Projects
The Night of Fire
Client Parc de Chevetogne Bruno Belvaux - Director Architectural design Information centre BURO5
Chevetogne, Belgium 28 October 2008
The provincial park of Chevetogne is a green open space dedicated to art, nature and wellbeing. The forests, parks and gardens of this historic private estate attracted the attention of the Province of Namur, who wanted to convert it into a nature area open to the public. The Province found the spirit of initiative and dynamism in the park’s Director, Bruno Belvaux, and his entire team. He trusted them to make the best possible use of Chevetogne’s many resources, and turn them into the ideal backdrop for a host of cultural and entertainment activities of every kind. The working partnership between iGuzzini Benelux and the Province of Chevetogne dates back to 2002, when iGuzzini worked on the lighting system for the nature learning centre for which the Namur-based firm of architects BURO5 produced the architectural design. In October 2008, iGuzzini Benelux was invited to create the lighting for the park and castle for the event known as “The Night of Fire”, which was attended by more than 10,000 people. This magical event also proved to be a kind of open-air laboratory for iGuzzini, as they had the opportunity to apply and experiment with a wide range of its lighting solutions. For the lighting of the nature learning centre, the designers chose Woody RGB, together with Radius and Miniwoody. The staircase was accentuated using Light Up. Many of the park’s trees were also lit with Light Up, fitted with Spot and Super Spot lenses. The event was followed by a series of initiatives spread over several days, during which over 100 architects, technical consultants and lighting designers had the opportunity of experiencing the quality of our systems first-hand.
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