2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Huairou Science City Urban Hall Plot A Lighting Design

Entrant Company

Toryo International Lighting Design Center

Category

Lighting Design - Architectural Lighting

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

Huairou Science City, nestled between mountains and waters on the outskirts of the city, enjoys the beauty of Yanqi Lake and the grandeur of the Yanshan Mountains. With the Great Wall and Beijing within sight, it offers an idyllic setting for scientific research. The City Urban Hall Plot A, located in the start - up area of Huairou Science City, is the epicenter of scientific facility platforms and innovative talents. It houses scientific research offices, research - based institutions, supporting hotels, cultural amenities, and commercial establishments.

The lighting design here is dedicated to creating an elegant nocturnal environment for scientists, inspiring their future - focused ideas. Moreover, it serves the purpose of scientific outreach, allowing the public to gain insights into scientific research. Eschewing the flamboyant urban lighting style, it pursues a soft, harmonious glow amidst the natural scenery, cultivating a serene research atmosphere. Low - level lighting is implemented, with fixtures placed at ground level. This not only provides a relaxed ambiance for scientists to think while walking but also starkly contrasts with the bustling city.

As a model of the start - up area, the City Urban Hall Plot A features a square - shaped building surrounded by a central public space, connecting four functional zones. Lighting fixtures are installed in the petal - shaped membrane roof of the central shared building, making it a prominent visual focal point at night, like blooming petals. In the plot's paths and central square, landscape lighting is minimized. Instead, the internal light of buildings is utilized to enhance the sense of daily life and work, avoiding excessive floodlighting and following architectural logic to create a comfortable living and working lighting environment.

In the future, the lighting project of Huairou Science City will continue to progress. It aims to create a livable, green, and dynamic lighting environment, setting an example of a modern, green urban environment that is comfortable, convenient, and fully - functional. Lighting will be instrumental in helping the science city realize its unique value.

Credits

Chief Designer
Dongliang Xu
Lighting Designer
Heping Wu
Lighting Designer
Ying Chang
Electrical Engineer
Li Yuan
Lighting Designer
Zhiyu Chen
Lighting Designer
Shiling Han
Lighting Designer
Jiongye He
Lighting Designer
Xiaowei Li
Assistant Electrical Engineer
Qiaoyun Hu
Photographer
Li Zhou
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