Prominently located in the city’s historic centre and in direct vicinity of the Stadtschloss (City Palace), the baroque Palace Barberini has been reconstructed according to historical records by the architectural office Hilmer & Sattler und Albrecht. With great respect for its historical significance, the interior has received an authentic and modern design. The lighting concept by Licht Kunst Licht utilises state of the art lighting technologies and supports the new building’s sublime architecture with a serene and contained lighting concept.

Generous Entry

The museum’s foyer with its multitude of columns and subtly illuminated vaulted ceiling conveys an almost sacral atmosphere and welcomes the visitors with an inviting and charming gesture. From here, visitors enter the generous exhibition spaces with their oak flooring and distinct wall colours. The total exhibition area of the museum comprises 2,200 sqm across three levels – here, impressive visual axis emerge and allow for magnificent views of the river Havel or the Old Market.

Uncluttered Ceilings and Flexibility in the Exhibition Spaces

The artificial lighting concept underlines the flow of the spatial sequence and particular charm of the different room types. The spaces located in the wings of the ground floor and first floor, are equipped with newly designed lighting coves engulfing the ceiling. Providing for a pleasantly soft ambient light, they do not reveal the luminaires’ mounting location. Groups of adjustable downlights and a rectangular track frame for the flexible accommodation of projectors cast additional accent light from the centre of the room onto the exhibits. The exhibition spaces with ceilin heights up to five meters, as can be found in the front building and on the 2nd floor are homogenously illuminated by large, yet maintainable LED-fitted luminous ceilings with textile membranes. Both light coves and luminous ceilings are designed to adapt to various exhibition requirements via tuneable white LED technology. Here, the colour temperature can be adjusted between 2.700K and 6.500K.

The entire luminous ceiling is framed by a light track for the integration of additional luminaires accentuating individual exhibits. The illuminance levels in the individual rooms are adapted to the sensitivity of the exhibits on display; hence, illuminance levels can be fine-tuned in compliance with the specific conservation requirements.

Light Quality for the Art

The lighting designers from Licht Kunst Licht based the development of the lighting concept for the exhibition spaces on the museum’s conservational requirements: Excellent colour rendering, low UV emissions as well as control of light quantities at a consistent colour temperature are considered as important as a strict glare control for the lighting equipment.

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