Historical Buildings & Cultural Venues
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L&L Luce&Light
044
L&L Luce&Light
Grand Çamlıca Mosque
Location
Istanbul, Turkey
Project
arch. Haci Mehmet Guner
Light planning
Utku Baskir
Turkey’s largest and most impressive mosque, located in the Asian
quarter of Üsküdar in Istanbul, is the fruit of the Turkish government’s
desire to bear witness to the country’s economic greatness. This
new symbol, a building with modern connotations, houses not only
the area dedicated exclusively to worship and prayer but also an art
gallery, a library, a conference room, an art studio, and the Museum
of Islamic Civilization, which contains artefacts from Turkish Islamic
culture.
The mosque’s main dome stands 72 metres high to symbolise the 72
nationalities that live in Istanbul.The building can hold up to 37,500
people, while the main door is the largest opening of any place of
worship in the world.
The Rio 2 diffuse-light recessed outdoor linear profiles featured
are drive-over up to 5000 kg and have a customized construction
enabling them to be mounted on a square outer casing. They have
been installed in the large front courtyard, the esplanade and to the
right of the mosque and mark out the wide paved surface in a strict
geometric pattern.
The light emitted by the profiles brings the large area to life and
interacts not only with the faithful but also with tourists and
visitors. In fact, the squares of light have taken on an “interactive”
function that was completely unexpected, as they create a sort of
luminous podium perfect for selfies and photographs against the
stunning background of the magnificent mosque. This ambitious
lighting project has achieved its objective of creating a significant
experience not only inside the space dedicated to silence and prayer
but also outside.
A number of Siri projectors, with rounded angles and anti-glare
recessed optics, have been used to light the trees in the garden to
the left of the mosque, giving volume to the green foliage: a very
moving effect, in perfect symbiosis with the atmosphere of the place.
Siri 3.0 custom
power: 23W
optics: 10°x45°
colour temp.: 2700K
finish: cor-ten
customized ver. DALI
Rio / Rio 2 custom
power: 19W/m
colour temp.: 2200K
with customized
installation
