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EXECUTIONAL

Best Use

of Light

CAVA ARCARI,

A LUCE COSTANTE

BY VIABIZZUNO

VICENZA – The favourites for the most

effective, adequate and inspiring use of light

ranged from an over-the-top launch event of

a prohibitively expensive car to a low-budget

transformation of an underground parking

garage, and from a Korean restaurant to a

pop-up gallery.

Light is one of the basic tools every

designer uses to create atmosphere, fire-

works and intimacy. So the jury cast a critical

eye on the nominated entries and credited

candidates who had thought outside the

box and used light in less than obvious ways

to bring spaces to life. ‘Only’ spectacular or

poetic did not cut it.

‘Amazing use of technology,’ cried the

jury upon seeing Sila Sveta’s Byd Tang Show.

During the assessment of Clavel Arquitetos’s

First Sunset in the Pacific, a parking garage

in Madrid, there were compliments for the

combination of working creatively with the

low budget and the use of light as opposed

to paint. ‘I like how they changed the use of

the space,’ said jury member Sabine Marce-

lis. In the end, however, the project couldn’t

compete with the drama, perfection and

poetry of Viabizzuno and its excellent use

of light and technology in Cava Arcari, A

Luce Costante in Vicenza. Marcelis: ‘The best

choices for an amazing space. It references

the site really well.’ – AO

viabizzuno.com

PEOPLE'S VOTE

Cava Arcari, A Luce Costante by Viabizzuno

The drama, perfection and poetry of
Viabizzuno’s Cava Arcari, A Luce Costante
in Vicenza won over the jury.

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