Award for LED Linear™ project at the „Prix Versailles Architecture Commerciale 2015“

The new facade of the Galeries Lafayette Centre Bourse in Marseille, designed by the architectural office Moatti-Rivière, is an architectural masterpiece, which is embellished with a spectacular light line of LED Linear™. In June 2015 the project was awarded with the "Prix Versailles Architecture Commerciale 2015". This known award honors the most notable projects in terms of their interior and exterior architecture, but also in terms of their added value for the customer. Because the price is closely linked to Versailles, it strives to award this world-famous symbol of beauty and elegance only to the most important projects. It seeks to provide impetus and shape the quality of commercial architecture.

The feminine sculptural architecture of the building is expressed in three waves, accented with LED lighting. The three LED light lines in a length of 300 meters each, formed with the  VENUS of LED Linear™, were used in each case at the edge of the three waves. The movement of the waves is thus emphasized gracefully and continuously. The unique façade is not only decorating the building, but simultaneously creating a shelter from rain and sun for visitors. The fully glazed facade also plays a dual ecological role: it lets natural light into the building and acts as a filter for optimized thermal quality inside the building. The architectural idea behind: the wavy design of the façade is symbolizing the Mediterranean Sea and thus creates a reference to the location of Marseille.