City of Dreams - Casino Feng Shui Improvements

In China, Lady Luck goes by another name: feng shui. An ancient Chinese art, feng shui involves orienting buildings and interior spaces according to certain rules that improve the flow of energy and invite luck. When a feng shui master deemed that the City of Dreams casino was losing money because of its design, the owner revamped its exterior and interior to reflect feng shui principles.

Lightswitch designed lighting to support the new feng shui additions. We worked with interior designer Benoy Architecture to redesign six common areas and entry portals in the casino. Among these projects was the Dragone Theater lobby and porte-cochère entrance. Home to the HK$2 billion “House of Dancing Waters” show, the Dragone Theater lobby suffered from insufficient light levels that created visual challenges for patrons and employees. Lightswitch redesigned the lighting plan by adding task and egress lighting in ticketing and circulation spaces, respectively, and lowering light levels elsewhere to preserve the dramatic, theatrical ambiance. Two internally illuminated turtle sculptures now swim along the ceiling, welcoming guests to the theater entrance. In the porte-cochère, a new 10-meter-round, 20-meter-long, 8-meter-wide glass chandelier is illuminated by more than 30,000 individually controlled amber and white LEDs. Lightswitch not only designed the chandelier in a swirling, wave-like pattern that reflects the casino’s logo, we also made it to withstand typhoon-force winds.

The new lighting beautifully showcases the feng shui enhancements, which proved to be a stroke of luck for the casino. Since then “House of Dancing Waters” has been sold out nightly and casino profits have increased.