Light Petals
Sixty-five glowing ceiling petals for a children's hospital lobby, made to look weightless.
Client
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Location
Miami, Florida
Completed
September 2016
Delivered by
Eventscape Inc.
My role
Project Manager
The story
The petals had to look weightless and continuous, so everything structural had to disappear. We built each frame from stretch-formed aluminium for a true curve, and developed a press-fit acrylic lens so that no fixings interrupt the luminous edge.
What I did
Led Eventscape's delivery, taking the architect's and lighting designer's intent into a buildable assembly.
Owned the technical documentation, including the three-point cable suspension, custom anchors, and pre-wiring drawings for the contractor.
Ran prototyping and sample approval with Perkins+Will and the lighting designer, and oversaw fabrication of all sixty-five petals.
65 petals in four sizes, from 6 to 12 ft across
195 suspension points
fabricated in Toronto and installed in Miami
From the workshop
Development
Architect
Perkins+Will
Lighting design
Horton Lees Brogden
Photography
Miami in Focus. Workshop photos: mine
Development images
Eventscape Inc.