DHA Designs

 

DHA Designs worked with Sam Jacob Studio on a simple, but robust, lighting solution for their temporary installation in Granary Square, Kings Cross, for the Christmas 2021 season.

The Electric Nemeton draws on the origins of the Christmas tree tradition, referencing the forest groves that acted as gathering places in Celtic culture.

Reimagined here with geometry, colour and light it becomes an abstracted forest grove. Part tree, part spaceframe, it creates a space to walk through, a stage for social life and a sculptural object in Granary Square.

It is formed by a series of modular tree-like pyramids held 4m above the ground on metal column-trunks. Timber sections are used to construct the tree-structure, with stretched coloured net panels forming its canopy. Lighting effects accentuate the structures translucent qualities. 

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