City: Genoa
Country: Italy
Architectural Design: Luigi Tafuri
Photo: Francesco TomasinelliThe Church of San Siro is one of the oldest churches in Genoa, situated in the heart of the historical centre not far from the old port. The new lighting of the city's first cathedral is part of the recent restoration works supervised by the Superintendency for Historical and Artistic Heritage of Liguria, based on a project by Andrea Luigi Tafuri. Targetti was given the task of lighting the presbytery and vaults which are decorated with valuable frescoes by Giovanni Battista Carlone.
The aim of the project was to illuminate the environment using light as a discreet element of optimisation, capable of perfectly integrating itself into the architecture allowing it to become the protagonist and reusing the existing lighting system made of scenographic ancient chandeliers. The logical choice was a number of highly flexible and adjustable professional fixtures with a minimum visual impact and so suitable for on top installations. Asymmetrical projectors for discharge light sources just conceived for the uniform lighting of the vaults and the horizontal surfaces were used to directly light the vault and apsidal conch, positioned on the cornice at the base of the parapet. These fixtures were also used to indirectly light the walls and. Halogen spot lights with Flood optic light the pathway of the choir.
Positioned on the cornice underneath the parapet they provide, together with other projectors for halogen lamps with Spot optic, accent lighting to the altar area, in order to underline even from a height, both the solemnity of the whole and the plastic details and materials. Two additional spot lights with wide-beam discharge bulbs come into operation during the mass services and main liturgical rites, according to a light design that calls for the simultaneous turning off of the lighting in the area of the conch to favour prayer. The most spectacular effect occurs on solemn occasions when all the fixtures for direct, indirect and accent lighting – as well as the fixtures used to enhance the tridimensional characteristics of the golden sculptures placed at mid-wall – are turned on simultaneously.
Country: Italy
Architectural Design: Luigi Tafuri
Photo: Francesco TomasinelliThe Church of San Siro is one of the oldest churches in Genoa, situated in the heart of the historical centre not far from the old port. The new lighting of the city's first cathedral is part of the recent restoration works supervised by the Superintendency for Historical and Artistic Heritage of Liguria, based on a project by Andrea Luigi Tafuri. Targetti was given the task of lighting the presbytery and vaults which are decorated with valuable frescoes by Giovanni Battista Carlone.
The aim of the project was to illuminate the environment using light as a discreet element of optimisation, capable of perfectly integrating itself into the architecture allowing it to become the protagonist and reusing the existing lighting system made of scenographic ancient chandeliers. The logical choice was a number of highly flexible and adjustable professional fixtures with a minimum visual impact and so suitable for on top installations. Asymmetrical projectors for discharge light sources just conceived for the uniform lighting of the vaults and the horizontal surfaces were used to directly light the vault and apsidal conch, positioned on the cornice at the base of the parapet. These fixtures were also used to indirectly light the walls and. Halogen spot lights with Flood optic light the pathway of the choir.
Positioned on the cornice underneath the parapet they provide, together with other projectors for halogen lamps with Spot optic, accent lighting to the altar area, in order to underline even from a height, both the solemnity of the whole and the plastic details and materials. Two additional spot lights with wide-beam discharge bulbs come into operation during the mass services and main liturgical rites, according to a light design that calls for the simultaneous turning off of the lighting in the area of the conch to favour prayer. The most spectacular effect occurs on solemn occasions when all the fixtures for direct, indirect and accent lighting – as well as the fixtures used to enhance the tridimensional characteristics of the golden sculptures placed at mid-wall – are turned on simultaneously.
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