and fear, light shows us the way and it’s safe.

The scale of human emotion is large and diverse, from a subtle sensation to memorable impression. It requires a sensitive knowledge about the psychological role of light to translate a mood into spatial atmosphere, and a talent for narration to convey stories with light that we manage with our expertise in scenography.

We master a powerful aspect of light to create emotions and develop imaginary, a key role in the sensory aspects of space design and the main one for experiential projects.

Prioritizing Health Through Thoughtful Lighting

The rhythm of sunlight is crucial for the balance of our life and our natural environment, with tempos scheduled on the constant evolution of light directions, color temperature and intensity. However, when this rhythm is disrupted, negative consequences, even extinction, can occur.

Artificial light, when done right, can mimic the benefits of natural light through a circadian rhythm approach, with great applications in the fields of wellness. But light also has invisible wavelengths and can generate light pollution. That’s why it’s essential to design lighting systems carefully, minimizing harmful effects on both our bodies and the environment.

Our expertise in this field encompasses various aspects, including managing color temperature, reducing glare, controlling luminance levels, ensuring high-quality light sources, and implementing effective control systems. We stay abreast of scientific research and technological advancements to strike the perfect balance between human needs and preserving the beauty of the natural night sky – a mesmerizing expression of light that everyone should have the chance to experience.

Reveal the Matter with Light.

Light is intangible and invisible, we “see the light” only through its interaction with matter, where materials, colors and textures interfere to finally reveal the physical space.

Our design approach merge light and matter, and the results are endless to reveal and transform our space perception: Play of colors, mirror effects, textures modeling, patterns projections, etc.

Lighting design mastering is then a lot about materials and color expertise, a combination of scientific knowledge and experimental process that allows us to push the limit of perfection to magnify space and generate wonder with the play of light.

Transforming Space Perception with Light

Our perception of space is shaped by the interplay of light and shadows. By understanding how light interacts with volumes, we have the ability to manipulate our perception of the world around us. To unlock the full potential of this dynamic duo, we’ve developed a three-step process.

First, we carefully sculpt the shadows and shades in a three-dimensional space, considering factors like illumination levels and light direction. Then, we strategically place the light source to achieve the desired effect, considering the unique characteristics of the space. Finally, we explore different approaches to integrating the lighting fixture itself, whether it’s hidden, seamlessly integrated, accentuated as a structural element, or used as an ornamental piece.

Merging light and space requires us to master both the intangible and tangible. Our expertise in architecture and scenography allows us to fully comprehend space and infuse theatrical illuminations effects, while our technical knowledge ensures precise and creative integration of light.

Ultimately the lighting quality relies widely on the technology involved, that includes the luminaires, the control devices, cabling, and multiple accessories. This package is one of the most advanced technological sets in a project, with a concentration of more than thirty properties, specifications and certifications covering electrical, mechanical, optical, and electronic.

Our expertise in this field requires special scientific knowledge for our lighting engineers to analyze and test the products we apply in our design. Technology evolving constantly, we also keep track of the scientific research and manufacturers updates to understand the market evolution and to bring to our clients a clearer view between what is mostly trendy and what is established and durable.

Mastering lighting technology means for us providing the best solution that will fulfill together the design intents goals, the operational requirements, the maintenance constraints, and the budget

Light & Technology

The design Process.

We have established three big sequences that rhythm our design process and involvement in a project.

• The conceptual period first, from the context and program analysis till the approval of the strategy, the overall concept, and the budget target, in coordination with the other consultants with whom we link the overall nighttime experience from outdoor to indoor.

• Then the technical period elevates the project to details drawings and documentation, in coordination with the electrical engineer to power and control our system, and with the operator and investor regarding the selection of the lighting and control solution. The final documents are formatted as tender documentation.

• Finally, we ensure authorship supervision during the construction period, including shop drawings review and site visits at key stages. We also adjust the dimming schedules that will generate the lighting scenes, and we create original programming and media contents.

