African Design Magazine ADM #43 August 2018 | Page 55

LONGGANG CHUANGTOU TOWER
Like the black and white
keys of a piano, the building
shows virtuality and reality
comparison of façades while
the keys are pressed, which
provides the building as a
whole with the balance and
integration. The lighting
highlights the building
structure and restores the
changing light and shadow
experience during the day.
The essence of a building is
space, and the essence of
space is light. The light design
makes the skin change of the
declinate irregular stereoscopic
window frame of building tower
clearance present the invisible gray
scale variation under the light and
shadow, and the large area of warm
color internal penetrance lighting
of the buildings and the moderate
white illuminated area of the tower
complement and contrast each
other, going well together and
showing their own characteristics.
The soul of architecture derives from the
perception and creation of the building
architect, the combination and contrast of
the light design and the building space has
highlighted the architectural language and
characteristics and its layered and rhythmical
design without any deliberate dynamic
changes makes the soul and temperament
of the building
complete and
Investor: Longgang
vivid, peculiar
City Construction
and unique.
Investment Group
Architectural
Design: URBANUS
ARCHITECTURE &
DESIGN
Lighting Design:
GD-Lighting Design
www.gd-lightingdesign.
com
Text & images
provided by:
GD-Lighting
Photographer: SHU He
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