ISTANBUL, Turkey — Robe moving lights have been installed into the new Sutluce Cultural & Congress Centre (SCCC), a 73,000-square-meter development managed by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The building, a converted slaughterhouse on the city’s Golden Horn inlet, has been redesigned as a performing arts and conference center. It will host movies, theatrical performances and other live events.
The Robe fixtures are installed into SCCC’s two main performance spaces and were specified and supplied by Robe’s Turkish distributor Atempo, acting as systems integrators for principal construction company, Yeni Yapi Ltd. Co.
“Yeni Yapi trusted us to specify the best quality and best value product for the application — and that was Robe,” said Atempo’s Istanbul region director Volkan Konuralp.
The Robes were needed to provide lighting for the larger auditoriums in the complex — and were supplied by Atempo along with a large generics package.
The 3,000-capacity Main Hall features 20 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs, six REDWash 3â—Â192s and four REDBlinder 2â—Â96s. These are all positioned on the over-stage bars and can be moved to serve the needs of each show.
For the 1,000 capacity Theatre, Atempo specified six ColorWash 575E ATs and six ColorSpot 575E ATs. “These are a really perfect compact and very bright lightsource — with lots of features — for medium sized stages like this,” said Konuralp.
SCCC has already staged events that have used both venues, including the 5th World Water Forum, which featured 33,058 participants. “When we specified the lighting for these two spaces, we ensured they had many options — whether the need is to light a single speaker, or a whole performing troupe which need the stage filled with color and movement,” Konuralp said.
Atempo has been specifying and distributing Robe products since the brand was launched in its own right in 2002. “In our long experience and association with Robe it’s proven very reliable, and we also like Robe’s continual ongoing investment into developing new technologies.”
For SCCC, they also undertook extensive on-site demos to show the client first-hand the real capabilities of the products. A Robe Roadshow in 2008, staged in conjunction with ETC, also helped promote the brand’s awareness in Turkey.
With Robe’s Digital series coming into production at the end of 2008, this meant they could specify the REDWash 3â—Â192, which is “really ideal for this project with its low power consumption and near infinite color range,” Konuralp said.
Murat Koysuren managed the project for Atempo. “We offered the best quality brands and products at the right price,” Koysuren said. “The Municipality officials are pleased with the overall systems, and the Robe fixtures add great depth and many creative possibilities to all the shows staged there.”
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