Officially the tallest building on mainland China, Shanghai World Financial Centre has received integrated lighting control solutions from Dynalite. The lighting solutions are designed to meet essential AV integration and energy management criteria, for many of the building’s most prestigious areas, including four Observatory decks, 21 event spaces, and the basement restaurant.
Dynalite provided integrated lighting control systems for 12 of the 101 floors of the building. In total, 330 dimmed circuits are installed using dual-ported Dynalite DLE1220 leading-edge controllers, and 80 relay-switched circuits utilizing Dynalite DRC1220 relay controllers. Dynalite DWPE user panels were deployed throughout and all components were linked via Dynalite’s sophisticated peer-to-peer communications serial bus network, DyNet.
Dynalite also provided blind controls in the 174 rooms and suites of the Park Hyatt Hotel, the hotel component in the tower, using a combination of the Dynalite DDMC802 multipurpose and DDRC810DT blind controllers.
Two of the event spaces now featuring Dynalite systems are the Forum and Sky Arena 94 venues. The forum is now Asia’s leading venue for international events, and the 750 square meter Sky Arena 94 is a conference area purpose-designed for new product launches. Situated on the 94th floor, Sky Arena 94 boasts eight meter high ceilings, and tall windows designed to maximize the sense of space and the outlook over the city’s vistas.
Integration of audiovisual and DMX512-based theatrical lighting systems was an essential requirement of the installation for these event spaces. The meeting facilities were designed to allow the lighting systems to seamlessly interface with AV controls provided by AV systems specialist, AMX. In order to allow for theatrical lighting control in the event areas during special functions, DMX control interfaces were incorporated into the DLE1220 dimmer controllers.
Owned by Japanese developer, the Mori Group, the 492 meter tall Shanghai World Financial Centre was recently named the ‘Best Tall Building in the World’ for 2008 by the US Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. It boasts of the highest public observatory in the world and the world’s highest hotel – the Park Hyatt Shanghai – plus numerous offices, restaurants, function venues, and retail areas.
Dynalite has become part of the Royal Philips Electronics, and Philips Dynalite is headquartered in Australia.