These three sequences can be divided up to a five phases mission, according to the scale and complexity of the project. We strongly advise involving us from concept till completion to ensure the reach of all project targets, and for the mastering of our art till the project is turn on!

Unlock the Powers of Light and Join us to Unleash Your Space’s Full Potential with ScenoLight Atelier

Light Up the City: Dien Hong Park and Its Innovative Lighting Design Solutions

Lighting design is an essential component of creating a comfortable and inviting atmosphere in any space. When it comes to designing public spaces such as parks, the lighting plays an even more critical role in creating an environment that encourages people to come and enjoy the surroundings. Recently, our team of lighting designers had the opportunity to work on a unique project in the heart of Hanoi – a public park that required not only improved aesthetics but also a focus on the overall night-time atmosphere and the comfort of the visitors. In this blog post, we will take you through our journey of developing the perfect lighting strategy for this project.

The park in question was situated in the heart of the city and had a beautiful, iconic fountain that the city’s inhabitants adored. Our challenge was to integrate the newly designed lighting elements into the existing urban design while also ensuring that the overall aesthetics and comfort of the park were not disturbed. We started analyzing the site and the architecture’s context, which allowed us to craft a lighting concept that would enhance both the heritage of the site and the new urban design.

Our team put on the ‘theatrical lighting’ hat, focusing on creating a sense of drama and emotion in every area of the park. The iconic fountain was at the heart of this strategy. The fountain’s significance was highlighted by providing an architectural lighting solution that best enhances its aesthetical features and creates a visual stage, inviting visitors to come up close and appreciate it. The sense of theatricality and drama that we created drew visitors into the park and encouraged them to spend more time exploring its unique nighttime atmosphere.

One of our primary objectives was to ensure people’s comfort. Visitors need to feel safe and relaxed in the park’s environment, which is why we designed a lighting system that provides ample light to allow people to see comfortably while also offering an intimate and tranquil atmosphere that invites them to relax, socialize, and engage in different recreational activities within the park after sunset. With that, our lighting design created a balance between functional and comforting lighting that brought the park to life at night.

To integrate the lighting elements seamlessly into the park’s overall design, we collaborated with the park’s architect from DESO Architects. Together, we developed a vision for the park that balanced its historic significance and modern design through the lighting’s use. We also worked closely with landscape designers to ensure that the lighting solutions we proposed were natural-looking and complemented the park’s aesthetic elements such as trees, shrubs, and flowers.

Our project was successful as it delivered a completely new experience for the park’s inhabitants that was unique, beautiful and inviting. The lighting design brought life to the park after dark, enhancing its ambiance and comfort for the visitors. Theatrical lighting added drama and a sense of vibrancy that made the park a destination worth exploring at night. Additionally, the lighting concept harmoniously integrated the new urban design elements into the park’s existing heritage, creating a cohesive and attractive atmosphere that visitors would remember.

The successful implementation of the project demonstrated how critical lighting design is in making public spaces more inviting and comfortable at night. Our team’s approach of implementing a theatrical lighting concept that focused on the overall welfare of visitors and harmoniously integrating it into the park’s existing architectural design proved successful and contributed immensely to the project’s overall success. We believe that every public space should focus on creating an inviting and comfortable atmosphere and that it can only be successful with an appropriate lighting strategy. With this project, we hope to inspire other design and development professionals to prioritize delivering high-quality, comfortable, and inviting environments in their projects through the effective integration of lighting solutions.

ScénoLight Atelier has Illuminate Bangkok’s ARCHITECT EXPO 23!

May 17, 2023

ScénoLight Atelier made a big impact at the recent Architect 23 event in Bangkok, Thailand. Our co-founder Cyril, along with SLA BKK
Director Mr. Gap, lighting designer Ms. Pute, and account manager Ms. Valerie welcomed hundreds of visitors to our booth to exchange ideas and discuss how we empower architectural projects with light.

