“les enfants du paradis” cinema

Lighting design for the cinema “les enfants du Paradis” in Chartres, France - named after the famous French film “children of paradise”. The façade is decorated with a black concrete mesh designed by the architect Rudy Ricciotti. Color changing LED bars provide a low-angle backlight to the mesh, which gives a very subtle impression of lightness. There are residential accommodations behind the mesh; and the lighting design is aimed at preserving the privacy of their occupiers.
View of the façade decorated with a woven black concrete mesh, which is backlit by color changing LED bars from the first floor (above ground level) upwards. The ramps were specially designed to produce varying color effects ranging from amber to red. The pre-programmed lighting creates an interlacing of shadows, twinkles and waves.