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PixelPAR installation at Cadogan Hall
Futurist Projects Ltd specified James Thomas PixelPAR 90(A) LED fixtures to illuminate the exterior of Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, London, just opened after a £24 million refurbishment project.
The elegant venue is now the home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – ending nearly 60 years of itinerancy - and also London’s newest concert hall and historic venue, available for corporate events, parties and function hire. It’s kitted out with a fully flexible 21st century technical infrastructure to deliver a full gamut of production requirements.
Twenty PixelPAR 90(A)s were specified for the exterior of the building, to illuminate the arches and tower of the former Christian Scientist Church, built in 1904. This is phase one of a two-part architectural installation on the outside of the Hall.
The fixtures were specified by Futurist Project’s Michael Lister. The PixelPARs are attached discretely to the walls of the Grade II listed building, uplighting it’s cool architecture designed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. Discretion, smallness and the ability to conceal the fittings were all top priority when it came to choosing light sources. The design brief insisted that these were ‘virtually invisible’ to passers by and local residents.
Control was another issue. The fittings that Lister originally specified for the project needed a cable for control, but when aesthetics and invisibility became a crucial issue in the planning stages, he had to look for other solutions. By this time the PixelPAR 90(A) was available, complete with its stand-alone operational mode allowing the lights to change colour without data cable.
Currently, the Pixels crossfade very subtly from light blue to dark blue. It’s planned to introduce more colours into the scheme as locals become accustomed to the iridescent beauty of the illuminated building in their midst. The next phase of the exterior lighting installation will also include an Avolites eDMX system for more sophisticated control of the Pixels from inside the building.
Apart from that, the usual benefits of LED lighting – low maintenance, long lamp life and low power consumption – all helped Lister make his choice.
It was the first time Lister has used the Pixel Range from James Thomas, and he’s really impressed. “I think they’re great,” he comments. “They’re my favourite fixtures. The power and the throw is really impressive, and you just don’t need anything else for the job.”
8th October 2004
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