CityLink Sound Tube, Melbourne, Australia
Light Project luminaires add a colourful, vibrant element to one of Melbourne’s most heavily used roads.
An illuminating upgrade to the CityLink’s Sound Tube in Australia delivers a modern transitional portal to the city of Melbourne. City drivers are rewarded with a drive-through experience of both architecture and lighting. Electrolight was engaged by Transurban to transform the iconic bridge, designed by Architects Denton Corker Marshall more than 20 years ago.
The design explored lighting opportunities to enhance and articulate the existing portal structure while using the latest in lighting technology to transform the static structure into a dynamic user experience.
“Our design vision was for a lighting scheme that would transform the CityLink Sound Tube at night by highlighting its architectural features,” said Jess Perry of Eletrolight.
As part of the client brief there was a request to utilise colour to create content calling for a highly controllable product solution with small aperture to conceal itself within the existing structure. Other challenges presented throughout the project were linked to the harsh environment, physical installation restraints, the need for consideration of safe and efficient maintenance practices as well as the use of pre-existing centralised control along with other infrastructure assets through a fibre optic backbone.
The solution took into consideration all the above requirements and now activates the Sound Tube at night by highlighting its striking architectural and repetitive structural language.
Clear Lighting’s RGB Flexglo F22 provided the perfect product solution with its small 16mm x 16mm form factor, suitability for installation in the harsh freeway environment and infinite selection of colours and combinations, allowing for themed content throughout the year.
The execution of the design transforms the portal from iconic architecture to a clever branding device for the client, celebrating major Melbourne and global events through light and colour; presenting itself as a true welcome gateway, building wonder and excitement as you pass through the tunnel and out into the city beyond.
The CityLink-Tullamarine corridor is one of Melbourne’s most heavily used roads, carrying about 210,000 vehicles a day in its busiest section.
HERE, London, UK
Within the immersive environment of London’s new HERE events venue, Applelec’s LED Light Sheet brings light to the unique, backlit bar.
An extraordinary entertainment district situated on the iconic Denmark Street in central London, Outernet delivers unique, multi-sensory experiences. Tying in with the rich music history of the district’s Tin Pan Alley location, a new 2,000 capacity entertainment and events venue sits beneath Outernet’s impressive, five-storey Now Building. An atmospheric, subterranean space hidden four storeys underneath London, HERE will play host to some of the biggest names in live music and DJ talent. The purpose-built entertainment venue features cutting edge A/V capabilities and state-of-the art lighting and acoustic systems, offering a unique live event experience that can be streamed around the world.
Delivering a prominent centrepiece within the space is the commanding 15-metre-long, illuminated bar. Designed by Archer Humphryes Architects in collaboration with The Kagency, the bar features back-illumination from Applelec LED Light Sheet. Specified in RGB LED option, a total of 79 light panels of various sizes were created and fitted into the front, top section and backwall area of the HERE bar, flooding the space in vivid, colour-rich illumination.
The interactive aspect of the Outernet district has been carried through to the backlighting of the HERE bar. Featuring sophisticated lighting design, the Applelec LED Light Sheet panels have been programmed to enable each light sheet to be individually controlled to provide a multitude of colourful light combinations and sequences. Further knitting together the pioneering technology at Outernet, the Applelec LED Light Sheet panels can be tailored to display a pop of vibrant colour that changes to the beat of the music of HERE’s various artist sets.
Architects Archer Humphryes and Managing Partners of the venue, Karrie and Robert, said of the installation: “Karrie Goldberg and Robert Butters, of Greenlight Development, worked closely with Archer Humphryes Architects on conceptualising a space where the architecture and the entertainment experience are merged together. The RGB Applelec LED Light Sheet allowed us to customise a ‘signature’ bar that synchronises the colours and illumination of the bar with the music and video systems, giving the room a glowing backdrop.”
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