VISUAL TERRAIN, INC.

VISUAL TERRAIN, INC.
Lighting Design for Architecture, Attractions & The Arts
Los Angeles • Chicago • Paris
“Our philosophy is to provide excellent lighting design services from
concept to beyond opening day.”
—Lisa Passamonte Green, CEO & Principal-in-Charge
ABOUT US
Established in 1995, Visual Terrain, Inc. (VTI) is an award-winning design firm celebrating 20 years of
lighting design for architecture, attractions and the arts. We enjoy collaborating with a project team,
working together from the inception of a project through to completion, providing creative sustainable solutions that arise from our years of experience.
From hospitals to hospitality, casinos and corporate headquarters, theme park attractions and museums, educational facilities and entire cities, restaurants and retail, live shows and events… Visual Terrain’s work spans the globe.
With West Coast and Midwest offices in the United States, and a representative in Paris, we are easily
accessible to project teams wherever they are.
SERVICES
Design Development Services
• Lighting Design
• Lighting Control System Design
• Custom/Themed Fixture Design & Management
Construction & Design Realization Services
• Bidding and Negotiation Support
• Construction Administration
• Installation Supervision
• Focus & Programming of Lighting
• Operations & Maintenance Strategies
• Owner’s Representative for Lighting Decisions
• System Integration Plans (by our strategic partners)
• Budget Estimates & Cost Quotations
THE VISUAL TERRAIN DIFFERENCE
We aren’t your run-of-the mill lighting design firm: We have developed a process that insures our clients will get the design they paid us to develop - with the fixtures we have carefully chosen - all within the budgetary constraints of the project.
Key to that process are our strategic partners. These partnerships enable us to eliminate the need for
costly value engineering processes, manage the project’s lighting budget from concept to opening day,
eliminate the usual negotiations and ensure and smooth installation and integration process.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
To guarantee our clients get the design we create specifically for each project, we have developed
strategic partnerships with distributors, specialty lighting vendors, and system integrators.
Selected Strategic Partners
• Mid-West Wholesale Lighting — Architectural lighting distributor
All 50 states Plus Canada
• Bandit Lites — Theatrical lighting distributor / system integrator
Worldwide
• Ptarmigan Integration — Theatrical lighting distributor / system integrator
Asia
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Visual Terrain is proud to be a professional member of the following organizations:
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Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Designers Lighting Forum (DLF)
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)
International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD)
United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
OUR TEAM
FRANCE
KEY TEAM MEMBERS
Lisa Passamonte Green — CEO, Principal-in-Charge
Lisa brings over 23 years of design experience to her projects. In her dual role as Visual Terrain’s CEO
and Principal-in-Charge, she balances both creative and business challenges daily. Her work includes
award-winning lighting designs for architecture, attractions and the arts.
David Green — CFO, President
David has over 30 years of experience in managing and delivering large and small development projects, including user experience design, creative and technical writing, theme parks, film, web site producing, television and animation support, software development, information architecture.
Michael Mahlum — Director of Design & Production, Principal
Mike is Principal Lighting Designer and Director of Design & Production for the Chicago, Illinois, office.
He has designed lighting for dance, theatre and architecture, domestically and internationally.
Steven Young — Director of Design, Principal
Steven is Principal Lighting Designer and Director of Design for Visual Terrain in California. Steven has
done theatrical design in Los Angeles, New York, Coconut Grove, Buffalo, Winnipeg, Cincinnati and
Pasadena. He has also designed lighting for architectural and attractions projects worldwide.
Jean-François (Jeff) De Lamotte — Principal-in-Charge, International Representative
Jeff is Visual Terrain’s International Representative in Paris, France. As Principal-in-Charge, he provides
key leadership for European and Asian projects. As owner/principal of Concept Lumiere lighting design, he has worked on attractions, hotels, cruise ships and museums across the globe.
A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS
OUR FOOTPRINT
10 WORDS ABOUT VISUAL TERRAIN
architecture
Choctaw Casino Resort. Durant, Oklahoma
attractions
Wild Eagle Coaster, Dollywood. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
arts
Rays. Council Bluffs, Iowa
collaboration
Beyond All Boundaries, National WWII Museum. New Orleans, LA.
technological
Silk Nightclub. Pechanga Casino. Temecula, California
budget-conscious
Tomb Raider - The Ride, Paramount Kings Island. Cincinnati, Ohio
storytellers
Titanic: The Experience, Fox Studios Backlot Tour. Sydney, Australia
thoughtful
Ashes & Snow at the Nomadic Museum. Santa Monica, California
international
Dragons Wild Shooting, Lotte World. Seoul, South Korea
experienced
Revenge of the Mummy, Universal Studios. Orlando, Florida