Visitor Centre St Lucia

The Our Planet Visitors Centre in Castries, St Lucia, is the Caribbean’s first fully interactive conservation centre. Opened in June 2011, it was commissioned to raise awareness of environmental issues:global warming, habitat destruction, pollution, energy waste, loss of species, among tourists and casual visitors. LCI Productions was chosen by the project’s directors, Pablo Rosenthal and Sarah Adams, to manage everything from concept to delivery, including content design, interactive exhibits, holograms, projections, and more.

Delivering serious and complex environmental messaging in a very short timeframe just five months to complete a turnkey package while ensuring the centre remained entertaining, absorbing, and thrilling. The exhibits needed to be engaging enough for holidaymakers and casual visitors who might not come expecting a heavy science or environmental experience. Furthermore, the technical systems had to be integrated under a central control system and work reliably under the Caribbean climate.

LCI delivered a full end-to-end package, including five original touchscreen games on themes like resource management, energy generation, biodiversity, and endangered species. The project featured custom software, immersive displays, and an effects theatre with lasers, wind effects, deep vibrations, strobes, LED lighting, three-sided video, audio narration, and a soundtrack. Highlights included a life-sized Pepper’s Ghost illusion of Prince Charles, a Mirror Sphere installation, projection mapping with touchscreen interfaces, and multiple interactive applications- all produced in LCI’s London studios. A central control system ensured seamless operation of all exhibits.

The centre succeeded in its aim: visitors are not only informed about the urgent environmental issues but are also entertained and moved. The immersive, interactive nature of the displays ensures that the messaging is not lost in technical detail. By balancing seriousness of subject with engaging entertainment, LCI created an attraction that elevates conservation discussion in a context that is both accessible and memorable. The centre stands as a benchmark in the region for conservation-based attractions combining high-tech interactivity with thoughtful storytelling.