(Clockwise from bottom left) The Danish Pavilion at Expo 2010; Sheffi eld’s Crucible Theatre; Da Vinci – the Genius
Professional, designed and composed an LED lighting system which gives the pavil- ion an interactive façade. More than 3,500 full-colour LED lamps
were installed in holes in the pavilion’s perforated external walls. The lamps are controlled by day lighting and tem- perature sensors which, combined with specially developed software, give an ani- mated appearance, described by Martin Professional as “a living façade”. The light settings automatically change,
from daylight through dusk, to evening. Actual lighting conditions infl uence the system in real-time via the light sensors installed around the pavilion. For exam- ple, a blue sky produces a different setting from a cloudy day, so the pavilion is always perfectly adjusted to the surroundings. Crealy family theme park in Devon, UK, is using special light effects in its new pink- knuckle family watercoaster, Vortex. “The idea of special effects was developed while researching other watercoasters. Crealy needed something unique to make the ride stand out against other watercoasters and so the special effects concept was born,” says Angela Wright, founder of Crealy
AM 3 2010 ©cybertrek 2010
Great Adventure Parks. Designed by Dutch ride manufacturers, Van Egdom, in asso-
ciation with the park, the £1m (US$1.45m, 1.2m) ride harnesses natural light to cre- ate magical effects in the tube. In Manchester, UK, DBN Lighting com-
pleted the lighting design, supply and installation for the Da Vinci – the Genius exhibition, at the Museum of Science and Industry. According to designer, Nigel Walker, this job was “lighting heaven” which required much lateral thinking. The lighting rig consists of 260 MR16 “Birdies”, of varying wattages and beam angles, which are fi tted with frost and diffusion fi l- ters to add, depth, mood and perspective to the exhibits. At Norway’s National Opera House, a
7m (23ft) crystal chandelier is the dramatic centrepiece of the Great Hall, created from 17,000 pieces of glass. Osram designed 1200 modules, using state-of-the-art thin fi lm LED technology to power it. Since the demands on the light sources
were very high, thermal simulations were carried out to create an optimised passive cooling concept to achieve the required lifespan of 50,000 hours.
THE WAY FORWARD “I’m extremely excited about the way manufacturers are now fi nding effi cient light sources, which aren’t just fl uores- cent based,” says Atkinson. “At the Light & Building exhibition in Frankfurt, there’s no question that LED has suddenly acceler- ated at a real pace. High output sources, with good colour rendering, are now seri- ous contenders for conventional lighting. “Manufacturers such as Toshiba & LG
have stepped into the ring, with exciting LED lighting products. Although there are big players in the LED market, such as Philips and Osram, new companies, such as Xicato are producing some amazing LED sources for various manufacturers.” For the future, Atkinson predicts that
OLED technology – organic light emit- ting diode – is one to watch. The emissive electroluminescent layer is composed of a fi lm of organic compounds. This layer of organic semiconductor material is formed between two electrodes, where at least one of the electrodes is transparent. Although this is prohibitively expensive and still in development, Atkinson predicts fl at panel technology will be here soon. ●
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