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lighting design: Ferrara Palladino Lightscape with Marco Miglioli.
client: Six Senses. architectural design: Plesner architects. interior design: Oberson
photographs: Six Senses.
SHAHARUT | ISRAEL
The Six Senses Shaharut resort is located in the Negev desert between Masada, Petra and the Red Sea. In this setting full of history, the resort, which extends for 19 hectares, occupies an entire hill overlooking the Edom mountains in Jordan.
Exterior patio and main rooms of a double suite. A warm light envelops the interiors while small luminous points define the exterior spaces
Exterior patio and main room of a single suite
Exterior patio of a double suite
The resort consists of sixty suites each isolated from one other to preserve the guests’ privacy and allow them to immerse themselves in this natural environment.
The lighting, like the buildings that make up the resort which use materials and colors from the surrounding desert, becomes part of the landscape; the light sources, concealed from view, are indeed hidden by natural elements, as if the stone and the ground themselves were releasing the light directing it only where necessary.
Pedestrian path marked by rocks and stones
Design sketch of a pedestrian path at night. The light, inside the stones, seems to arise from the ground. Hand drawing by Marco Miglioli
One among the intents of the lighting design was not to break the darkness of the desert nights, but rather to stimulate suggestions and encourage the contemplation of the starry sky. For this reason, along paths and in outdoor environments it was decided to use low lighting levels whose values have been studied in accordance with rigorous principles of vision and adaptation of the human eye to brightness.
Outdoor stairs. Lighting fixtures are hidden inside the retaining wall
At night the light flows from the stone and washing the steps
Bathroom and inner patio of a double suite. In the background, a light emerges from a fissure in the stone wall
Detail of the wall at night. The light comes out of the rock like a flame
Stone and Light
Lighting fixtures were chosen with extreme care so that they can create soft lighting effects and at the same time be able to withstand the harsh desert climate for a long time.
In the suites, the lighting elements, when not integrated into the structure, are simple objects, built by local artisans, which diffuse the light and create warm and enveloping environments in contrast with the cold and darkness of the night.
The screens, which protect from the sun during the day, are used at night to let the light filters through in a dialogue between natural and artificial light.