REPORT 025
BRUSSELS CENTRE FOR FINE ARTS
Company: Teclumen Location: Brussels, Belgium
“Immense and yet almost invisible, overlooking the city and yet buried underground, multi-faceted and yet unifi ed, prestigious and yet open to all.” This was how Belgian architect and designer Victor Horta imagined the fi rst cultural centre of its kind to be constructed in Europe; the Brussels Centre for Fine Arts. At the Centre for Fine Arts all the arts come together. In 1922, Horta created the diverse mix of three con- cert halls, exhibition halls and conference rooms into one harmonious entity. Live music and exhibitions work side by side.
When walking through the building, without really being aware of it, you are climbing a hill: the Mont des Arts / Kunstberg. In total, Horta’s Palace has no fewer than eight levels. It is exactly in this place, where art and audiences fi nd each other and start to talk and where distributors FACE and manufacturersTeclumen, like art and creativity, leave an ineradicable impression.
Between the Brasserie and the Horta Hall there is a polyvalent and multifunctional space. This room had to fi t architecturally with the Brasserie and with the museum in the Horta Hall, but should be viewed also as a separate place. For this reason a ‘white box’ has been created in order to comply with the concept of multi- functionality as much as possible. A complety white space that can, if desired, be transformed with colours and moods.
The Centre for Fine Arts contacted the FACE project team to realise this project. Under the professional guidance of Geert Custers, a lighting fi xture was sourced that could satisfy the high standards of the project. In addition to the possibility to change colours and scenographic atmosphere, the ecological aspect, the strong light output and practical use were all important in the decision making process. The Teclumen Linea Color 12 FC was chosen to colour the white walls uniformly. This LED colour bar with 12 full colour LEDs and a beam angle between 25° and 40° provides a homogeneous light at a short dis- tance. For the general lighting of the room the same LED bars have been installed on two tracks. The other fi xture, the Stage Color 18 FC has been installed as a fi xed light, but also mounted on an Apolo Right Arm for a fl exible use. This compact and discrete spotlight with 18 full colour LEDs can be controlled by DMX 512 and offers a wide range of colour shades. For the fl exible use of the space and fl uid management of the different rooms, a easily understood lighting control was required. The multi-purpose room has to change use easily, from reception room to exhibition space or event venue. Therefore the FACE project team opted for the customised and user-friendly e:cue system with touchscreen. The e:cue system is custom made, and programmed through a Windows-based application and is easy to operate via a touch screen for example. This system is the perfect tool to control the ‘white box’, because the layout of the screen and the different functions of the room can be freely cho- sen. In this way every event manager, artist or caterer can create the right mood for each event.
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