The Union Iluminación de iglesia by Tongji Architectural Design Group Co., Ltd is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Plata in Diseño de Productos de Iluminación y Luminarias Competition Category.
PlataIluminación· 2022
The Union Iluminación de iglesia
by Tongji Architectural Design Group Co., Ltd
Client: Tongji Architectural Design Co., Ltd.
A' Design Award de Plata Winner in Iluminación Category
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The Design
About The Union Iluminación de iglesia
The Union es un proyecto de iluminación para una iglesia de Shanghái fundada en 1886 y situada cerca del Bund. El templo permaneció sin uso durante muchos años y en 2021 se transformó en un espacio para interpretaciones musicales. La iluminación crea un espacio espiritual reducido y sereno que, a la vez, responde a las necesidades escénicas. Las luminarias funcionales proporcionan un ambiente uniforme y actúan como iluminación de escenario. Una gran lámpara de suspensión combina funciones luminosas y acústicas, e integra luminarias empotradas y luces en forma de vela. Bañadores de pared empotrados en el suelo, con haces estrechos, revelan la textura del muro y el arco gótico.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Plata
The Union Iluminación de iglesia ha ganado el A' Design Award de Plata, un reconocimiento extraordinariamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de gama alta, magníficos e impresionantes. Los ganadores de Plata son obras tremendamente brillantes y sumamente creativas que ilustran la destacada experiencia, el talento y la agudeza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que The Union Iluminación de iglesia sea una obra maravillosa y emblemática, notablemente profesional y profundamente innovadora. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Plata es una invención muy notable y admirada que beneficia y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. The Union Iluminación de iglesia es una creación enormemente envidiada que evoca deseos, aporta sentimientos positivos y despierta asombro y admiración.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Union Church was founded in 1886, located closely to the Bund in Shanghai. It was once destroyed because of the fire in 2007 and rebuilt in the next two years. It hasn't been properly reused for many years until 2021, and it will be transformed into a music performance space. The aim of lighting design is to create a ‘small and beautiful’ spiritual space meeting the need of performing.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The project covers a total of 410 square meters.
- Tags
- Lighting Design, Architectural Lighting, Functional Lighting, Visual Effects, Performance Lighting
- Production Technology
- The functional light is used to create a uniform lighting environment and achieve stage lighting. The main pendant light is a ‘creative highlight’, combining both the lighting and acoustic requirements. It is fitted with recessed lights and candle-shaped lights and can match well with the architectural style. The vertical lighting is designed to shape the space volume. In-ground recessed wall washers with narrow beam angle (15 degree) are used to well express the wall texture and the Gothic arch.
- Design Challenge
- The challenges of the lighting design were focused on installation methods and acoustic requirements. Since the protection requirements of ‘no damage to walls’, the design team almost re-create a new truss structure inside of the space. The lighting fixtures are installed on the new structure, leaving no nail hole in the wall. Because of the spatial reverberation, we creatively embedded thick acrylic panels on the pendant light to meet the needs of the reflection sound to the stage.
- Research
- The difficulties in this project were no damage install the light fixtures and acoustic requirements. The interior of the church was reconstructed using 3D software to adjust the installation of the luminaires to reduce damage to the walls. In terms of acoustic needs, we worked with acoustic consultant and creatively embedded thick acrylic panels on the main pendant light to meet the needs of the reflection sound to the stage. In the end, we were able to achieve the design concept at a low cost.
- Inspiration
- The Union Church has a storied history and has been rebuilt according to its original form, respecting the former materials and structure. The lighting design also inherited the concept and aimed to restore the spirit of the church. The installation of the luminaires was innovative while meeting the functional and characteristic lighting to protect the main structure of the church.
- Project Duration
- The project started in June 2021 in Shanghai and finished in September 2021 in Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- The Union Church has been properly reused in 2021, and it was transformed into a music performance space. The interior lighting focuses on the spiritual expression of the church and meets the needs of the music performance space.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Lu Yawen & Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.(TJAD), 2022.
- Team Members
- Lighting Designer: Yang Xiu
Architect: Xu Feng
Lighting Designer: Ma Yue
Lighting Designer: Bian Chen
Lighting Designer: Ma Xiaojie
Lighting Designer: Ge Wenjing
Proprietor : Lu Yawen
Architect: Ma Xiyin
VR Engineer: Du Ming - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer, Lu Yawen, The Union Church, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer, Lu Yawen, The Union Church, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer, Lu Yawen, The Union Church, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer, Lu Yawen, The Union Church, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer, Lu Yawen, The Union Church, 2021.
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