Guangming Culture and Art Center – 2022 IALD Award of Merit

Guangming Culture and Art Center, located in the Guangming New District, is the largest cultural and artistic complex in northern Shenzhen, China. Its architectural design concept is humanistic eyes, as the semicircular entrance looks like an eye of light under the reflection of the lake, thanks to the lighting design by R-Design International Lighting. Floodlights are used on the building facade to illuminate the eyebrows of the entrance, spirally dividing the plot into areas of different brightness with the entrance as the center to highlight the light perception level. The doorway position is combined with the curtain wall triangle rods and the hidden flexible color light strips. Colored lights fill the large span overhead space, and the changing light and shadow enhances the entrance. The high elevated space area at the secondary entrance becomes an interactive place for visitors. 112 150 watt stage lights are arranged in an array on the top, and the beams are used to create an artistic lighting forest. Camera capture technology is used to sense visitors entering the space, creating gradual brightness and darkness, forming an interesting contrast at night.