Wanda Plaza Façade design with illuminated hollow steel balls

Façade design In WanDa Plaza

The façade design reflects the handcrafted combination of two materials: mirror polished hollow steel balls and patterned glass. These two materials are crafted into nine differently trimmed, but standardized steel balls. Their specific positions in relation to each other recreate the effect of movement and reflection in water, or the sensuous folds of silk fabric.

Projects:Hollow Steel Balls for wanda plaza face design

The geometry ranges from full hollow steel balls to a sequence of gradually trimmed balls down to a hemisphere, with an inlay of laminated glass with printed foil. The balls with a diameter of 600mm and are mounted at various distances on the 900 x 900mm brushed aluminum panels, which were pre-assembled and mounted on site.

Projects:Hollow Steel Balls for wanda plaza face design

The architectural lighting is integrated into the building envelope’s 42.333 hollow steel balls. Within each balls LED-fixtures emit light onto the laminated glass to generate glowing circular spots. Simultaneously a second set of LED’s at the rear side of the balls create a diffuse illumination on the back panels. A total of 3100000 LED lights where used to cover the 17894 m² media facade. Various possibilities to combine and control these lights allows diverse media lighting effects and programming of lighting sequences related to the use and activation of the Wanda plaza.