AnnualReport_2008

2008
Lighting Planners Associates Inc.
Annual Report
NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER / MIDLAND SQUARE / BANYAN TREE
PHUKET, DOUBLEPOOL VILLAS / MEIJI JINGU / PATRIA HITA / NATIONAL
GRAND THEATER OF CHINA / TOKYO CLUB BUILDING / CHINA HOUSE /
TAJ PRESIDENT MUMBAI, GUESTROOM, 14th, 15th & 16th FLOORS /
THAI PAVILION / HILTON TOKYO MARBLE LOUNGE / THE CHINA KITCHEN /
ANISE INTER-CONTINENTAL DUBAI FESTIVAL CITY / LIGHTING FOR
BOSATSU, TOUKOUJI TEMPLE / BREEZE/IGNITE/BORBON STEAK/
AGUA / RESIDENCE AT CAIRNHILL ROAD / NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
NATURE AND SCIENCE

ニコラス・G・ハイエック センター
NICOLAS G. HAYEK CENTER
TOKYO 2007 SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS
This building is a combined Swatch Group showroom
and corporate headquarters. The building, facing Ginza
Central Avenue, has a large half open-air atrium with
a green wall. Our challenge was to create a lighting
environment that enhances the green theme without
losing functionality in the showrooms. During the day,
2000lx downlights + cove lighting inside the green wall
gradually change color and intensity from dusk to dark.

ミッドランド スクエア
MIDLAND SQUARE
AICHI 2007 NIKKEN SEKKEI / TOWA REAL ESTATE / TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION. / THE MAINICHI
NEWSPAPERS.
After the successful World Expo 2006 in Nagoya, Japan, the city is giving Tokyoites something to talk about
as it transforms into a new and exciting metropolis. The opening of a new project near Nagoya Station is a
symbolic presence in this transformation. The latest in LED technology was standardized and freely incorporated
to achieve the project concept of fantastic and kinetic space. Light balloons in the large atrium move up and
down to the rhythm of light and music and lighting along the promenade creates the illusion of a sea of clouds
for an interactive and double-the-fun shopping experience.

バンヤンツリー プーケット, ダブルプールヴィラ
BANYAN TREE PHUKET, DOUBLEPOOL VILLAS
PHUKET 2007 LAGUNA RESORTS & HOTELS / LAGUNA BANYAN TREE
The Banyan Tree is a luxury resort on the island of Phuket in Thailand. The Thailand-style villas are situated
around a lagoon. To create a night view, the roof of each villa is illuminated, making it visible from the opposite
shore and producing a quiet reflection on the water surface. Each villas is complete with a private pool and
small fiber optics indication on the bottom of the pool are arranged in random pattern creating a fantasy-like
atmosphere.

明 治 神 宮
MEIJI JINGU
TOKYO 2007 MEIJI JINGU
Meiji Jingu is a shrine in the middle of a 70,000-m2 plot of land surrounded by a beautiful green forest.
Since its construction almost 88 years ago, Japanese have come here to pray for world and inner peace.
After proceeding through the large entrance gate, a long, stately approach continues through the forest to
the south gate and then on to the shrine pavilions. This sequentiality is amazing. To commemorate the
restoration of a fire-damaged pavilion 50 years ago and to share the beauty of Meiji Shrine at dusk. was the
endeavor of this project. Minimal lighting would create the most beauty for the deep and pure darkness
surrounding the shrine and was carefully placed to illuminate the vegetation, gates, and pavilion during a
mock up. The result was an unexpected, one-of-a-kind nightscapes. The 50th anniversary illumination of
Meiji Shrine will be available for public viewing in the autumn of 2008.

日 田 市 民 文 化 会 館
PATRIA HITA
OITA 2007 KOHYAMA ATELIER
This arts and culture facility is for the use of local residences, including a small and large auditorium
and display gallery. The interior is finished in locally found materials such as Japanese cedar and plaster.
Soft up lighting to the timber ceiling and the cedar luminous wall helps to enhance the warmth of these
materials and create a nightscape with regional characteristics. (In collaboration with LightingM)

中 国 国 家 大 劇 院
NATIONAL GRAND THEATER OF CHINA
BEIJING 2007 PAUL ANDREU ARCHITECT
Right in front of the Forbidden City and hidden under a gigantic titanium dome is the opera house. Construction
had started and just as the project was entering its most interesting stage, LPA was commissioned to plan the
public area lighting inside the dome. With all of the natural light filling the dome and complexity, the lighting
environment needed special attention. During the design process we analyzed possible movements of visitor
viewpoints throughout the dome and prioritized them into 12 categories for background luminance simulations.
Unfortunately we were not commissioned to continue our work during the supervision phase and the result is
not our intended lighting effect. Generally, this is a problem with most projects in China. Ideally, a consistent
design office should be contracted all the way through to the end of the supervision phase.

