The Peak Tower in Hong Kong stands as a city icon at the top of Victoria Peak and provides shopping, dining, and views for tourists and local visitors. Its bold, contemporary geometry and unique location called for a dramatic lighting scheme that would attract visitors after its 1997 renovation. AWA developed a lighting design that traces the path of the arriving visitor through the expanse of the building. The visitor is greeted by multicolored washes of light generated by LED “color-blasters” at the tram arrival station. Upon arrival in the main atrium, guests look up to view a massive field of 2x2’ convex panels, each illuminated by an individual LED lighting strip. Computerized controls are programmed to display sweeps of color, pixilated fields of color blocks, even messages, in a dynamic, eye-catching spectacle. Architectural Record quoted Abhay Wadhwa comparing the effect to that of, “ascending through an effervescent sea of champagne.” (Architectural Record, February 2007, p.161)
Status: Built
Location: Hong Kong China SAR
Additional Credits: Architect: Ronald Lu and Partners
Photography: Marcel Lam
