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Moonlight Wedding Chapel

Beijing Puri Lighting Design

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Light
7.75
7.63
8.12
6.06
7.39
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Best Use of Light
7.87
7.71
8.45
6.19
7.56
Sabine Krieg
Sabine Krieg Dean of the design faculty at University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
It is very sublime and lighting wor...
7.75
7.63
8.12
6.06
7.39
Maja Kozel
Maja Kozel Senior Interior Architect at iL Office
Gorgeous play of natural lighting a...
7.75
7.95
8.81
6.06
7.64
Emma Holt
Emma Holt Associate Director at Ben Adams Architects
Striking and flawless use of light....
7.75
7.63
8.12
6.06
7.39
Wang Xiaodong
Wang Xiaodong Principal at Zhejiang University Architectural Design and Research Institute
7.8
7.7
8.8
6.5
7.7
Sarah Kennedy
Sarah Kennedy Principal, Interior Design Director at CLB Architects
I think this is a great project for...
8.32
7.63
8.4
6.28
7.66
Client
Qingdao Longyue Real Estate Co., LTD.
Floor area
1400 ㎡
Completion
2021
Lighting Designer

This is a building no one can forget when they see it. It stands quietly in the small town of Qingdao Zangma Mountain, which is beautiful and pure. The white body complements the green hills and cypresses of the surrounding environment. The layers of texture on the surface of the building are superimposed, as if time, space, and building are divided, independent and continuous. This is a breathing building. The gaps reveal the activities of the people inside the church, making the definition of the inside and outside of the church ambiguous.

What should the light here be like? It should be "divine". We chose 4000K white light to express it. The lamps are arranged between the divided boards, and the appropriate power and angle of the lamps will illuminate each layer of the board. It is the only church in the world that glows all over! We chose warm yellow to describe the entrance and spire that people pass by. It makes the church look more "warm of human nature." At the same time, it also makes the light of the building richer and more layered.

The light on the spire of the church is the brightest. This stroke is a focus of sacred temperament, showing the direction of architecture to divinity. The light on the facade is divided into these three main layers. They use different intensities and colors to play their respective roles. The church is hidden in Zangma Mountain. There is a beautiful legend about the origin of the name "Zangma Mountain". Between the boards, in addition to the up-lighting underground lights, there are also linear lamps. In this way, the shape of the arc has been portrayed more accurately.

There is a quiet water surface around the church, and the reflection of the church appears on the water surface. The interior of the church continues the curved shape. We simulate the illuminance relationship of the space through illuminance calculation. We created a natural color change effect on the stairs. It is half-hidden in the woods, and it has become a holy place for the new couple, witnessing the wedding ceremony one after another.