Action Development Business Center

A grid of light in the heart of Moscow

The new Action Development Business Center, which houses the operating and management offices of various companies, is located near Moscow City, the largest business centre in the Russian capital, comprised of 22 residential and tertiary buildings with retail spaces, offices and multifunctional complexes. The perfect place to make business deals, but also a place for people to find entertainment and spend their free time.

The project for the upgrading of the building, developed by the architecture firm UNK Project, has been focused on a precise objective: to emphasise the building, making it immediately recognisable in the skyline. For this reason, a perforated shell in the form of a mesh has been designed that encloses it entirely and refers to the progressive architecture of the 21st century and to the model of Soviet constructivism, with an evident reference to the tower of the engineer Vladimir Shukhov, conceived at the end of the 1922, with the hyperboloid structure, lightweight, yet extremely durable.

Periskop Narrow is the outdoor projector that, in agreement with the Line Light Group team, has proven to be the best solution able to fully enhance the metal structure that surrounds the building, especially in the evening hours. More than 200 of them have been installed, all equipped with a special longer cable (1.3 metres each) designed specifically to allow correct installation. In the same way, always according to the structure, and to guarantee the accent lighting that best enhances the building as a whole, a very narrow angle of 8° was used.

Lastly, there is the “eyelid” accessory mounted on each projector and made in the same RAL as the structure, to perfectly conform during daytime hours and to guarantee lighting without glare at night.

Credits

Project: UNK Project

Lighting Design: QPRO

Photos: Marika Volkova

Products: Periskop Narrow

Year: 2021