AiXY International illuminates Al-Abrar for HeritageFest 2015
Published: WORSHIP
SINGAPORE: With a number of important historical monuments lit up as part of Singapore HeritageFest 2015, Italian lighting designers Marco Palandella and Roberto Corradini together with the lighting department at Griven have created a full colour temporary lighting installation for the Al-Abrar Mosque. The installation and relevant on-site programming was carried out by the manufacturer’s authorised dealer for Singapore, AiXZ International.
Al-Abrar Mosque, which was established in 1827, was declared a National Monument in 1974. The building features a ‘neat and linear architectural design’ with a central bay that is framed by two high octagonal minarets and topped by a crescent moon and star. In between, two smaller minarets rise from circular columns.
The designed lighting display aimed to enhance the essence of the building and its historical context. It was based on three different levels – bringing the main façade to the forefront with the help of a well diffused wall washed light, while the upper floors ‘shine in contrasting, softer colours, dislocated on different perspective lines’.
Griven LED wall washers were installed on and in front of the mosque’s façade in order to obtain the desired layout. Emerald fixtures in RGBW configuration with elliptical and elliptical wide optics were positioned on the trees in front of the mosque to act as wash lights.
An array of Jade 9 in RGB and warm white colour temperature either with spot, narrow or elliptical optics was installed on the upper and lower façade of the building as accent lighting and to enhance its crescent moon and star symbols.
The main focus of the installation was a moving water projection in front of the building, where two Goboled 80 D were mounted at the two sides of the Balustrade. The projection was intended as a reminder of the old shoreline once located at the foot of the monument.