The new Teatro degli Arcimboldi ... was opened early in 2002. It will house the activities of La Scala Theatre till 2004 ... The building structure includes three clearly recognisable volumes: the common areas, the hall and the stage tower. ... The lighting is provided by light fittings that are embedded or integrated in the architectural elements (fitted on the ceiling, walls or in the intrados of balconies, with low voltage lamps of various powers and beam emissions). One-off fittings, made to drawings, consisting of a circle of 12 dichroic lamps, surround each steel column in the hall at the height of the first balcony: contribute to the general lighting of the sitting, creating as brilliant series of reflections in the large glazed wall. At night “Radius” type luminaires were installed on the central girder in the projecting roof above the entrance, giving a strong and uniform light to the roof surface and a decisive inviting sign. Part of the lighting in the concert hall is provided by the latter (used both to adjust the reflection of sound and to diffuse light onto the stalls). The boiserie on the balconies houses embedded luminaires for compact fluorescent lamps. A large ceiling luminaires is hung to the centre of the hall to provide general and zenithal lighting for the stalls. It was specially designed with a semicircular form, with five sectors of stratified glass shards supported by a metallic frame, housing 118 halogen lamps. (FLARE 33, september 2003)