Selux

The city of Anta­lya is a world famous beach resort and the tou­rism centre of the Tur­kish Riviera. The goal of the EXPO 2016 is to draw deser­ving atten­tion to the green­ness of the fer­tile region that sur­rounds Anta­lya. Together with his­tory, bio­di­ver­sity and green cities, sustai­na­bi­lity is one of the four key areas of this exhi­bi­tion. With its arti­fi­cial EXPO lake, the newly plan­ted forest, the Child­ren Island, the Museum for Agri­cul­ture, a vie­wing plat­form and an amp­hi­the­a­tre hol­ding 2000 people, it is des­ti­ned to serve as a public park and events venue – mea­ning it will be both a tou­rist attrac­tion and a green lung for the rapidly gro­wing metro­po­lis. The design con­cept for the grounds and buil­dings was con­cei­ved by Mehmet Senol and his team from the ARTI Mimar­lık Bureau in Ankara. The 114 metre high EXPO tower, with its highly expres­sive shape, has the poten­tial to become a land­mark both of the exhi­bi­tion and for the sur­roun­ding Anta­lya region.

The majo­rity of the ligh­ting on the EXPO grounds has been sup­plied by Selux. As well as ensu­ring brightness and safety for visi­tors during the eve­ning and at night-time, the hund­reds of pole-top lumi­nai­res from the Astro and Olivio series also lend the grounds an impres­sive over­all appe­a­rance during dark­ness. The 15-metre high poles from the Olivio Sis­tema design line, each of which is fitted with 15 Olivio Grande light heads, are a par­ti­cu­lar eye cat­cher. These have been erec­ted at pro­mi­nent loca­ti­ons such as the main entrance, side entrance, Expo tower and Expo Square. The Olivio lumi­naire heads coil in an ele­gant spiral up the poles ensu­ring a state-of-the-art but at the same time orga­nic look. Each of the lumi­naire heads can be alig­ned indi­vi­du­ally with their rota­ti­o­nally sym­me­tri­cal 40° LED optics and con­trol­led via DALI. This has ena­b­led the light plan­ner Niyazi Avci to make flexi­ble use of just a few pole-top lumi­nai­res for uni­form ligh­ting of both open spaces and exhi­bi­tion objects.

The paths around the various nati­o­nal gar­dens are also lined with pole-top lumi­nai­res from the Olivio series. A total of 266 lumi­nai­res from the Olivio Can­de­la­bra design line with three Olivio Medio light heads emit their high-qua­lity LED light via rota­ti­o­nally sym­me­tri­cal wide-bea­ming reflec­tors. The plan­ners chose 4000 Kelvin as the light colour with an above standard CRI of >80 for natu­ral repro­duc­tion of the ubi­qui­tous colour­ful plants and flo­wers. The third Selux lumi­naire type spe­ci­fied by Niyazi Avci was the Astro pole-top lumi­naire. Almost four hund­red of these are loca­ted at various pro­mi­nent loca­ti­ons such as at the VIP buil­ding, the Press Centre, the amp­hi­the­a­tre and the Child­ren Island. They are equip­ped with sym­me­tri­cally reflec­ting optics and a stri­king blue-effect ring. Whe­reas the lumi­nai­res from the Olivio series natu­rally com­ple­ment hor­ti­cul­tu­ral exhi­bi­ti­ons, the Astro lumi­nai­res, desig­ned by the renow­ned bureau Phoe­nix Design from Stuttg­art, enable a pleasantly sobe­ring con­trast.

Whe­ther for an orga­nic look or a dis­tinc­tive tech­ni­cal design, when it came to sustai­na­bi­lity, the exhi­bi­tion plan­ners chose the ideal ligh­ting part­ner. Pre­mium-qua­lity LED modu­les and pre­ci­sion optics ensure opti­mal energy effi­ci­ency. Thanks to the dura­ble mate­ri­als, cor­ro­sion-resis­tant surfa­ces and robust designs, these lumi­nai­res will retain their look of qua­lity and aes­the­tics for years to come.