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Assiniboine Park Leaf Conservatory

General Info

About the Project

Project Description

The Leaf and Canada’s Diversity Gardens is the final major phase of the redevelopment of Assiniboine Park. The Leaf is a unique garden attraction that will tell Canadian cultural stories through the world of plants, offering visitors a multi-seasonal experience over four distinct worlds or “biomes” in a visually stunning display of colour, texture, and fragrance.

Scope

Lighting Design

Final Budget

Confidential

Primary Sector

Civic, Education, Recreation, Cultural & Community

Attractions & Entertainment

Secondary Sector

Parks Streetscapes

Immersive

 Interior view of the "Leaf" in Assiniboine Park 
ASSINIBOINE PARK CONSERVANCY "lEAF"

The lighting design for the “Leaf” conservatory features remotely mounted narrow beams that reflect off custom panels implanted in each of the biome ceilings to indirectly light each unique environment. LED bollards illuminate the pedestrian pathways between the biodomes.

Stephen Kaye  Vice President
The lighting quality resembles that of natural lighting with subtle movements between colors and intensities. There are also strong dynamic moments between hard and soft lighting, with low and high contrasts settings.  
 Creating a dynamic color wheel to create unique colour relationships and light effects. 
 Soft and uniform illumination to showcase the natural beauty of the flora and fauna. 
INSPIRED BY NATURE
Within the biomes, dynamic lighting schemes playfully mimic nature’s diverse sky patterns – moon phases, sunsets, and the like. The lighting design scheme deploys reflectors and remotely mounted narrow beams that wrap the central diagrid structure.
Reflectors bounce and disperse light over large areas 
Strong dynamic moments between hard and soft lighting, with low and high contrasts settings. 
Client

Assiniboine Park Conservancy, with Corbett Architecture

Architect

KPMB

Project Team

Assiniboine Park Conservancy KPMB Corbett Architecture

Key Individuals

Stephen Kaye

Alan McIntosh

Lighting

The lighting concept was to create an indirect lighting effect using custom designed metal reflectors to redirect light back into the biodome. The lighting quality resembles that of natural lighting with subtle movements between colors and intensities. There are also strong dynamic moments between hard and soft lighting, with low and high contrasts settings. Reflectors are designed with special textures to bounce and disperse light over large areas and throw light to the furthest areas of the space. Creating a dynamic color wheel via photoshop helped develop unique color relationships and light effects.
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