Selux

The new home of FC Kra­sno­dar was opened in Octo­ber 2016. Ari­sing from nothing, this high-tech buil­ding was con­struc­ted in the space of just three years and now pro­vi­des space for 34,000 fans.

The archi­tec­tu­ral con­cept by Gerkan, Marg and Part­ner Archi­tects is cha­rac­te­ri­sed by its clas­sic con­struc­tion, pre­mium qua­lity mate­rials and state-of-the-art tech­no­logy while, with its three-part façade, the refe­rence the buil­ding makes to ancient amphi­thea­tres, the pro­to­type for all modern stadia, is unmi­sta­ka­ble. The façade is made from light Roman tra­ver­tine and is illu­mi­na­ted gently and aesthe­ti­cally. The plan­ning by Con­cep­tli­cht recom­men­ded the look and feel of an ancient amphi­thea­tre be rein­for­ced by lighting, to enable the emo­tio­nal nature of spor­ting events to be enhan­ced by a distinct light mood.

To achieve the requi­red lighting ambience, Selux custom-pro­du­ced around 1,100 inte­rior and exte­rior lumi­nai­res spe­cially for the pro­ject. Since the lighting con­cept requi­red highly pre­cise Grenz ray angles for lumi­nai­res in dif­fe­rent buil­ding areas, Selux deve­lo­ped 25 dif­fe­rent types of spe­cial lumi­nai­res. The dim­ma­ble LED crown lights have been custo­mi­sed so their light is restric­ted even before it exits the lumi­naire, ena­bling the under­side of the façade sof­fits to be accen­tua­ted opti­mally with light while not illu­mi­na­ting the upper cros­sbeams. On the façade, in the entrance area and on the podium, direct bea­ming cor­nice lights have been deployed for a high level of visual pla­sti­city.

(Marcus Bredt)

(Marcus Bredt)

An attrac­tive, highly power­ful lumi­nous LED light cei­ling over the entrance crea­tes a wel­co­ming feel over a length of approx. 22 metres, with the opal glass dif­fu­ser at the side ensu­ring bac­klighting of the ver­ti­cal cei­ling ele­ments. First and fore­most, the func­tio­nal lighting is desi­gned to gua­ran­tee a safe and plea­sant stay in the foot­ball arena. In the cor­ri­dor areas, ter­race entran­ces and wal­k­ways, flush-moun­ted lumi­nai­res with various emis­sion angles and direct-bea­ming lumi­nai­res have been instal­led in cei­ling cas­set­tes for effi­cient lighting, while effec­tive, reces­sed wall lumi­nai­res with a light con­trol­ler have been instal­led in the stair­case tran­si­tions.

(Marcus Bredt)

To visually enhance the stair­ca­ses and tran­si­tio­nal areas, the lighting plan­ners opted for LED light cubes in various sizes: large lumi­nous cases of up to 2.80 x 2.00 metres scat­ter light via an opal dif­fu­ser, with each one sup­por­ting a direct-bea­ming down­light in the centre. Selux also pro­vi­ded various light steles and pole-top lumi­nai­res for the lighting of the podium and the sur­roun­ding areas. Besi­des the outstan­ding light qua­lity, a fur­ther fea­ture of these four-metre high light steles with inte­gra­ted spe­cial optics is how they are equip­ped with multi-func­tio­nal acces­so­ries such as loud­spea­kers, came­ras and an emer­gency unit. Over the fore­court, Avanza lumi­nai­res cast uni­form light, blen­ding in har­mo­niou­sly with the archi­tec­ture of this sports arena due to their distinc­tive design lan­guage.

(Marcus Bredt)

The sta­dium con­struc­tion in Kra­sno­dar is far from just a spa­cious and highly ambi­tious buil­ding pro­ject howe­ver – the pri­mary aim of the client was sustai­na­bi­lity in the long term. Here, effi­cient LED lighting tech­no­logy craf­ted by Selux makes both a deci­sive con­tri­bu­tion to the com­mer­cial use of the sta­dium while at the same time visually enhan­cing the building’s archi­tec­tu­ral aesthe­tic.