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.