In the context of a new regional development vision based on culture, architect Daniel Libeskind and lighting designer Matteo Messervy collaborated on the elaboration of an urban design master plan for two future cultural landmark buildings, with the social responsibility and historical mission of advancing contemporary art in China:

The Guangzhou painting academy and the Guangzhou Museum.

Located on an islet on Guangzhou’s Pearl river, the place is surrounded by water, conferring an almost mystical feel as the mist sets in at nightfall.

It was an honour to work with Daniel Libeskind, the prize award-winning architecture. The first architect to win the Hiroshima Art Prize, awarded to an artist whose work promotes international understanding and peace. Many of his projects look at the deep cultural connections between memory and architecture.

The lighting concept was thought to highlight the visually striking architecture of the buildings in the most energy efficient way, by capturing natural daylight to fuel the multi- coloured hues of light applied to the exterior facades at night. Adding to the out-worldly nature of this unique sculptural architecture, custom-made strings of LED light extend there luminescent tentacles along the facades, shrouding them in a wavering and moving incandescent halo.

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• Architect : Daniel Libeskind