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Mandarin Oriental Jumeira

Mandarin Oriental Jumeira

Dubai - UAE

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Canopy of Light

A romantic dessert in Dubai, full of hot sun, sand dunes and camels. But even there, you may find spots with green grass and shade of plants adapted to local conditions.

The charming, elegant Canopy of Light installation features 14 majestic trees - firm brass trunks in bronze colour spread into tens of branches, covered in hundreds of hand-blown Bohemian crystal leaves.
Each of the light is connected to a separate canal to be able to create pre-programmed day and night sceneries as well as special programs for special occasions.
Each one of them is connected to a separate canal to be able to create pre-programmed day and night sceneries as well as special programs for special occasions. The light may thus shimmer through the tree-tops, imitating wind.

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Mandarin Oriental Jumeira

Watch this breathtaking video of Canopy of Light. A dynamic installation of 14 trees made of hundreds of hand-blown Czech crystal leaves with a matte champagne brass finish. What makes this installation unique is that the lights in the trees are specially programmed to create different effects. At the Mandarin Oriental there is a day scene, a night scene and then every hour the lights 'move' between the trees.

Listen to Preciosa Managing Director Martin Fryzelka talk about the inspiration and design behind the dynamic lighting installation Canopy of Light in the Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai.

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Project in numbers

  • 3400 hand blown components
  • 14 trees
  • 23+ dynamic light sceneries
  • 100 tons installation weights

Awards

We are proud to present

  • red dot logo Winner of Red Dot Production Design The Conopy of Light installation was awarded the prestigious Red Dot Design Award in 2019.
  • 758-bitmap Milan Design Week Official selection The 14 bronze trees were featured among the most interesting presentations on the traditional exhibiton of Euroluce in Milan 2019.

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Installation details

Lighting possibilities

Dynamic lighting installation

Custom program

Each tree was modelled individually and has its own lighting effect which can be adjusted to create a downward motion, a sparkling forest effect, or even a sense of wind moving through the trees.

Light during the day

In addition to this, the tree trunks can also be illuminated allowing for a night scene, a day scene and a “living, breathing forest” effect that can be pre-programmed to occur each hour.

Hotel atrium with water basins and trees Night sceenes at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira

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Other luminaries

Grand ballroom

Preciosa Lighting created four large chandeliers for the Grand Ballroom hall. Their shape reminds us of stalactites with the shimmering effect similar to cave ceilings.

Meeting room

Preciosa Lighting also created 14 modern chyndliers for the complex’s meeting rooms and their foyers.

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Client says

Mandarin Oriental Jumeirah

The Canopy of Light installation is a true gem for our hotel, respecting local nature. If you find yourself in the desert, everything around you glimmers in a way. Palm leaves glimmer in the sun, water surface glimmers, as so does the rain on leaves. We can say that the hand-blown glass and crystal bring a sense of nature into the interior.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President of the United Arab Emirates

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