University of tennessee Chattanooga
2025
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Lighting Representative
Photographer
As part of a campus-wide revitalization, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga transformed its 540 McCallie Avenue building on the southeastern edge of campus into a dynamic academic hub. The renovated space now houses classrooms, labs, offices, and performance areas, including a flexible event room designed to host campus functions, rentals, and public gatherings led by WUTC 88.1, Chattanooga’s NPR station.
Suspended at varied heights and placements, Sabin's BLOCK pendants form an organic cluster that evokes a gathering of people. The staggered composition softens the space’s hard finishes and the black suspension hardware melts into the exposed ceiling, creating a floating lantern effect.
A color palette of Sapphire, Flint, and Sand reflects UTC’s cool-toned brand identity, while warm diffuse LEDs introduce a complementary golden glow. Constructed from high-NRC felt, each BLOCK fixture helps absorb sound and enhance audio clarity, creating an acoustically balanced environment for everything from lectures to live music.
Products Shown
BLOCK Diffuse
BLOCK can do it all. The lightweight structure is crafted entirely from recycled PET acoustic material, using custom cuts and folds meticulously engineered by SABIN. This design ensures full recyclability at the product's end of life. With a production and shipping time as quick as two weeks, BLOCK, both lit and unlit, is a great choice for arrays and cloud configurations within any project constraint.