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Architect Studio Daniel Libeskind and and special features. We built three scale Above A paramount goal was to keep the ceiling
Interior Architect Rockwell Group created models, completed hundreds of drawings
clean so all the fixtures are positioned within the
architectural slots in the ceiling
the captivating shell and interior design and sketches, and performed multiple
for the Crystals. Focus Lighting, long full-scale mock-ups in New York, Las Vegas,
Right Details from the lighting scheme. Catwalks
were incorporated above some of the ceiling slots
time collaborators with Rockwell, were Connecticut and Washington, DC to fully
easing access for the owner
then brought on board to contribute a test the lighting treatments.
lighting design that is visually complex and “There was a large team and we had
technically advanced. countless coordination sessions to locate Washington DC to test the ceiling uplights
“The goal was to create an Interior Urban ceiling slots, wall slots, and all the interior at the Museum of the American Indian, in
Park that reflected the energy and diversity features to understand and negotiate their atrium, to compare CK beamspreads,
of a cityscape,” comments Paul Gregory, everyone’s needs to create a successful throw distances and brightness. They also
Principal of Focus Lighting. “We wanted outcome. We collaborated closely with went to the National Sculpture Garden to
to bring the beauty of nature inside, using architects Studio Daniel Libeskind, Rockwell light another edition of the Claes Oldenberg
the spiral ceiling to reflect the sky. We Group, DIRT Studio and WET Design to Eraser that is on display there in order to
programmed the ceiling to change over create a visually complex and technically get the fixture positions correct with the
the course of the day, from amber with advanced lighting design which was the angles of the sculpture.
the sunrise, to cool blue in the afternoons, key to creating a coherent experience and Designing the slots to conceal these many
transitioning to a reflection of an urban integrating the Rockwell features into the ceiling fixtures proved one of the greatest
landscape in the evening.” Libeskind building.” challenges at CityCenter. Focus Lighting
In order to achieve these colours, Focus Intricate light slashes are cast across the helped to create the seamless integration
worked closely with Philips Color Kinetics to interior walls in angular motions that are by working closely with the whole design
develop a custom version of the Colorblast representative of the architecture. These team. The geometry of the ceiling slots,
with White/White/Amber LEDs in addition slashes are emitted from the ceiling slots by skylights and control joints inform the
to the standard RGB to allow them to more theatrical metal halide fixtures (ETC Source shapes of the light slashes adding additional
closely replicate colours found in nature. 4’s) with carefully adjusted metal shutters texture to the walls.
Over three years, hundreds of drawings, in each source. Metal halide spotlights (LSI) “There was a large team and we had
three models, and countless full-scale are also housed in the ceiling slots and countless coordination sessions to locate
mock-ups were put forth to realise the are used to spotlight various elements of ceiling slots, wall slots, and all the interior
multifaceted lighting scheme now seen at Rockwell’s interior concourse. The walls and features to understand and negotiate
Crystals at CityCenter. ceiling ledges also house almost 1000 LED everyone’s needs to create a successful
Gregory explains: “It took three years of fixtures that uplight the ceiling and vary in outcome,” relates Gregory. “Because
close collaboration and coordination to fully colour tone to reflect shifts in daylight. of the contractor’s involvement in the
integrate the lighting into the architecture Members of the Focus team went to coordination sessions, they were able to
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