“Christmas Forest in 100 Colors” Celebrates the Season with Color and Light

The artwork is the latest project by architect Emmanuelle Moureaux.

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Courtesy Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design

This story was originally published in Architectural Lighting.


Tokyo-based French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux is known for her deft use of color. Her latest project, “Christmas Forest in 100 Colors,” celebrates the holiday season and is on display at Omotesando Hills, a shopping complex in central Tokyo through Dec. 25.

Courtesy Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design

For this installation, the local scenery of Omotesando Hills inspired Moureaux. The installation is composed of 1,500 mini paper trees in 100 different colors, which are hung across the entire 13.4-meter-high (approx. 44-feet-high) space that features a 7-meter-long (23-feet-long) main stair. Each tree conceals a light source, and when illuminated becomes a lantern that emits a soft glowing light. Visitors are encouraged to view the piece from all levels.

Courtesy Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design

Every 30 minutes a special light show, titled “Emotional Reflection,” plays, and the main tree in the artwork cycles through a series of colors from white, yellow, pink, green, blue and rainbow, with the smaller surrounding mini trees illuminating in a rhythmic sequence to the music specifically composed for the installation.

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“Christmas Forest in 100 Colors” is on view through Dec. 25, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. The three-minute light show plays throughout the day starting at 11:30a.m.

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Elizabeth Donoff

Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.

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