076 PROJECT / MONTE-CARLO BEACH HOTEL, MONTE-CARLO, S.B.M.
TWISTING
LIGHT
Beiruti firm PSLAB has created a new lighting concept for a
hotel in Monaco’s most famous quarter
During their renovation of the Monte-Carlo installation in pairs of two different sizes.
Beach Hotel in Monte-Carlo S.B.M., Paris- Each of these tailor-made units contains an
based architect India Mahdavi approached off-centre fluorescent light source that is
Lebanese lighting specialist, WORKS.PSLAB concealed within the body of the fixture in
with a brief to develop a lighting concept order to provide a glare-free ambient light.
for a typical room setting as well as a A third element is set in the corridor, giving
scheme for the main lobby areas. guests a hint of the light fittings inside.
The lobby is characterised by a very high The layout of the three objects is reworked
ceiling space, with surrounding walls to conform to the hotel’s different room
that spiral upward and inwards towards a types.
recessed ceiling pit at the room’s highest www.pslab.net
point. To accentuate this ceiling recess, www.india-mahdavi.com
special leaf-like fixtures were conceived
and clustered together in swirls.
The fixtures are made from metal sheets,
laser-cut into sycamore seed-shaped leaves
and then hammered to give them the
desired curvature – a technique that gives
each leaf its unique texture. These leaves
are mounted on short cylindrical discs and
overlapped so that the discs create a hidden
axel around which the metal sheets can
rotate. Light from a lamp placed within this
axel column spills through slits and around
the leaves to create a gentle, diffused
lighting effect. The leaves can be rotated in
both directions around the axel, allowing a
unique arrangement of metal, and therefore
light, to be formed – customising the effect
to suit each fixture’s specific location.
In the ceiling recess, each fixture has a
different axel height, with the tallest in
the middle, decreasing in height in a radial
manner towards the edge. The fixture de-
sign is used again, individually and in pairs,
around the edge of the room and through-
out the hotel’s restaurant and staircase
areas.
Next WORKS.PSLAB turned their attention
to the guest rooms. A typical room features
a short entrance corridor leading to a sleep-
ing space with a curved corner containing Project Details
the sitting area. The length of the corridor
Monte-Carlo Beach Hotel, Monte-Carlo S.B.M
is highlighted by inserting narrow recessed
Client:
downlights in the ceiling along its path. The
Lighting Designer: WORKS.PSLAB
Architect: India Mahdavi, Paris
corner space, not visible from the entrance
Photographs: PRODUCTS.PSLAB
door, is emphasised by thick, white, irregu- Lighting Specified: PRODUCTS.PSLAB
lar shaped metal cylinders developed for
Clockwise from top The main lobby walls spiral up to
a recessed lighting pit; fixtures used in pairs at eye
level; light from the fixture’s axel column lets light
spill into the room; the hotel restaurant; tailor-made
lighting designed for the guest bedrooms
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