126 TECHNOLOGY / CASE STUDY
SWISS BRIDGE BUILDING
To celebrate the centenary of the iconic Maillart Bridge, the city of Aarburg commissioned a new lighting design with Traxon products being used to emphasise the structure’s elegant design.
Robert Maillart was a master bridge builder and engineer whose creations are iconic worldwide. No more so than in Switzerland where he was born and where the bridge that he designed in the city of Aarburg is named in Maillart’s honour. To celebrate the bridge’s centenary, and Switzerland’s famous son, Aarburg opted to update the structure’s lighting design, intending that the bridge be accentuated at night to highlight its charismatic and stylish design. The structure, which crosses the Aare river, is similar to the majority of Maillart’s bridges and is made of reinforced concrete with an arch forming its base. It is a design that is unique to a century
old structure, meaning that the bridge does not betray its hundred years, but still looks youthful and vibrant, its position, opposite the famous 12th century Aarburg Castle, making for a particularly distinctive juxtaposition.
Accent lighting has been added to the borders of the bridge utilising Traxon’s Monochrome Tube Warm White fixtures which highlight the refined dynamism of the structure’s design at night. These are controlled by e:cue’s DMX2PWN 9CH, meaning that sections of the instillation can be dimmed independently of each other. 88 fixtures have been used in the transformation of the Maillart’s lighting
design and installing them was made much easier due to the Monochrome Tube’s Plug ‘n’ Play capability, which allows the fixtures to be added quickly and effortlessly. The Maillart Bridge is typically lit at 30% of its maximum brightness and the light fittings therefore consume considerably less power than alternatives, meaning the fixtures will probably achieve a long lifetime reducing the need for costly maintenance. A century on from its construction the Maillart Bridge remains an outstanding example of timeless design and now it is also a paradigm for energy-efficient accent lighting of historical structures.
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