The Tonscheidt family’s extensive refurbishment of the E-Center Angerbogen supermarket has transformed the retail space into a distinctive example of quality interior design. Not only has the supermarket’s new look received a vote of confidence in the form of higher visitor frequencies from customers in the southern Duisburg catchment area of Huckingen, but also from a food retail magazine jury when it named this supermarket Food Retail Outlet of the Year 2023 for the second time in 15 years. It would appear that the jury and the public are equally impressed by the EDEKA supermarket’s healthy nutrition focus and special promotions for customers, as well as the store design and lighting concept.
The total room height is 5.50 metres, with luminaires installed in the central areas at a height of 3.20 metres and power rails for luminaires in the peripheral zones at a height of 3.85 metres. This installation arrangement creates a visual sense of space as well as optimising the visibility of the decoratively staged brick walls and the house façade above the fresh produce counters. Everything comes together to produce the intended marketplace-like atmosphere. Also, the use of different building materials and luminaires enables the creation of different, product-specific light moods.
The installation of multiple small suspended luminaires in the checkout zone and in the promotional areas in front of it provides powerful light for the checkout operators to work in, on the one hand, and an attractive light field that is visible from a distance, on the other.
