“THE LAND OF THE COLD” PAIRI DAIZA

CLIENT

Pairi Daiza

DATE

2021

LOCATION

Belgium, Brugelette

EXPERTISES

Lighting Design

CREDITS

Koert Vermeulen
Design Director
Lead Designer: Bruno Demeester

LIGHT A VILLAGE IN A CANDLELIGHT ATMOSPHERE

The challenge of this project to meet today’s built environment lighting requirements (circulation, access to rooms, security, visual comfort) while merging within the thematic of the scenography of the land of the cold, to reflect that of a Nordic village located in a natural setting, prior to the discovery of electricity. ACTLD’s solution to realize the “impossible”, was to make a strong lighting statement: To light all human and village areas in a candlelight atmosphere, and all external outdoor natural areas mimicking moonlight. For both situations, we had to reduce the light levels as much as possible to get the convincing ambiances.