The two facades measure approximately 20m wide x 30m high and 20m wide x 9m high. The feature facade is made of an aluminum composite panel, double layered with wire mesh and a translucent canvas. The parang motif, a traditional Indonesian batik pattern based on sea wave movement, is showcased on the exterior front façade.
Lighting designer for the Harvey Nichols project is Paul Gunawan, principal designer at PT LITAC Konsultan of Jakarta whose initial lighting brief from client PT Hamparan Nusantara called for the feature facade to be backlit primarily in a warm white colour while also having the ability to be programmed in specific colours according to season or special event.
"A series of mock-ups with LED lighting fixtures was conducted but the result was unsatisfactory in terms of brightness," Gunawan comments. "We then shifted to multi-colour fluorescent fixtures in order to produce sufficient brightness."
Gunawan chose Martin's IP65-rated Cyclo 04 DMX fixture, a fluorescent wallwasher with RGB + W colour mixing that generates both white and coloured light. The dimmable 28 W T5 fluorescent lamps (red, green, blue and a 4000 K white) allow for controllable RGB additive colour mixing as well as colour temperature control.
He adds: "The Cyclo's white fluorescent tube helps to obtain a nice warm white light and also contributes to producing a very nice, rich, saturated, pleasant and more real color of light. Compared to LED fixtures, using 4-color fluorescent is brighter and richer in color, with less energy consumption and a lower installation cost."
The lighting installation is controlled via a PC-based Martin LightJockey controller with programming completed by Jeffrey Ong, product manager at Martin Professional Pte. The Cyclo's were supplied locally by Ronald Sulistyo of Spectrum in Jakarta, Martin Professional's newly appointed architectural dealer in Indonesia.
(Jim Evans)
