The lighting design focuses on a "collector’s home" narrative. It blends grand colonial heritage with Sentosa’s lush tropicality, using light to bridge the gap between Singapore’s storied past and its modern, sustainable future
The Reserve is a state-of-the-art alternative asset center in Singapore, which houses a wealth of assets, such as precious metals, art, and more. The glistening modern monolith envisioned by the architect alludes to the robustness of precious commodities and the transparency inherent in the distributed financial technologies of the future. Conceived as a series of dualities to intrigue; the onyx stone-covered fortress exudes luminescent luxury inside and out through a deft use of light.
Designed in Neo-Gothic Style, the church was officially opened in 1888 and is the first Tamil Catholic church in Singapore. Gazetted as a national monument since 2005, challenges the lighting design to enhance the architectural features while keeping to conservation regulations with no impact to the core and shell. Façade lighting was to integrate and enhance the overall layers and elements and also illuminating the stain glass windows lining the clerestory from the interior so that they can be appreciated from outside, while also illuminating the interiors and features sensitively with various scenes from day to night.
Like an oasis within the desert, the Singapore Pavilion situated within the sustainability district of World Expo 2020 Dubai, greets visitors with its lush greenery. The Singapore Pavilion was envisioned and designed by WOHA to encapsulate the challenges Singapore faces and overcomes as a small city-state. Find out how lighting design is beyond human-centric but is all encompassing and life-centric. The lighting concept goes beyond just being comfortable for people, it also supports life, plant life and also inspires new ideas. Light Collab sought to share the story of the regenerative quality of nature and light through natural and artificial lighting.
The Singapore Buddhist Lodge is a Buddhist and charitable organization in Singapore. Founded in 1934, it is one of the oldest charities in Singapore The existing Singapore Buddhist Lodge undergoes a major renovation with extensions of facade and construction of the new main prayer hall in 2017. In this project, we explored how hope, faith and light of Buddha is expressed.
Along Meyer Road, sits a condominium development housing, which is adjacent to a one-hectare forested park. The development is laid out in a contiguous ‘C’ configuration with residences looking out onto a 50m by 75m internal forested garden that spills out onto the adjacent park. In this project, we explored the dance of lighting - the soul of the spaces. The play and presence of light in the form of it being indirect, being ambient and yet staying hidden, while revealing forms, textures and layers in this beautiful project.
We collaborated in the remaking of the classic by John Portman & Associates built in 1986. In the midst of the atrium lined by cascading planters of trees, we explored how biophilic lighting and to create a live-centric lighting design for a balance for nature and humans.
Yizheng Stationery is a market leader in children’s eraser in China. This experience center is situated in the factory, meant to be part of an entire sales journey. Together with United Design Practice, we investigate the qualities and properties of the material, rubber and explode how light can bring alive the expression of the eraser's properties such as colours, translucency, and express them into a form of Light Art.
The Reef at King’s Dock is a waterfront luxury condominium situated along Keppel Bay and Harbourfront Avenue in Singapore. Building on the heritage of the former harbour site, the project offers three distinct building typologies embedded in lush vegetation and communal spaces with magnificent views on Mount Faber, Sentosa island and the Kings Dock.
With the shift toward online shopping does put a huge strain on traditional retail, but with that challenge also comes myriad of opportunities for retailers and designers to invent new spaces and new ways to engage customers. Check out how we tried to reinvent the way how people feel towards supermarket retail and F&B services in this space, using light and creating turning into a very instagrammable space!
LYF is a hospitality concept by Ascott that provides coliving spaces for digital nomads, technopreneurs, creatives and self-starters to “live your freedom” in a dynamic environment. The apartments, social spaces and experiential programmes at LYF properties are designed for guests to forge connections and to nurture a strong sense of community. In this project, we have explored creating innovating lighting solutions to break social norms that elevate spaces beyond their physical dimensions. This project showcases the fusion of artistic vision and functional requirements with technical expertise, resulting in an environment that aligns with the branding of LYF and enhances the overall experience.
The first-of-its-kind complex offers Singapore's first climate-controlled car gallery to store rare cars owned by high-net-worth individuals. It incorporates workshops, boutique car displays, conference facilities, and an exclusive club lounge overlooking the car gallery. The lounge boasts a bar, private dining and a cigar bar. Our scope for lighting design includes facade and front-of house lighting for the automotive centre, where we weave lighting into the facade and interior.
Tower of Light (Shadhinata Tower), a 150 feet high structure made up of stacked glass, is a focal point of the Independence Monument commissioned by the Ministry of War Liberation Affairs, Public Works Department in 1997. The site for the Independence Monument is where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation delivered the historic speech that united the people of Bengal to fight for their liberation from 24 years of oppressive military rule under Pakistan. In this project, Light is a powerful symbol of hope and selfless sacrifice of the Freedom Fighters.
Pan Pacific Singapore, a renowned luxury hotel nestled in the heart of Marina Bay, sought to rejuvenate its interiors, and elevate its visual identity. The new interior design showcases a concept reminiscent of Park Royal Collection at Marina Bay – a garden in the hotel. The lighting design aimed to accentuate the hotel’s distinctive existing architectural features, alongside the new interior design designed by FDAT architects, includes the hotel’s main public spaces like the lobby, bar, marketplace, and function rooms.
Fantastica - Extraordinary everywhere with Formica is a collaboration of Formica with 3 designers, Stolen, Forest and Whales and Light Collab to produce a design each using Fenix laminates.. Light Collab's work, Pivoting Interstices is a collaboration between Formica, Light Collab and Superstructure. Inspired by the uniqueness of the matte properties of Fenix laminates, Light Collab would like to explore the non-reflective quality of the material with the medium of light.