Atelier33

AMBER SUN

At the heart of the exhibition on the Second Floor, the Union model rises at the centre of the space. Surrounding it, archival images echo the building’s past and present.

Suspended above, a solar eclipse of artificial light encircles the model, casting the space into a moment of cosmic stillness. Shadow and radiance meet, echoing the city’s persistent tension between loss and renewal.

The installation becomes both testimony and prophecy. Union at the centre, Beirut unfolding around it.

SHAFTS.

A gentle pulse travels through the heart of Union. The shafts binding the building together begin to breathe with light, opening outward and drawing inward again.

As the glow expands and recedes, the architecture seems to exhale its past and inhale its present, alive for a brief moment in time.

Sound design by

STRATA

Metal plates align and dissolve at eye level, revealing only the red essence within. The core acts as both structure and source, illuminating the plates and casting rhythmic shadows.

Where geometry meets perception, Strata reveals its hidden architecture.

Light fixture designed and executed by Atelier Trente Trois for