ILLUMINATION AWARD FOR INTERIOR LIGHTING DESIGN
Award of Excellence
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ZONE, Dubai, UAE
Designers: Patrick Gallegos, Paula Dinkel, Matthew Morris, Bill Gorgensen, Luke Bonner, Yvon Muller, Chris Beasley, York Kennedy – Gallegos Lighting Design
Areas showcasing four DreamWorks productions—Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon—define this 485,000-sq ft indoor, permanent immersive experience in Dubai. The design includes four major ride attractions, 12 smaller attractions, five thematic retail outlets, four sit-down restaurants and general area ambience. The challenge was to use the latest lighting technology to transform a large, intricate space into a warm and personal experience with no visible technology, as would be appropriate in the four different "worlds." A combination of architectural and theatrical lighting design techniques create dimensional and kinetic layers of light to re-create images from the movies and to create unique, all-encompassing environments that let visitors feel part of each area. A project-wide programming and control system enables subtle and dramatic variations in light color and intensity and suggests movement and direction through timed sequences and triggered looks. Due to limited local manufacturing, the design team sourced standard fixtures and custom decorative fixtures from Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Of the thousands of fixtures used for the project, over 95% are LED.
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