東 京 倶 楽 部 ビルディング
TOKYO CLUB BUILDING
TOKYO 2007 NIHON SEKKEI / MITSUI FUDOSAN
A project to rebuilt the Tokyo Club Building adjacent to
the Kasumigaseki Building. Facing the Kasumigaseki
Building, on both sides of the double-skinned façade,
two lines of blue light extend up towards the sky,
adding a fresh look to the area. The design for the
lower portion of the building is an integrated design with
the surrounding buildings and the lighting plan helps
to create one continuous space.
(In collaboration with LightingM)

チャイナ ハウス
CHINA HOUSE
MUMBAI 2007 SUPER POTATO / M-STYLE
The China House is the first full-scale Chinese
restaurant in India, located in the Grand Hyatt Hotel
Mumbai. The interior is divided into three separate
spaces, restaurant, lounge, and club. Each area is
rich in its own materials and textures with a lighting
plan to enhance the individual functions and designs
of each space. Onsite, design elements such as using
light to design shadows needed carefully calculated
adjustments.

タージ プレジ デント ムンバイ
ゲストルームフロア 14, 15, 16 階
TAJ PRESIDENT MUMBAI, GUESTROOM,
14th, 15th & 16th FLOORS
MUMBAI 2007 PIEM HOTELS / STUDIO GLITT
In the commercial city of Mumbia, the India-based,
5-star business hotel Taj President has renovated a
portion of the guestrooms. The guestroom design
uses mainly Indian materials intending to create a
purely Indian-experience for foreign guests.

タイ パビリオン
THAI PAVILION
MUMBAI 2007 PIEM HOTELS / STUDIO GLITT
The newly opened Thai restaurant in the Taj President
Hotel is complete with a chef and cuisine to ooh and
awe the crowd. The open kitchen is centrally located
and enclosed by the dining space. The restaurant is
visually stimulating with a Thailand-based motif to whisk
diners away to a foreign land complete with exciting
food, interior design, and artwork.

ヒルトン 東 京 マーブルラウンジ
HILTON TOKYO MARBLE LOUNGE
TOKYO 2007 NIPPON HILTON / HBA
The main feature in the newly renovated, modern-style
motif Marble Lounge of Hilton Tokyo is a spiral staircase.
Situated in the middle of the lounge, cove lighting
mounted under each step transforms the piece into
one huge light fixture that penetrates the space from
floor to ceiling. Also, lighting highlights a series of
large pillars and using light and shadow, creates a
beautiful contrast.

ザ チャイナキッチン
THE CHINA KITCHEN
DELHI 2007 SUPER POTATO & M-STYLE
The China Kitchen is a full-scale Chinese restaurant in the Hyatt Regency Delhi. Several battered old beams
criss-cross the large void and enhance the height of the ceilings. An open kitchen, light columns, and lattice
screens are all centrally located and bathed in soft light from the luminous wall, creating shadowing and
beautiful contrast within the space.

アニス インターコンチネンタルホテル ドバイフェスティバルシティ
ANISE INTER-CONTINENTAL DUBAI FESTIVAL CITY
DUBAI 2007 SUPER POTATO
Built next to the Dubai Creek, this hotel restaurant’s ceiling height is a luxurious 8-meters! During the day
natural light creates a sense of openness in the dining room, but at night lighting emphasizes the refreshing
glass chandeliers and distinctive wood artwork. The transition of light and different appearance of materials
throughout the day help to create a stimulating all day dining room.

東 光 寺 客 殿 仏 像 照 明
LIGHTING FOR BOSATSU,
TOUKOUJI TEMPLE
SAITAMA 2007 TOUKOUJI / TAPIÉ
Installed in the new entrance to the reception hall of
Toukouji Temple is a modern, but ornate bodhisattva.
Along with the sculpture, soft light illuminates latticework
suspended from the ceiling and a golden mural to
create a transcending, but friendly atmosphere. The
lights focusing on the wall dim subtly to convey a sense
of relaxation.

BREEZE / IGNITE / BORBON STEAK /
AGUA
BREEZE / IGNITE / BORBON STEAK /
AGUA
DETROIT 2007 SUPER POTATO
Four newly opened restaurants in the MGM Grand
Detroit are all designed with different theme-oriented
interiors, In the Agua restaurant, ripples are highlighted
with a black light; Lattice and luminous walls create a
bright interior for the all day dining restaurant, Breeze;
Ignite is stained a deep, flaming red.

レジ デンス アット ケインヒル ロード
RESIDENCE AT CAIRNHILL ROAD
SINGAPORE 2007 ARCHITECTS 61
Located in the prime Orchard Road Area, the project
boasts of a residential tower as a backdrop to an
existing and restored conservation house. The lighting
creates a strong contrast between the two styles
of architecture and yet connects them together with
appropriate balance of colour temperature, colour
contrasts and indirect lighting. Modernism is given an
understated elegance while the historical past acts as
a bright image of nostalgia.

国 立 科 学 博 物 館 本 館 改 修
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURE
AND SCIENCE
TOKYO 2007 KOHYAMA ATELIER
This project involved the preservation and restoration
of the National Museum of Nature and Science, built in
1930. The light fixtures in the centrally located, main
hall were restored to their original state of softly glowing
light. The newly mounted spotlights are integrated with
the natural light from stained glass windows to enhance
the beautiful relief work along the dome and arches.

LPA TOPICS
Lighting Awards / Guangzhou International Lighting Technology
Symposium / Seoul International Urban Design Symposium / LPA
Office Retreat / LPA Open House / Poul Henningsen’s PH Lamp and
the Lights of Northern Europe / LPA 2007 Activities & 2008 Goals /
Major Contributions and Interviews

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