在商業空間的照明設計裡，我們思考的不只是「光的美感」，而是「被看見」這件事。對一棟建築而言，外觀與空間氛圍固然構成視覺印象，但真正影響人是否願意靠近、停留與進入，往往來自於光所建立的心理距離。如何讓人「想走近一點」這正是燈光設計與商業空間之間最關鍵的對話。
現代建築多採用深色玻璃立面，可能出於整體色調的考量，也可能為了節能與綠建築規範。然而深色玻璃的反射性常讓內外難以交流，當光被隔絕，空間就失去了「被看見」的機會。對商業空間而言，這意味著顧客無法從外部感知品牌的魅力。因此，燈光設計不僅是襯托建築，更是一種「讓空間與人重新產生關係」的介入。
在這個專案中，我們希望讓建築的視覺重心重新回到「人能感覺得到的亮度與深度」。因此我們將外部的照明延伸至空間內部，透過可見的內部光源營造層次感。招牌不再只是單面展示的識別符號，而是結合了室內照明語彙的「立體光場」，以高顯色燈具呈現品牌特有的海洋潛行色調，讓光線穿越玻璃，使外部的人能一眼捕捉內部的故事。
此外，在二樓規劃了可觀賞的櫥窗系統，夜間成為街區視覺焦點。行人被光吸引，產生對上層空間的好奇與探索慾望。這樣的設計令商業空間不只是一個靜態量體，而是一個能與時間、行為互動的光環境。
在與業主與設計師的合作過程中，我們關注的不只是光如何照亮空間，而是如何透過光讓品牌、建築、與人之間重新「看見」彼此。
In commercial lighting design, the concern is not only about the “beauty of light” but more fundamentally about “being seen.” The architectural facade and spatial atmosphere certainly shape the visual impression of a building, yet what truly influences whether people are willing to approach, linger, and enter often comes from the psychological distance that light creates. How to make people “want to come a little closer” is precisely the most crucial dialogue between lighting design and commercial space.
Contemporary architecture often adopts dark glass facades, sometimes for overall chromatic control, and sometimes to meet energy-saving or green building requirements. However, the reflective quality of dark glass frequently disrupts the communication between inside and outside; when light is cut off, the space loses its chance to “be seen.” For commercial spaces, this means that customers cannot perceive the charm of the brand from the outside. Therefore, lighting design is not merely an embellishment to architecture but an intervention that “rebuilds the relationship” between space and people.
In this project, the visual focus of the building is deliberately shifted back to “brightness and depth that people can truly feel.” Exterior lighting is extended into the interior, using visible internal light sources to create layered spatial perception. The signage is no longer just a flat identification surface, but a “three-dimensional light field” that integrates the language of interior lighting. High color rendering fixtures are used to express the brand’s distinctive underwater, ocean-inspired palette, allowing light to pass through the glass so that people outside can immediately grasp the story within.
In addition, a display-oriented window system is planned on the second floor, becoming a visual focal point of the streetscape at night. Passersby are drawn by the light, generating curiosity and a desire to explore the upper floor. Through this approach, the commercial space is transformed from a static volume into a luminous environment that interacts with time and human behavior.
Throughout the collaboration with clients and interior designers, the focus is not only on how light illuminates the space, but on how light can re-establish a way for the brand, the architecture, and people to truly “see” one another.
室內設計：馬福樂思工作室
燈光設計：UNDERLIIGHT