Project Highlights

• Unique application of inverted steplights for canopy lighting

• Value Engineering while keeping design intent

• Calculations for indirect lighting solution

• Art wall lighting

• Power supply coordination in roof canopy with high finish level

Roles and Responsibilities

(with HLB Lighting)

• Lead project manager

• Lead designer for redesign/VE efforts

• Performed lighting calculations and calculation reviews

Overview

The Miami World Center retail box is the jewel at the center of the expansive Miami Worldcenter development complex. The 25-acre development includes residential, hotel, and convention spaces and connects with the Brightline higher-speed rail system. Despite being smaller than some surrounding buildings, the two-story retail box is just as dramatic, with extensive glazing and an angled, cantilevered roof system supported by dramatic v-shaped columns.

The lighting design for Miami World Center takes advantage of the unique roof and column design and enhances the building's composition and placement within the center of the Miami Worldcenter design. A single line of light provided by direct-view LED fixtures traces the roofline while an array of column-mounted luminaires illuminates the underside of the expansive roof. Recessed, inverted, column-mounted step lights were selected to illuminate the ceiling and negate the need for any surface-mounted lighting. Powerful cove lights accent the sloping lines of the columns, and in-grade fixtures with advanced optics illuminate the columns while causing minimal glare to pedestrians.