LC0284

A whirlwind coiled around a spiral staircase. The composition does not hang in the shaft, it passes through it — from the top floor to the bottom, accompanying whoever is coming down.

The light enters the end of each rod and runs downward: the result is rain falling along a spiral — a movement that does not occur in nature. Because of the helical geometry the piece reads differently from every floor: a funnel from below, a cascade from the side, an open rose from above.

By day it is an architectural structure — precise, engineered, with a legible frame. In the evening the frame disappears and what remains is a whirlwind of light with neither axis nor fixings in sight.

Where it works

Tall verticals only: stairwells, atriums, panoramic halls of several levels, double-height lobbies.

Style

Contemporary luxury and high-tech: open staircases, glazing, metal, large scale. The message is the vertical — the composition turns moving between floors into the main event of the house.