They planned to redevelop a partially derelict, old Victorian factory into a top dance venue. The plan was to keep as many of the existing features as possible and combine this with an LED-based lighting system to create something special.
The brief for the LED lighting was to recreate the lighting system and atmosphere of the Watergate Club in Berlin.
The lighting system created consists of a 14m x 2.7m light box which runs 12m along the ceiling and 2m down the wall at the back of the DJ booth. The lighting is provided by 910 Philips icolor Flex SLX nodes supplied by Architainment Lighting. These nodes were mounted onto panels which were then suspended from the ceiling using a bespoke hanging system to overcome the uneven split level ceiling. A plinth was then fitted to the sides of the panels to form a light box and a stretch membrane was applied to diffuse the light and create the finished lighting effect.
The system is controlled via a dedicated PC running the e:cue Programmer Suite in conjunction with 4 e:cue ourButlers and 19 Philips SSL PDS60ca 12v controllers. A custom designed, on screen control panel was created to provide point and click control for the different lighting effects.
(Jim Evans)
