Light Gathering in the Yuàn 光聚院心

January 26 and 28: Dinner event, ticket required

January 29, 30, 31: Public days, free entry

‘Light Gathering in the Yuàn’ marks the inaugural event in The Light Room, an ongoing experimental space created by Mason Studio and VYVYD Lighting within Mason Studio’s Cultural Hub to explore how illumination shapes human emotion and cultural experience.

The evening brings together Mason Studio, VYVYD Lighting, and Chef Eva Chin of Yan Dining Room for a sensory event shaped by light, space, and contemporary Chinese hospitality. Inspired by the traditional Yuàn—a courtyard at the heart of a home—the experience welcomes guests into a world where gathering feels familiar, offered over two intimate, ticketed evenings.

In Chinese tradition, the Yuàn is more than an architectural form; it is the emotional center of domestic life, a place where families meet, celebrate, honour ancestors, and move through seasonal rituals. It is a space shaped by light, open sky, and human connection, making it a foundation for an event devoted to illumination, hospitality, and shared experience.

The night opens with a gesture of hospitality that shifts guests into a different state of mind. The event unfolds like a living courtyard: Chef Eva Chin shaping a modern raw seafood bar inspired by Chinese flavours through memory and craft; Mason Studio creating the spatial rhythm and environmental experience; VYVYD Lighting scripting illumination that moves and drifts with the senses. These elements converge inside The Light Room, where light becomes both atmosphere and storyteller. With each course, the space subtly transforms, deepening the connection between flavour, memory, and place.

When dinner is not in session, The Light Room remains open as an installation, its lantern-like glow lingering, traces of celebration still present, the room warm with the nearness of those who’ve gathered. Visitors are invited into this afterglow between January 29th – 31st from 12pm-5pm, where light and space continue their quiet conversation.

Presented as part of DesignTO, with DBD CoLab supporting the creative connection between collaborators.