SHORT DESCRIPTION

Cai Yuanpei is a prominent educator, politician and the Republic of China’s first Minister of Education, who made significant contribution to education reform in modern China. The design of the Memorial Hall is simple and shows the Oriental aesthetic conception of "walls as canvas and stones for painting", which represents Cai Yuanpei's spirit of integrity and simplicity. The lighting design of the project creates an atmosphere that evokes traditional Eastern aesthetics, and uses accent lighting to embellish key nodes. It turns the square into an inviting public destination, interiorises the outdoor environment, and produces a pleasing night view and light environment. The theater is the entrance building within the site. The lighting design of its first floor takes into consideration the architectural form of the original cinema, with downlights’ positions being reserved in advance and integrated with the concrete building to evenly distribute 3,000K light in the transitional space at the entrance. The hollowed-out pattern of the building’s curtain wall allows light to penetrate, which creates a storytelling scene to welcome and see off the theater’s audience. Moving forward along the main entrance and stepping into Cai Yuanpei Square, visitors will be greeted by an array of zelkova serrata trees on the south side, which are illuminated by sophisticated anti-glare lights that create upward lighting. The cool natural space beneath the trees, the benches and the waterscape are enriched with downward lighting. The fiber optic lights penetrate the dark pool, accentuating a sense of ceremony through its changing and breathing starlight effect. For the Jiemin Museum, a row of anti-glare wall wash lights are concealed in between the hollowed-out curtain wall and the glass window, which avoids dazzling lighting in the interior and creates an exquisite “light box” with the curtain wall that features traditional Chinese window patterns.