Mattarella School — Modena, Italy, Education

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Mattarella School — Modena, Italy, Education

The challenge was not adding color to the school. It was making color part of the way students experience the building.

That is exactly what the BUBBLE lighting system does here.

THE APPROACH

✓ Suspended circular fixtures in multiple diameters — distributed through the double-height atrium to create a clear rhythm without obstructing views across the space

✓ RGB LED lighting with DMX control — allowing the rings to shift between blue, green, orange, and other tones in response to different activities or visual schemes

✓ Smooth opal polycarbonate diffusers — producing an even band of light around each fixture while remaining shock-resistant and suitable for a high-traffic educational environment

✓ Matt-white metal bodies — visually integrated with the ceiling and walls, so the illuminated perimeter becomes more prominent than the fixture structure itself

✓ Coordinated use of colored ceiling recesses — the circular pendants work with the orange, yellow, green, and violet openings above, extending the school’s graphic identity into the volume of the atrium

THE RESULT

A lighting installation that turns circulation space into a changing visual landscape — large rings defining the central gathering area, smaller fixtures guiding movement, and programmable color connecting the architecture across both floors.

In a school designed as a place for learning and community, the most effective lighting does more than illuminate the building. It helps make the building memorable.

 

Fruit 2 Single Fixture

Space

Residential Interiors

Project

Urban & Pathway lighting

Location

USA

Mattarella School — Modena, Italy, Education

The challenge was not adding color to the school. It was making color part of the way students experience the building.

That is exactly what the BUBBLE lighting system does here.

THE APPROACH

✓ Suspended circular fixtures in multiple diameters — distributed through the double-height atrium to create a clear rhythm without obstructing views across the space

✓ RGB LED lighting with DMX control — allowing the rings to shift between blue, green, orange, and other tones in response to different activities or visual schemes

✓ Smooth opal polycarbonate diffusers — producing an even band of light around each fixture while remaining shock-resistant and suitable for a high-traffic educational environment

✓ Matt-white metal bodies — visually integrated with the ceiling and walls, so the illuminated perimeter becomes more prominent than the fixture structure itself

✓ Coordinated use of colored ceiling recesses — the circular pendants work with the orange, yellow, green, and violet openings above, extending the school’s graphic identity into the volume of the atrium

THE RESULT

A lighting installation that turns circulation space into a changing visual landscape — large rings defining the central gathering area, smaller fixtures guiding movement, and programmable color connecting the architecture across both floors.

In a school designed as a place for learning and community, the most effective lighting does more than illuminate the building. It helps make the building memorable.

 

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