LIGHT + TECH 105 FARAWAY TREE, FLOWER OF LIFE, FUSCHIA, NGOMA DRUM CHANDELIERS Lighting design: Willowlamp


Adam Hoets, the founder of South African company Willowlamp, uses his own specially-devised method to create intricate, fluid lamps, pendants, chandeliers and art pieces featuring ball chains suspended from laser-cut steel frames. A tiny notch in the metal frame creates a chain curtain that is free from fasteners, allowing a greater scope for creativity, Hoets has said, who takes his inspiration from organic, natural forms. Four of the designs have been grouped as a composite on the ceiling of the newly renovated Lucide restaurant at the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre (KKL Luzern) on the shores of Lake Lucerne. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the building was originally completed in 2000. AtelierWest Architects has updated the restaurant’s interior, which offers impressive views of the lake.


One of Nouvel’s visions for the building was that the waters of the lake would be able to ‘enter’ the building, creating a flow between interior and exterior. The new interior scheme is inspired by this original


notion, and reflects the concept in details used throughout, including the lighting. AtelierWest commissioned Willowlamp to create a cluster of chandeliers for Lucide. These appear to float, jellyfish-like, from the ceiling and softly illuminate the space. The Faraway Tree chandelier is inspired by graphic representations of trees on architectural drawings. A concealed light source within a suspended uplighter dish provides the illumination.


The award-winning Flower of Life is based on the so-called ‘sacred geometry’ symbol of that name. The intricate multilevel chandelier is also evocative of a classic 1920s style.


The Fuschia’s design recalls the form of a single fuchsia blossom, with the metal petals apparently bowing under the weight of the chain. It is lit by a suspended spiralling arrangement of pyrex glass balls. The Ngoma Drum is a cylindrical, drum-shaped chandelier with a support frame inspired by Venetian wrought- iron design. willowlamp.com


Clockwise from left


Willowlamp’s Ngoma Drum, Faraway Tree, Fuschia and Flower of Life chandeliers


TOP LEFT: TINA STURZENEGGER


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