Spanning over 45,000 m² equipped with 20 indoor and outdoor courts and pitches and a 900 m2 Kipsta store, Kipstadium allows sports lovers of every age and ability to practice in more than 30 different activities seven days a week.
Located in the district of the Union, at the crossroads of the cities of Tourcoing, Roubaix and Wattrelos northeast of Lille, Kipstadium has been built on the ruins of a disused industrial site and brewery.
The true value of the rebirth of the old brewery can be better seen by night, when the new contours and shapes are further emphasized by lively bright colours. The lighting designer Yann Kersalé of the SNAIK Atelier Yann Kersalé Light Art, has developed an exciting colour changing scheme that enhances with a skilled use of colours the structural diversity of the complex.
Installed by the French lighting company Eiffage, seven units of Griven Powershine MK2 D RGBW light up the upper part of the tower. Owing to its double cluster configuration, which offers full independent control of each LED bank, this wall washer allows absolute freedom to create matching or divergent effects on formerly prohibitive large-scale facades and remote spots. The eye catching honeycomb structure, true distinctive feature that tops a large part of the building, has been illuminated with a live colour changing scheme elegantly performed by 11 Powershine MK2 S in RGBW configuration. To complete the design, six units of Emerald RGBW have been used to enhance the exterior stairs.
"We chose Griven Powershine fixtures for this project owing to their powerful light output. The different fixtures installed have allowed us to achieve a harmonious result in terms of light output and colour rendering. The fine adjustment and aiming that we could reach through the possibility of individually adjusting the orientation of the LED banks has also been very important" asserts Nedir Benkhelifa of SNAIK.
(Jim Evans)
