The company's owner (and lighting designer), Ammar Jano, knew that the white marble façade of the six-storey building would be a suitable projection surface for SGM's IP55-rated Palco 5 architectural LED fixture - and that it would provide a dazzling wash which could clearly be seen from the nearby Damascus-Beirut highway.
In total 18 Palco 5's were mounted - either on the ground, or positioned at roof level - to deliver a stunning crossfade colour wash.
Ammar Jano, who has been working with SGM products for almost a decade, then turned his attention to the banquet room, set up to host 500 people for various formal occasions - such as wedding receptions, conferences and special meetings.
The hall has been designed and furnished to give a luxurious touch, and the addition of contemporary lighting equipment and special effects further enhances that elegance.
Mr. Jano specified 12 fully-featured IDEA Spot 575 conventional spots and 10 IDEA LED 300 moving heads, containing 108 x 3W high power LEDs, with 100,000 hours lamp life. These were balanced with 18 ceiling-mounted Palco 3 (fitted with 25° lens) colour-changing fixtures.
The designer also used SGM Powerlight 1212D 12-channel dimmer control, Flasher DMX 1.5 strobe and Varismoke II DMX smoke machine to deliver the high-power dancefloor impact. "This combination of amazing SGM fixtures produced optimum effect," confirmed Mr. Jano.
(Jim Evans)
