Traxon-Osram and Susaeta have been the companies responsible for providing the new stadium of San Mamés with a dynamic lighting system, based on Engine fx driver and Micro Video Converter software, that turns its façade into a multimedia show.

Traxon and Susaeta illuminate San Mames

The new stadium of San Mamés, home of athletic club bilbao, it replaces the old facilities that were more than a hundred years old and that is popularly known as the cathedral of football.

The new stadium maintains the atmosphere of the old cathedral but incorporating modern elements that make it connect with the city and its surroundings. That is why in its design has been taken into account the conception of the volume built as an urban building, in relation to others and not as a mere sports facility.

Value has been given to those places in the stadiums that traditionally do not have it; I mean, the space between the perimeter of the stadium and the back of the grandstand that constitute the circulation spaces where you access and return from the grandstand that is the main place of the entire football field.

Traxon and Susaeta illuminate San Mames

Another of the key elements that has been taken into account in its design has been the lighting system that allows the stadium to be visible during the night, creating an urban landmark on the Ria that projects the image of Bilbao to the outside. Companies TraxonOsram and Susaeta have been responsible for achieving this dynamic lighting effect.

The stadium of San Mamés has been endowed with a total of 2.500 vertical candlesticks that are mounted on the façade with a design composed of five horizontal rings.

Every candle, five meters high and equipped with a turn of 90 Degrees, it is illuminated by 17 Ultra bright dot XL-6 RGB dimtable modules. The profiles were created to measure to be able to house each of these Dot perpendicular to the candlesticks.

Traxon and Susaeta illuminate San Mames

To obtain the perfect dispersion of the beam, each point is located at a different angle together with a specially designed paralumen to prevent direct viewing of the points.

A total of 42.500 RGB Led points illuminate the façade of the stadium, creating stunning lighting effects and amazing multimedia content. Light show dynamic lighting sequences are played back by e-sequences:Cue, made with Micro Video Converter software (vmc), which is combined with the Engine fx lighting control motor (LCE-fx) of Traxon.

Traxon and Susaeta illuminate San Mames

The multimedia façade of 360 degrees gives a unique character to the stadium of San Mamés, creating an urban landmark on the Bibao estuary.

The new stadium of San Mamés, with the capacity to 53.000 Locations, is the venue where the football matches of the Athletic Club are held, although it also has a sports innovation center and a sports medicine center, an underground running track and a municipal sports center. In addition, it is also used as a venue for large concerts.

 

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by • 10 sea, 2015
• section: Case studies, lighting