Morph Rooftop Bar

Brief and spatial concept

For Morph Rooftop Bar at Kempinski Hangzhou, the lighting needed to reflect the wider House of Silk concept. The role of light was not simply decorative. It had to extend the atmosphere of the interior and give the space a luminous identity connected to softness, movement, and layered material perception.

Lighting system across ceiling and architecture

The interior and butterfly ceiling were designed to create a strong visual character. Our role focused on shaping the lighting logic that could bring that environment to life as one coherent system. Addressable lighting was distributed across the space so the room could shift in tone, pace, and intensity without losing its overall character.

The work centred on lighting concept development, system design, and system programming. Rather than behaving as isolated effects, the lighting states were developed as part of the spatial experience, allowing the venue to move between ambient operation and event conditions while staying aligned with the interior concept.

Credits

Refractiv in collaboration with Deyan Raykov
Lighting concept, system design, system programming.

Ashley Sutton
Interior design.

Xuan Xu
Project lead

Photography: Bobie Pando