At ScénoLight, we’re passionate about designing lighting systems that can transform spaces into something truly unique. Our creative
director Cyril expressed this sentiment, noting, “light plays an important role in any architectural project.” We’re proud to have showcased our
recent projects and demonstrated our commitment to innovative lighting schemes. By participating in Architect 23, we not only shared our expertise but also learned about exciting new lighting design trends and potential collaborations.

Join us in mastering the powers of light and let ScénoLight Atelier elevate your next project.

Sapa Rock N Ritual – A unique Theater in the middle of Vietnam Northern forest

Sapa Rock N Ritual is a theater project located on the Ham Rong mountain, in the northern region of Vietnam called Sapa, famous for its groundbreaking step rice field landscapes.

ScenoLight Atelier and its team of architects, scenographers, landscape and lighting designers, in collaboration with the show director and his artistic and technical team, has worked on this theater project for two years. Together we spent days on site to feel the atmosphere and learnt about the local traditions and materials that inspired the design and performance. One of the most sensitive aspects of our cooperative decision was the selection of theater location and direction, taking into account access constraints, view, climate, and beliefs. Our mutual thought leads us to consider the theater as a performance all by itself, providing a full experience focused on the four natural elements that created the legend of this magnetic site also known as the dragon head: rocks, air, water, and fire.

Back in our office, we carried out extensive research, combining traditional methods with a variety of parametric designs to generate multiple types of shapes that were meticulously installed on the natural topography. As a result, we came up with the concept of an open-air wooden structure connected to the rocks and floating in the landscape between the bamboo forests and the mountain’s peak. As a decorative but also structural element, the outline is covered by a marble string, inspired by the ethnic traditional textile patterns and jewelry.

We fully concentrated on the environment surrounding the theater, since the audience discovery experience begins at the lower level of the site’s path, which leads through the bamboo forest to the theater. The audience is then welcomed to enter inside the theater, which has an open-air lobby offering a spectacular panoramic view of the valley. After crossing the small footbridge over the landscape, the audience is invited to take their seats on the circus-style step benches arranged around the stage and facing an impressive rocks landscape. By night, the special lighting effect transforms it into a floating cloud between the mountain and the bamboo forest, highlighting the marbles, stone strings, and creating a magical landmark for the resort where it is installed.

The theater has 300 seats and an 80-square-meter stage, as well as a full set of lighting and sound equipment, and is covered by a tensile membrane roofing system and a curtain structure to enclose the space in the event of a blackout or for weather reasons. The backstage area, which includes a control room, is also accessible from both outside and inside the main volume. Every effort has been taken to create this theater as functional for the performers, technicians, and operation as possible even though the site and budget constraints are limitative.

VIETNAM DESIGN WEEK VMARK 2022

November 9, 2022

Cyril Lamy, our Creative Director, was invited to a meaningful seminar with the participation of the domestic and international Design Community in the VMARK Vietnam Design Week 2022, organized by the Design Association of Ho Chi Minh City (VDAS). The event took place at the most luxurious venue – HCMC GEM Center with great success.

At VMARK Vietnam Design Week, Cyril and other speakers who are passionate and outstanding in Architect and Design had an opportunity to attend and share personal perspectives on the topic “Creative for Life”. The event also generated exciting activities and connections between large domestic and international businesses.

VMARK Vietnam Design Week 2022 welcomed a massive number of Architecture and Design enthusiasts, including University students, lecturers, and large domestic and international corporations. All of the missions of Architects and Designers are to add value to not only their clients but also to our lives, despite a variety of difficulties and challenges. As a result, the event was organized to contribute and strengthen Vietnam’s distinct conceptual identity, with the goal of ensuring that Vietnamese Design is recognized worldwide and sustainably developed.

SLA is grateful for the opportunity to attend a seminar of VDAS, where we were able to share our valuable design and architecture knowledge with other partnerships. We are looking forward to other related events that will cover a wide range of amazing and appealing topics, particularly in Lighting Design, which is our area of expertise; therefore, we will be able to share our comprehensive understanding and inspiration with anyone involved in lighting design, as this is not universally acknowledged in Vietnam.

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