Gateway Business Lounge level one, 1 Macquarie Place, Sydney.

working hub for tenants and visitors to enjoy. The design philosophy was to play to the organic curves sweeping through the space where the custom curvy mesh is the hero and centrepiece of the design. This philosophy travels through the café entrance area, where mesh morphs into organic curved coves.

 Lightwaves worked in collabration Hot Black to develop a unique lighting approach to enhance their design with a simply superb,evocative and compelling lighting design. The space is split into two areas, the café entrance and the café/working hub. The café/working hub seating area with stunning organic mesh curtains which is suspended six metres with varying heights.

The lighting imitates the organic mesh curve using lensed technology, where the light softly grazes down selected sections of the mesh curtain to create a layering of light. Linear LED extrusion grazes light down the textured wall, which offers a portal of light from the café entrance.

Feature suspended pendants, floor lamps and integrated table lights provide an intimate accent. Spike garden lights were selected to uplight and accent the feature palm tree. Suspended CAN downlights were used to provide a base level of illuminance to the space.

The café entrance, with its lower false ceiling, consists of organic curved cove lighting, bespoke custom feature pendants and garden spike lights uplighting the greenery. This lighting effect is to play on light and shadow, silhouetting the plants on the adjacent wall/ceiling and integrated joinery lighting for an accent brightness. Downlights were used to provide a base level of illuminance to the space.

The use of a digital lighting control system allows for seamless transitions of the different scenes from dawn, through to the day and into the evening scene.