Billed as the largest winter sport facility in the southern hemisphere, the Icehouse features two full-sized ice rinks suitable for ice hockey, curling, short-track speed skating, figure skating, and recreational skating.
The Bradbury Rink is designed as a family friendly entertainment rink, with 'general skating' already proving to be very popular. The rink features a striking audio visual design by Massteknik, including a JBL sound system and a light show that would not look out of place at a major city nightclub. Both rinks also have massive LED screens at the end of them, with the Rink 1 screen being used as a scoreboard for ice-Hockey, while the 8m wide screen above rink 2 is used for showing music video clips.
Lightmoves supplied the feature lighting for the Bradbury Rink, partnering with Massteknik for the design and installation. Sixteen Martin smartMAC's provide the bulk of the dynamic colour seen on the ice, while LED pinspots and LED Par 64s provide colour-changing wash and compliment the eight
mirror balls. The fanless cooling system of the smartMAC's and the extended lamp life and low power usage of the LED's, contribute to keeping this venue very sustainable.
The Lighting is all controlled by a GrandMA OnPC, located in the upstairs AV control room, which can also interface with the building's Crestron lighting control and Medialon show control systems. This allows for simple control of programmed lighting scenes via ground level DJ's or Rink staff from a portable Touchscreen. The Lightmoves-supplied goal lights on Rink 1's ice-hockey goals are
controlled via Philips Dynalite and driven by Crestron.
Lightmoves also supplied the custom-designed Browns Truss that houses the lighting rig. Two straight sections per side complement a large central cross-truss to provide coverage of the full length of the rink.
(Jim Evans)
