In addition to the airport's focus on innovative architecture, high-quality finish materials and optimized infrastructure, Moscow-based STK Heliocity was brought in to develop a unique combination of architectural and artistic lighting for multiple scenarios: everyday usage, night time usage, and holidays/special occasions. In order to implement lighting designs for holidays and other celebrations at the airport, Heliocity installed 16 of Martin Professional's Exterior 400 Image Projectors.
Heliocity's design features traditional symbols, multiple colour transitions - in the style of the Belgorod region's coat of arms (azure to green and gold) - and a special fireworks element. As a tribute to the region's unique and proud military history, the fireworks are a complex design element that feature dynamic flashes and simulated flying sparks from an explosion of color to create the effect of fireworks on the arches above the airport's main entrance.
To complete their design, the team at Heliocity needed to deploy a reliable weatherproof fixture that could create bright light projections yet be extremely energy-efficient. The company turned to Martin's Exterior 400 IP in order to meet these detailed requirements.
"After analysing several fixtures we decided on Martin Professional's Exterior 400 IP due to its durability and convenient programming capabilities," commented Anton Karpun, project designer, STK Heliocity. "To create the fireworks scene we ordered a special set of gobos for firework imitation. The gobos paired with the Exterior 400's extremely robust light allowed us to successfully create a beautiful scenography of dynamic color that can be easily activated with a single button."
Martin Professional's Exterior 400 Image Projector is a powerful tool for integrating textures, patterns, and graphics in outdoor lighting designs and is capable of producing over 7000 lumens of extremely bright light projections. The fixture also features advanced LED technology for unparalleled energy-efficiency, a rugged IP65 housing.
(Jim Evans)
