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Winner of the Swedish Lighting Award 2008

PARTICIPANTS

CLIENT Vimar Kovac, Stureplansgruppen

LIGHTING DESIGNER Alexander Lervik

ARCHITECT Alexander Lervik

ELECTRICAL INSTALLER Atrox El AB

SUPPLIERS Stockholm Lighting Company

CUSTOM-DESIGNED The lighting is custom-designed by Lervik Design.

SWEDISH LIGHTING AWARD 2008

Innovative lighting scenarios that convey powerful light experiences with surprising audacity.

PUSH NIGHTCLUB, GÖTEBORG

In January 2008, Push opened — a nightclub with a new concept in Nordea's former premises on Avenyn in Göteborg. When the venue was to undergo a total renovation, lighting was right from the start an essentially important ingredient in the bold interior design concept designed by Alexander Lervik.

PHOTO MIKAEL OLSSON

What was sought — besides the visually exciting impression — was a flexible and creative solution that was easy to maintain and control. The idea was also to create Scandinavia's most innovative, modern and exclusive nightclub ever. The lighting solution included in the competition entry encompasses both effect lighting on the dance floor and in the bars, as well as general lighting throughout the premises. Almost all interior furnishings and lighting are custom-designed for the club by Lervik Design. The lighting design is carefully planned and devised for its function. With the theater in mind, they wanted to create more drama and varied light in the venue.

The majority of the fixtures used in the project are diode fixtures, both RGB and white. The choice fell on LED primarily for the possibilities of creative color changing with simple control systems. Into the bargain, you also get a long lifespan, low energy consumption and low heat generation in the direction of the light — all positive effects in a nightclub environment. The entire installation is controlled by a Light System Manager from Color Kinetics and an LPC1 from Pharos Controls.

THE MAJORITY of the fixtures are both RGB and white LED.

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SWEDISH LIGHTING AWARD 2008

LED enables creative color changes.

THE LIGHTING SOLUTION The lighting solution was developed in collaboration between Alexander Lervik and Fredrik Winqvist/Rikard Ahlstrand at Stockholm Lighting Company. Alexander developed a vision and idea around the entire lighting solution, which was then realized by Stockholm Lighting Company — in quite a long process where different solutions were tested and rejected or approved.

WITH THE THEATER as a model, the aim was to create drama.

WORTHY OF SPECIAL NOTE

To fulfill the project's idea and vision, the latest in LED technology was used in the lighting design with the custom-built fixtures. One solution that the entrant particularly wishes to highlight is the flexibility of the lighting control. At the press of a button, the entire lighting can be changed. 40 different pre-programmed scenarios are available and can be altered by the disc jockey or nightclub manager as needed. The lighting design is created to be changeable through color selection and control options. This provides great opportunities to alter the expression of the venue to create different moods as needed.

FLEXIBILITY is great, 40 different scenarios are available to choose from.

User's comments

We are very pleased with both the interior design and the lighting solution, with its robust components and simple control system. The bold interior, where lighting is an extremely important part, is the result of an uncompromising concept with strong contrasts. We at Push love it when — darkness meets light, pulse meets calm.”

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