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Mondeal Square
Mondeal Square
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Area
- 17473 m2
- Year
- 2014
- Client
- H N Safal
- Collaborators
- Architect: Blocher Partners India
Structure Engineer: N K Shah Consulting
Facade Consultants: BES Consultants
- Photography
- Pratikruti
A Customized Media Light and Interactive Façade
Atelier Lights (Formerly Atelier dada PVT. LTD.) was tasked with creating a dynamic and engaging lighting installation for a building’s sun shades. The team started by designing custom media LED lines that would fit perfectly with the varying length diagonal lines of the sun shades. They then fitted the LED lines with custom-designed press fit mounting clamps in screen box sections.
The team was able to create a solution that seamlessly integrated the LED media bars into the sun shades, making the light installation almost a tangible part of the design. By night, the lights offer unobtrusive views for occupants, even when the lights are on.
The dynamic shape and varying screen pattern of the building’s sun shades posed a challenging task for programming and content design. However, Atelier Lights’ (Formerly Atelier dada PVT. LTD.) technical dexterity and contextual design approach resulted in excellent site-specific content.
Mondeal Square on a weekend
Connecting Culture with Light
The final media content connects with people by visually expressing the breeze on the building, offering a sense of relief after a hot day. The aim of the programming was to have sober weekday light effects with gently moving geometric light content in warm white, which respects the nature of the building’s function and particular structure.
This daily program plays periodically at each hour’s start, with a different animation at each hour where the light decreases gradually until extinction at midnight. This is an attempt to use light abstractly to mark the change of time, to connect people with the building through visual temporality and to express how thoughtful lighting design can enrich the building’s visual identity while using energy resources carefully.
Atelier Lights’ (Formerly Atelier dada PVT. LTD.) technical prowess and contextual design approach have resulted in a stunning lighting installation that not only serves its functional purpose but also enhances the building’s visual identity. The integration of the lighting installation into the sun shades is a testament to the team’s attention to detail and technical expertise, resulting in a seamless and visually engaging design.
Mondeal Square on weekdays
