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Anolis fixtures installed at Cascades Gardens in Sun City

Anolis fixtures installed at Cascades Gardens in Sun City
Anolis fixtures installed at Cascades Gardens in Sun City

A new Anolis LED lighting installation is helping to highlight the foliage in Cascades Gardens, part of the Cascades Hotel property in Sun City, South Africa. Johannesburg-based creative agency Cinevation was commissioned by Sun International to reimagine some of the resort’s public areas, including the gardens.

 

Cinevation proposed a phased creative lighting scheme starting with the 150 metre long pathway from the hotel to their ground floor restaurant ‘Bocado’. In turn, Cinevation asked lighting experts DWR to assist with the specification of fixtures and undertake the installation.

 

The project was managed and designed for DWR by Johnny Scholtz who proposed using, among other sources, Anolis ArcPad 48s and ArcSource Outdoor 4MCs with ArcSource 24MC Submersibles to illuminate the water feature and 75 ArcPix to outline one of the bridges.

 

The ArcPad 48s are used to create a series of washes along the pathway, accentuating the shape of the landscaping, the density and diversity of the foliage and the multi-dimensionality of the garden design. The ArcSource 4MCs highlight selected elements like sculptures or ornamental bushes and trees.

 

The water features - there are two, one each side at the start of the pathway - which were previously in total darkness are now energised with colour and movement with the help of 12 x ArcSource 24MC Submersibles. These skim the surface of the water with light, and units are also fixed in place directly below the fountains and focussed upwards, changing the look and feel of the dancing water jets. The ArcPix are at ground level on the bridge, cross lighting and texturing the cobbled floor. They are programmed to chase across that bridge and shoot up into the palm trees at the end.

 

The lighting installation is controlled via a Visual Productions system, comprising a number of DIN Rail multi-protocol boxes dotted around which power all the fixtures along the pathway installation, creating a DMX network. Security beams are used to trigger the boxes so as people walk along the pathway, different lighting sequences are played out.

 

Johnny Scholtz’s crew also included Kevin Stannett, Nick Britz, system designer and programmer Bruce Riley and programmer Jannie de Jager. Their site installation crew chief was Andi Rodgers, and all worked closely with Cinevation’s team led by Louise Haltman and Marissa Torrani.

 

(Photos: Johnny Scholtz)

 

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Anolis fixtures installed at Cascades Gardens in Sun CityAnolis fixtures installed at Cascades Gardens in Sun City

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