Lighting Machine

Lighting Machine

This piece was born out of light, glass and three hundred meters of metal tubes. Now it decorates the building, which represents a step into the digital world. The name K11 Musea means a ‘Muse by the Sea’ – a place for discoveries. Look inside and discover the New World Development.

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Industrial Jewel

The seemingly chaotic assemblage of metal tubes crowns the sparkling ceiling like a giant pendant. Under the hand-painted curved metal panels hangs this steampunk piece, which now and then releases steam clouds.

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Living Organism

“The whole object is a living, breathing organism – it pulsates, turns its light on and off, steam leaks from some tubes,” says the designer Maxim Velčovský.

The story behind the light

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Genius Loci

Back in the day, this part of Hong Kong used to be shrouded in thick smoke. Now there is K11 Musea – a green building which was born like a phoenix from the ashes of former times. The Lighting Machine reflects all the attributes of the olden times – metal, industry and even steam.

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Hundred Meters of Tubes

Altogether, 330 meters of metal tubes were needed to create this extraordinary chandelier. There are stop-clocks which seem to regulate the steam coming out of the chandelier at eight different places

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Transport

The design was rapidly changed one month before opening and yet we made it to deliver the piece on time.

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Installation

The whole piece was installed in tight time-schedule during one week before the grand opening.

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Memory

Victoria Docks has rapidly changed over the last century. K11 is a building of the future. A place to discover new things, but a small piece of memory of the hub’s history lingers – The Lighting Machine – a breath of the century of steam.

Great thanks

We appreciate all these lit people!

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Maxim Velčovský