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.