Habegger AG, from Switzerland, was responsible for the detailed design and installation of the lighting technology; what tipped the scales for them to implement this prestigious project, according to Francesco Stendardo, managing director for Habegger Italia, was the readiness to work with partners to sustainably invest in products, making it possible to offer an attractive overall package to the customer, who had high expectations.
Stendardo says, "The customer's expectation was a state-of-the-art installation with quality products and a similarly high ease of use. There was a very experienced and highly skilled team at the customer site. The documents were prepared accordingly and that made the implementation easier for us."
The use of the Source Four LED Series 2 profile luminaire, a requirement from the lighting designer, Paul Palazzo, also helped. The luminaires had also been Stendardo's first choice: "There is currently no other product on the market that delivers the same quality and desired result."
Satis&fy AG, from Karben, Germany, served as a rental partner, supplying a total of 150 Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr arrays to light triangular shapes that decorated large, open areas. This formed the framework for projection surfaces where videos could be displayed. Stendardo explains, "The fact that the individual triangles were each lit with one luminaire made it possible for us to play with intensity and colour. So we programmed them to match the content of the projections."
Stendardo was delighted by the result. "The colours from the Source Four LED Series 2 are intense and incredibly uniform over the entire illuminated area - even colours that we were not previously familiar with. You can never get pastels with colour filters, but these luminaires from ETC can. Pairing them with traditional lens tubes and shutters makes for an unbeatable combination, if you want to achieve the highest possible quality."
The LED luminaire setup was supplemented with 20 Desire D60s, 30 conventional Source Four XT® HID Zooms and 100 Source Four HID fixtures, which also lit up triangular surfaces, as well as objects. The area where they were installed was partially exposed to indirect sunlight. "The fixture gives the object a subtle highlight. Although they are hardly noticeable during the day, the overall impression they give is critical nonetheless," says Stendardo.
(Jim Evans)
