The ambient lighting of the nave is achieved by direct / indirect custom-designed LED-luminaires mounted above the capitals at a height of 12.70m. The luminaires are designed as compact and block-shaped housing accommodating six adjustable projectors. The lighting elements disappear in this housing to a great extent.
Four of the adjustable projector heads subtly illuminate the horizontal level with a warm-toned light and create a calm lighting atmosphere, which emphasizes the depth of the material and color of the bronzed urn grave surfaces. Thus making the engraving readable. The two remaining projectors with wide beam angles fade in the vaulted ceiling with diffused light and create a good balance of light levels within the space. At the same time the height of the space becomes palpable. Anti-glare shields prevent the arches from receiving stray light. Glare is being avoided by the use of honeycomb louvers in all direct projectors.
The lighting principle of the nave is continued in the aisles as well as in the choir on a slightly lower capital height and accordingly lower light intensities.
Due to the continuously dimmable LED technology, the illuminance levels or brightness can be easily adapted to various user scenarios. Due to a light sensor the artificial illumination reacts to changing daylight situations. In case of higher natural illuminance levels, the artificial lighting components in the nave and in the aisles are switched off.
In the entire church building, solely DALI addressed LED-luminaires are employed, which fulfill the requirements of optimized efficiency and extremely long maintenance intervals. Combined into architecture-related switching channels, five programmed lighting scenarios can be retrieved via an intuitively designed control panel.
