Sands Hotel, St Barts

The Sand Club hotel, situated on Flamand beach, is in a superb position on the northern part of the tiny Caribbean island of St Barts.

The Hotel has guestroom villas, a games room, a pool and staff quarters. It was lit by Firefly Design, who used a number of innovative methods to achieve a minimalist effect with low energy consumption.

The pool uses concealed LED strip lights from Crescent just above the water line, which are hidden from view so they provide no glare whatsoever. The linear system with 120 LEDs/metre is resin filled to achieve its IP68 rating.

Crescent also supplied a large number of recessed square paver fittings with warm white LEDs that were used around the exterior of the hotel.

This fixture has also been utilised in some of the villas where they have been made fully dimmable, to create a subtle, calm effect.

All exterior lighting is low-wattage, high-output LED as energy is at a premium on the island.

Architects: Studio DB Interiors: Adam Design. Landscapes: Adam Design.

Thanks to Firefly Lighting Design for the images of the project.