Rising from Abu Dhabi's bustling new city centre, Khalidiyah Mall is a high profile shopping centre whose architectural design combines the traditional with the contemporary. The Mall's concept goes beyond shopping to embrace leisure, entertainment and dining, and includes landscape features like fountains and a summer gardens.
Keeping in line with the Mall's intent of boosting the economic profile of Abu Dhabi, an eye-catching exterior lighting scheme was sought. "We wanted to do something different that would enhance the building's looks as the existing façade lighting was not able to give the desired results," commented Paul Mathews, technical coordinator of Line Investments & Property. "A demo was given by Martin Professional Middle East based on the requirement of the client and the lighting matched our expectations exactly."
The client chose Martin Professional's Exterior range fixtures - Exterior 1200 Wash (1200 W) and Exterior 600 (575 W) - to dynamically illuminate the façade in a variety of shades. The fixtures are pole mounted in the outdoor parking lot and DMX controlled via a PC-based Martin LightJockey system.
The project was installed in August of 2008. Lighting design was a collaboration between Line Investments & Property and Martin Professional Middle East.
(Jim Evans)
