Obelisken, Stockholm

5th October 2018

Situated in the centre of Sergels Torg, Stockholm’s most central public square, is the 37-metre-tall glass obelisk sculpture. The centre-piece was first officially created in 1974, facing many technical issues throughout the years trying to deliver visual output. Finally lighting designer Michael Hallbert and winner of Sweden’s Lighting Prize of the year came to a conclusion of how to overcome this issue, with the support of Pharos Controls

Four main headlights all with 1,800W metal halide lamps, colour temperature 5,600K, colour rendering RA 90 have been employed.
Custom designed stainless steel mirror reflectors are the key to illuminating 80,000 glass prisms.
A Pharos LPC 4 and TPC control all the X Line RGB WLA (Red, Green, Blue, White, Lime, Amber) 6-channel fixtures.
The Pharos Touch Panel Controller is installed for user selection of how the lighting looks at the touch of a button.
The control system is also programmed to control 64 lux windows around the shape under water.
The lighting has been set up as a recurring event so that the lighting scene changes on the 11^thday.
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