44|REPORTAJE would allow a visual of the city from the inside, considering that the campus is located practically in the center of Bilbao”, Javier Susaeta, lighting designer, explained for iCandela. “To accomplish this, he envisioned a white skin made of plastic material, during the day it projects a white image associated with the colors of the club, red and white. At night, the building becomes an enormous luminary”, added Susaeta. Second Skin To create an appearance of second skin, special candles were placed around the facade of the stadium. The installation has five horizontal rings with close to 500 vertical candles measuring 5 meters in height and a torsion of 90 degrees from top to bottom. Each candle is equipped with 17 ultra bright modules Dot XL-6 RGB. In total, 42.500 RGB spots light the 2.500 candles, creating an impressive luminous canvas. “We integrated these luminaries to the structure and shone the light against the candles in a specific direction. For this purpose LED,RGB technology was used, keeping the white color during the night too but with the possibility of doing more with it”, pointed out Javier Susaeta. Special profiles were installed to house DOT XL-6 RGB and mount them perpendicularly to the candle. To obtain a perfect beam of light, each spot was positioned at a different angle and using a lampshade to avoid a direct visual of the spots. The main objective of the project was to create a 360 degrees multimedia facade. With it, the different moods and ambiances going on inside the stadium can be communicated to the city. The dynamic lighting sequences are achieved thanks to the Video Micro Converter (VMC) equipment used in combination with the fx Lighting Control System (LCE-fx). Connection with the city On game days, considering that most of the matches happen during night hours, the stadium lights up its interior at the same time that it lights the slats of the exterior skin in a red tone, making itself more present in the city. Flash projectors are distributed randomly on the facade, so that each time the Athletic Club scores a goal, they shine mimicking the flashes produced inside, in the field, and which are the signal and the connection of the club with the city, its citizens and the soccer fans. The lighting has been programmed to communicate four different emotional states that are in tune with the activity happening in the premises. In first place, the perception of the stadium during day hours, when there are no sport celebrations. In this case the transparency of the skin of the facade and the white shade of the slats make up the leitmotif of the stadium. “We have carried out a project of enormous scope- pointed out Javier Susaeta. Presently, it is probably one of the largest installations of its kind in Europe and probably the world. In complexity, if nothing else”. ■ For more information: www.acxt.es www.susaeta.net www.osram.com CREDITS SAINT MAMÉS STADIUM, BILBAO ATHLETIC CLUB Location: Calle Felipe Sarrete. Bilbao. Architect: César Azcarate Aitor. IDOM ACXT Lighting design: Susaeta pro Lighting Technical Director: Javier Susaeta Engineering: IDOM Recruiting Firm: UTE Cerramientos Project management: IDOM Systems Integrator: Susaeta Pro Lighting Installation Company: Asmotur Uriarte Lighting Programming: Susaeta pro Lighting Supplier of Lighting Solutions: OSRAM Traxon Luminaries: 1250x RGB pixels DOT XL6 34 w/o Dome Control systems e: cue: LCE-fx & VMC E: pix DMX Universes: 92 E: pix universes