Designing a showroom for the world’s largest lighting company posed an evident challenge: creating a space where light would be the absolute protagonist and interior architecture would know how to step back.
The project is based on a fundamental premise: when the product is extraordinary, the space must become a neutral and flexible canvas capable of highlighting the technical, aesthetic, and emotional qualities of Acuity Brands’ luminaires and some of its most representative brands, such as A-Light, Eureka, and Luminis.
More than a conventional exhibition, the showroom is conceived as a sequence of inhabitable environments. Work areas, collaborative spaces, meeting zones, conversation corners, and hospitality atmospheres allow visitors to experience lighting in real-life situations. Each luminaire thus finds a context that reveals its character, performance, and ability to transform the atmosphere.
The restrained palette relies on neutral tones, continuous surfaces, natural wood, and translucent textiles. Elements such as suspended curtains define environments without rigid divisions, generating visual depth and a sense of lightness that enhances the prominence of light. Against this serene backdrop, the luminaires are perceived as sculptural pieces that reveal both their technological value and expressive capacity.
The exposed and darkened ceiling functions as a technical background that virtually disappears, allowing the luminaires to stand out. The flexibility of the system also facilitates the constant renewal of displays and configurations, reflecting the dynamic and innovative character of the brand.
The result is a showroom that combines technical precision with sensory experience: a space where light ceases to be merely a functional tool and becomes a language of design, communication, and emotion.
2022
2023
Project name: Acuity Brands
Architectural design: DIN Interiorismo, Interior Designer Aurelio Vázquez
Category: Commercial
Year: Julio 2023
Area: 305 sq m
Location: Mexico City
Photography: Jorge Anaya
Architectural design: DIN Interiorismo, Interior Designer Aurelio Vázquez
Jorge Anaya
