After Light
luxury frontiers
After Light transforms historic observatories into immersive dark-sky destinations, creating a scalable model that combines adaptive reuse, reversible design, and astronomy.
Located at the historic Sunspot Observatory in New Mexico, the pilot reimagines existing infrastructure for dining, learning, and astronomical observation, while introducing lightweight guest accommodations designed for minimal long-term impact. Guided by a journey from Last Light to First Light, After Light creates a shared guest experience that can be replicated across observatories around the world while responding to each site's unique landscape, legacy, and celestial phenomena.
Silindile Kunene
Angelique Sloan
Jarred Potgieter
Graeme Labe
Oreeditse Gill
Nadia Ayres