Louisville-based lighting company Lumenation transformed the utilitarian glass, concrete and aluminium structure into a beautiful reflection of school spirit and campus pride with help from some colour-changing fixtures from the Iluminarc division of Chauvet Lighting.
"The Pedway has become one of the favourite sites on campus since we added coloured light to it," said Lumenation's Alex Moore, who served as the manager of the project. "It really stands out from your average run-of-the-mill pedestrian bridge." Indeed, the colourful pedestrian bridge has become so iconic at EKU that the school has used it as the subject of a campus-wide photography contest.
Moore and the Lumenation team installed 32 of Iluminarc's Ilumiline 36 IP linear fixtures in the glass-walled tube of the pedestrian bridge. The RGB colour-changing fixtures are positioned on the tops of the two walls of the roughly 40' long bridge, directly below where those walls meet the sloped ceiling. The brushed aluminium housing of the sleek 38.6 inch (980 mm) long linear fixture blends easily with the frame of the bridge's glass wall.
Since the ceiling of the bridge curves down at a distinct angle, part of it is clearly visible to motorists who approach from one direction. Drawing on the 46? x 21? beam angle of the Ilumiline 36 IP, the Lumenation team used the fixtures to wash the ceiling in a rainbow of colours to present a dramatic vista to motorists passing below. Meanwhile, students who walk through the bridge feel like they're inside a glowing work of art, as colour from the Ilumiline fixtures reflects off the ceiling, the glass walls and the polished floor.
(Jim Evans)
