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Montreal company Lightemotion, an international lighting design specialist, has created the innovative lighting design for the revamped Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile in Torino, Italy. After a four-year restoration and expansion, the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino is reopening with a new name. The Museum has received a face-lift, and its character and mandate have been changed: beyond a simple architectural renovation, this is an intervention aimed at placing this revamped museum in a dynamic and sensational way into the Italian cultural landscape, as a cutting-edge cultural centre. Its contemporary, futuristic
look was designed by architect Cino Zucchi, and the innovative exhibition space bears the signature of Francois Confino, set designer, whose credits include the National Cinema Museum in Torino. The overall investment amounts to €33 million, of which €22 million has been allocated to the building’s restoration and the remaining €11 million to internal exhibition design. Lightemotion has played a fundamental role in creating the innovative lighting design solutions that give life to stunning visual environments for this new museum. The Lightemotion team was closely involved from the beginning and worked in tandem with with François Confino’s design team to create an overall exclusive experience in which lighting and set design are one.
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