Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
Exhibition designer ASL Dangerfield
Lighting designer DPA Lighting Consultants
Client Hong Kong Museum of History
The Redoubt at the Lei Yue Mun Museum in
Hong Kong has a central courtyard,
surrounded by a series of casemates (vaulted
chambers) constructed in the ramparts of this
former British fort. The courtyard and higher
level are covered by a translucent roof
membrane supported on four steel masts.
The brief to the lighting consultants
required them to investigate the following
aspects of the exhibition designer’s
responsibilities:- The way in which artificial lighting could
enhance and dramatize a display in the
courtyard in spite of the very high level of
daylight. - The degree to which the daylight could
penetrate the interiors of the casemates
through the relatively narrow entrances
from the courtyard, crucial knowledge
when designing the display of fragile and
fugitive artefacts. - The way in which the design of the
exhibition fabric and lighting could help to
overcome the problem of a visitor’s
adaptation to the different light levels on
entering the casemates. - The design of the lighting within the
casemates.
The enclosed character and artificial lighting
of the exhibition proposed for the courtyard ^
a replication of a Chinese fort of the Qing
dynasty ^ would have ensured a visually
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Location plan
Section through the courtyard to show the location of the tentlike roof structure
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