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Anolis In The Mood at the Micca Club
Anolis LED fixtures are illuminating the elegant entranceway to Rome’s Micca Club. The Micca Club is a new and slightly unusual addition to Rome’s thriving nightlife, offering a mixed programme of DJs and dancing, live music, radio transmissions, visual arts and a Sunday market. It’s sited in a charismatic, ancient vault with labyrinthine interiors – all architecturally lit, and the entrance is defined by a spectacular curving staircase, transporting visitors from street level down to a whole new layer of subterranean intrigue.
Roberto Presutti from lighting hire and sales company PR Electronics and Micca’s independent owner, Massimo Innocenti, designed the modern minimalist interior, including the lighting elements, themselves. The two have collaborated on many past projects, and the feel and vibe of Micca immediately lent itself to ‘mood’ lighting.
Realising the crucial importance of the ‘entrance experience’, this area needed special attention when it came to lighting explains Presutti. They wanted it to look fabulous, but also be subtle, understated and inviting, something that suggested to people they were entering a very special environment. “It was a delicate task to find exactly the right lighting,” he emphasises.
Presutti is very familiar with the Robe brand. PR Electronics own and use lots of Robe moving light fixtures, and have installed these into numerous projects, so it was natural for them to look at sister company Anolis’s range of LED products. “Robe equipment is so reliable and well engineered, so I was confident Anolis would offer all the same good qualities and design principles,” states Presutti.
Micca club’s entrance features 30 Anolis ArcLine RGB lensed strip fixtures, a mix of 12, 24 and 36 LED versions, which are used for washing the walls all around the entrance way. ”Their diffusion qualities are really excellent,” says Presutti. “They were definitely the best fixtures for the job.”
The Anolis strips are concealed beneath narrow frosted glass panels running around the perimeter of the floor, so you can’t physically see the lightsource, but can feel and enjoy its atmospheric effects. They were really easy to install says Presutti, and the effect is spectacular, “exactly what we wanted,” he enthuses. They cycle through a range of rich, saturated colours illuminating the entire space, scene-setting within the minimalist interior.
The entrance-way has two large windows and the door, allowing passers by to see into the colour changing gallery-style space. Outside are three large stainless steel vases, juxtaposed against the original stone of the building. It’s all about colour, texturing and form, similar to an artwork.
It was Presutti’s idea to come up with the mood lighting scheme throughout the 1000 capacity venue, and it was the first time that PR Electronics has been involved in this genre of lighting in a club.
LED was specified for all its environmental and practical advantages like low energy and maintenance, longevity and cost savings. Also, importantly because it offered great versatility and they believe that the psychology of colour should play a role in the ambience of the club. They also wanted a system that could be operated easily by the Micca Club’s duty managers.
Entrance to the Micca club is free, but visitors have to either book a place via the internet if it’s an occasional visit, or they can purchase a loyalty card which allows entrance any time. The concept is already proving hugely popular, and they have over 5000 loyalty card holders and regulars.
In picture: Roberto Presutti of PR Electronics, with Micca Club’s owner, Massimo Innocenti.
19th February 2007
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