Lighting in Design August-September 2015

Curved shapes and strong colours for primary casino

The project team responsible for the lighting and interior design renovation of Sun City’s primary casino worked against the odds to complete the project on time.

T he casino upgrade to the Sun City Hotel is part of a large scale upgrade to Sun City’s facilities, which includes theVacation Club, Cabanas and Entertain- ment Centre. The upgrade was aimed at modernising the casino facility. The pri- mary casino floor lies within the Sun City Hotel circulation, and the JungleTheme of 1994 was replaced with an airier, lighter and more welcoming environ- ment, designed and overseen by Gabriël Hugo and Clive Jeary of LYT Architecture. CKR Consulting Engineers were the electrical engineers in charge of the project. In line with the casino refurbishment being cen- tred on a design-based template rather than that of a theme, LYT Architecture researched shapes and their significance to provide a neutral platform for

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