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Gigantic G-LEC Curtains in Daimler Chrysler Celebrations
With both displays measuring in at a gigantic 245m², the 140 frames of ClassicFrame, controlled by 12 graphic computers, were used to display live video feed from the events on the main stage. With such a large rig required, ClassicFrame was the only product for the job owing to the lightweight façade of the building – a video wall would have brought it down! The ClassicFrame also created minimal disruption for workers, with staff continuing to work in the offices throughout the build-up, as it allowed daylight through to the offices and did not obscure people’s views out.
Richard Profe, media and lighting designer at Munich and Stuttgart based design company TLD, had been waiting to specify the G-LEC system for a while, after experimenting with it last year. Three months of meticulous planning saw a steel frame developed to securely attach the ClassicFrame to the block, utilising the existing window railings.
Unrivalled in its transparency to light, wind and sound, the large-scale graphics display delivered a dynamic texture with fast moving and smooth, bright graphics which flawlessly captured the events on stage. Richard said: “I chose the ClassicFrame in particular as it is so lightweight and transparent. An added benefit was there was minimal disruption for the staff working in the offices as they could still see out of the windows.”
To complement the G-LEC systems there were 20 searchlights on top of the tower with a further 10 positioned on neighbouring roofs, while from the ground a WholeHog 2 controlled High End Studio Beams and Martin MACs.
In 1904 Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft relocated its company headquarters from Canstatt to Untertürkheim, on the banks of the river Neckar. Axles, transmissions and engines for Mercedes-Benz vehicles are produced here before they are sent on to assembly facilities around the world. With seven branches and a staff of around 32,000, the Untertürkheim plant is one of the company’s most up-to-the- minute production locations and is the heart of the Mercedes Car Group management.
7th December 2004
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