Entry to the hotel is through an archway of glass lit by IP65 rated LEDs that bathe the portal in slow colour changes throughout the evening, making for an eye-catching exterior for passersby and an impressionable entrance for customers.
Inside, the lobby bar offers drinks in another ever-changing environment visible from the street outside. Behind the bar's main glass wall are Martin Cyclo fluorescent lights mounted at varying heights and programmed to slowly change hues. The Cyclo Series is a range of fluorescent linear washlights with RGB colour mixing or colour correction control. It provides a simple dynamic lighting solution to uniformly wash surfaces in colour and variable white light.
Also in the lobby bar are large pillars of thin white fabric that have been transformed by recessed RGB LED fixtures into giant installations. With shades of colour glowing from their top, the pillars resemble a sort of floating jellyfish.
The hotel lobby features a similar glass wall with colour from more Martin Cyclos corresponding to the colour changes in the bar. The lobby desk is lit in white fluorescent, while the hotel's corridors are illuminated by hidden fluorescents with colour filters. These were used to obtain the exact colours the client requested.
The lighting installation is controlled by a PC-based Martin LightJockey 2 system with LightJockey Manager. The LightJockey's internal clock monitors a host of settings used at breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as the later evening when the bar morphs into a nightclub.
(Jim Evans)
