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François Roupinian, President and Designer, Lightemotion "The lighting comfort was one of the most important guidelines. The primary objective is to provide lighting without disturbing the player. Thus, the light is always integrated in the architecture elements. Just like a boomerang, architectural elements serve as reflectors to emanate light. We have also found ways to break the light by using textures that are unnoticeable. It creates a soft lighting that allows visitors to feel like they’re in a bubble.”
About Lightemotion The Lightemotion team is composed of lighting and theatre designers, lighting engineers, interior architects and marketing consultants from the four corners of the globe. The firm sets itself apart from others by its multidisciplinary team and its artistic approach, focusing on the needs of its customers. Able to intervene in five different languages, this eclectic team works with the same passion and technical rigor regardless of the size of a project.
Immersive lighting designs thrill at Casino du Lac-Leamy
Photo credits: Stéphane Brugger
A new immersive and sophisticated lighting environment, custom made by the Montreal firm Lightemotion, is getting noticed at the Lac-Leamy Casino
Canada’s lighting design specialist, Lightemotion last featured in the pages of G3 at the launch of New Jersey’s Revel Casino. While the casino failed spectacularly to live up to expectations, the lighting design throughout the casino was a stunning example of modern lighting techniques blended with practical gaming-orientated, player-focused solutions.
Te company’s most recent project is one that’s much closer to home. Mandated by Loto-Quebec and the Gatineau casino, Lightemotion has worked closely with the architects of Sid Lee Architecture and Fortin Corriveau Salvail Damphousse architecture + design to create a direct symbiosis between architectural elements and light. Te result is an immersive experience that begins at the threshold of the casino and continues through each of the hotel’s different sections.
"Te lighting comfort was one of the most important guidelines," says Roupinian, Lightemotion’s President and designer. Te primary objective is to provide lighting without disturbing the player.” Te experience of the Montreal firm in museum lighting design was put to good use in the Casino du Lac- Leamy project, with the light always integrated into the architecture elements of the location.
"Just like a boomerang, architectural elements serve as reflectors to emanate light," says Mr. Roupinian. “We have also found ways to break the light by using textures that are unnoticeable. It creates a soft lighting that allows visitors to feel like they’re in a bubble.”
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY Tanks to their experience with the mega resort of the
Revel casino in Atlantic City, Lightemotion was able to highlight each space by using light in a creative and innovative way. Te company has also created a majestic structure with luminous scales that have become the focal point of the casino. With its lighting finesse, the Montreal firm has managed to highlight each point of interest within the casino and hotel location.
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Lightemotion’s biggest challenge for this long-term project was the casino’s business hours; it is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. "It's very difficult to do maintenance in a casino. We had to find a way to design lighting that requires no maintenance and has a perfect life span," explained Mr. Roupinian. Te remit for the design team was always that the Lac- Leamy Casino had to remain open throughout the duration of the renovations, which was successfully achieved.
With its expertise, the company has become a key player in architectural highlighting around the globe. Te team has recently designed the lighting of the 125th and 148th floors of the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai Mall Expansion. Tey also created the lighting of the largest train museum in Europe: Brussels’ Train World.
In Canada, the 2014 Lighting Master Plan of Parliament Hill in Ottawa was designed by the team and Lightemotion is currently hard at work on several lighting concepts in the Canadian Capital: Te History Museum, the National Art Center and the Government Conference Centre and the East Block.
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