Case study · 2023
Prism Hallway
A long, narrow entrance hallway in a Utrecht townhouse that residents and guests walked past dozens of times a day without ever stopping. The brief was to make the hallway a destination, not a transit.
- Place
- Utrecht, NL
- Scale
- 210 discs
- Lead
- 3–5 business days
Client
Private residence · Utrecht townhouse
- Discs
- 210
- Corridor
- 9.2 m long
- Light survey
- 1 day
- Install
- 2 days
The work
The challenge
Hallways are mostly seen in motion and in low light. Whatever we put on the walls had to reward the walking eye, not just the standing one — and it had to peak at the pause points (the front door, the staircase landing) rather than smear evenly along the corridor.
Our approach
We surveyed the corridor over a full day and mapped where natural light strongest hit the wall. 210 discs were printed in a cool spectrum gradient and arranged so the densest, most reflective discs cluster at the door and at the staircase landing — the two points where people naturally stop. In between, the spacing opens up so the prism effect tracks past you as you walk.
The outcome
Residents report standing in the hallway for the first time. Guests photograph it on the way in, which the client says has never happened before.
In their words
We've lived here twelve years. The hallway is brand new.
Materials & build
What's in the piece.
Dimensions
9.2 m corridor · 6 modular panels
- 01210 salvaged discs in a cool spectrum gradient
- 02Density tuned to natural light survey
- 03Individual standoffs, varying depth 4–12 mm
- 04Modular 6-panel Dibond backing
In situ
The piece, from a few angles.
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