Jockey Club Innovation Tower

A ceiling that changes direction every few metres eliminates most of a normal lighting schedule at the first hurdle: a rigid luminaire simply cannot follow it. RL-ST1330 can, because it is flexible tape — cut to length and bent to the plasterwork so the light line and the architecture are the same line. It is specified at 24V rather than 12V because these runs are very long and any voltage drop would show as a fade against pure white plaster. RL/AL03 is what makes that a finished detail rather than a visible strip of LEDs: the profile holds the tape at a constant depth in the reveal and diffuses the individual diodes into a continuous line. RL-LDL1499 supplies the round apertures, chosen with an opal diffuser across the full face rather than a recessed cone so each one reads as a glowing disc — a hole would fight a ceiling this sculptural.

The theatre inverts the usual arrangement: instead of fittings sitting in a ceiling, the ceiling ribs are the fittings. RL-LIN-REC runs along the straight length of each rib above the seating, giving a clean uninterrupted line at the scale the room needs. RL-ST1330 is concealed within the curved ribs that sweep down the side wall, grazing the plaster so the curve reads as light rather than as shadow — the rigid fitting stops where the radius begins and the tape carries on. RL-SW2267 marks the stair treads at 3W with a 15° beam and a 170 × 40mm cut-out: enough for every tread edge to be readable once the room dims for a projection, and not enough to lift the ambient level or distract from the screen.