Das Gerber
"Das Gerber" is a 250 billion mixed-use with a high urban significance. With a total superficie of 25.000 sqm and 86 shops was a great challenge for the city, the investors, and for the architects and designers.
In the light of a corporate design theme for all entrance areas, the total amount of 31 LED rings have been designed especially for the project. A "hoola-hoop" object of 10 RGB-LED rings circles around a central column, being reflected in the fountain below and moving up over the total height of all three shopping floors.
At Gerber Mall, lightness, clarity, sophisticated minimalism are the well-balanced tunes for the interior design, hand in hand with the lighting design. How to minimize the visual weight of a 1 mtr high ceiling package, filled with a/c ducts and all other necessary technical features? Illuminate the white flanks of the generous ceiling openings, glare-free, easy and just cool. Almost everything has been integrated in a recessed, matt-black channel system: the lights, a/c outlets, sprinklers, loudspeakers, cameras, security lighting, etc..The black channels correspond with the black escalator's handrails and the dividing gaps under the escalaors; with the dark grey profiles of the shop facades. Above the top floor, a huge sky light allows the daylight to illuminate the enormous space. In order to hide the frames, the interior architects designed a system of white baffles. At night, a blue strip transforms the skylight into a magic lighting object.