Behind the curtain look at Lighting for Mecca Flagship Bourke Street, Melbourne

Mecca Flagship has been labelled the biggest retail opening in Melbourne for 100 years, and the world’s biggest beauty destination

Here’s a peek behind the scenes when lighting for Mecca Flagship.

Testing beam angles or cheeky hair session?

Mecca’s three-storey, 4000-square-metre megastore in the centre of Bourke Street Mall is an Australian business success story for the ages. You’ve probably seen the press of this next-level space that champions local talent and keeps the heritage of the building. After 2 years of planning and making, it’s fair to say we spent a lot of time watching this incredible space come to life, from preparing and customising fixtures, to angling lights through to commissioning Casambi at the end. So, we thought we’d share some images of the ambo fambo (and other collaborators) on site.

ambience’s andro and Symphony Lighting ranges made up the bulk of lighting supplied on the project. Here are a few select numeros from the project

895 metres of track
555 metres uplighting
90 antique decorative fixtures rewired at HQ (3 meltdowns too)
63.4 metres of suspended linear lighting
147.5 metres of Panorama surface mounted sconces

Shout-outs to: MPW Electrical, L’Observatoire International, Studio McQualter, GID Electrical, Buildcorp, LEEDA, R&G Electrical, Zimmermann, Holders Technology and the entire Mecca Store Development team.

514.2 metres illumination in joinery
28 andro Plant Module LEDs
411 Casambi modules
13 parking fines
3 times we took the wrong scissor lift.

Bella taking a bunch of lights for a walk

But give me some key Mecca Bourke Street stats

They are stocking over 200 brands, will also offer a whopping 80 guest services and over 300 staff have been recruited.

Where is MECCA’s new Melbourne Flagship store located?

The new MECCA store is housed at 299 Bourke Street. From 1883 to 1929, the site was home to Edward William Cole’s iconic Cole’s Book Arcade. A massiver-than-massive congrats to Mecca and all involved. We’re very proud to have been a part of the journey (ambience has collaborated on over 110 Stores to date). Run, do not walk to this place. Find out more about the flagship store here. We’ll be posting interior pics on our projects page soon.

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