INDEPENDENT LIGHTING DESIGN — DUBAI
Light,
gently considered.
We work with light and lighting in service of beauty and function across architecture, interior and exterior spaces - we harmonize light into the day and night.
Practice
We design light the way an architect draws a wall — with intent, restraint, and an eye for the pause between things.
Hospitality & Retail
Considered atmospheres for hotels, restaurants and flagship spaces.
Heritage & Cultural
Illumination for museums, galleries and listed buildings.
Residential & Offices
Concept through construction supervision for private architecture.
Landscape & Public Realm
Lighting for civic spaces, streetscapes and outdoor architecture.
SELECTED WORK
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N° 01 · 2024
Villa Aume
Bad Ems, Germany
Private Residence
N° 02 · 2023
Springs Villa
Dubai, UAE
PRIVATE RESIDENCE
N° 03 · 2023
CA Gallery
Dubai, UAE
Cultural
ON METHOD
“The most beautiful light is often the light you do not notice — the one that lets the room, and the people in it, arrive.”
STUDIO
A studio working between Dubai and our long-standing collaborators across Europe and the Gulf.
Paula Cortes
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL“I draw with light the way an architect draws with a wall — sparingly, and with intent.”
Architect, lighting designer and founder of Orava Studio, shaped by more than 13 years of international experience in the lighting design field. Formerly Head of Lighting Design at WSP Middle East and Associate Lighting Designer at Delta Lighting, leading landmark hospitality, residential, cultural and public-realm projects.
Caterina Boccacci
SENIOR LIGHTING DESIGNER“A room is a sequence — first the doorway, then the pause, then the light that says: stay a while.”
Senior Lighting Designer at Orava, bringing experience across lighting design, interiors and architecture. Previously Lighting Designer at Ilumisa and Interior Architect at La Incubadora, she trained as an architect at Universidad de los Andes and holds a Master's in Architectural Construction and Technology from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Michelle Cortes
JUNIOR LIGHTING DESIGNER“Precision is a form of hospitality. Every millimetre and every lumen is a courtesy to the room.”
Junior Lighting Designer at Orava, graduate of Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, with experience in residential architecture in Bogotá. Passionate about the transformative power of light, she is developing her expertise in lighting design and exploring how light can shape atmosphere, enhance architecture and influence the way spaces are experienced.
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