Digital multimedia facade at Espai Mataró Connecta
September 2023
Dynamic digital lighting
Artec Studio / Lumalia Studio / Protopixel
Barcelona, Spain
DOOH
This multimedia facade consists of vertical slats with RGB LED pixels, allowing natural light to enter and making it visible from the outside. What truly sets this impressive technology apart is its advanced control and lighting system. Thanks to this system, the City Council staff can generate and project dynamic and interactive content through an intuitive mobile application and internet connection. The digital multimedia facade becomes a constantly evolving digital canvas, capable of captivating the public with its creativity and enhancing their urban experience. The installation's control system is managed via a computer over the internet through an application, offering the ability to choose the lighting scenes to display, adjust parameters such as light and color, control the speed of the content, customize text, background colors, letter dimensions, and even automate the launch of lighting scenes. It also allows for generating content linked to audio input, playing videos, and creating interactive content through sensors. This impressive interactive architectural facade becomes a distinctive symbol of the city and a catalyst for the revitalization of the area. In addition to illuminating the center of Mataró, it will serve as a digital platform for institutional campaigns, cultural activities, event information, public services, and local artistic projects, promoting creativity and the city's identity.
This captivating digital lighting project was led by the lighting design studio, Artec Studio, with the collaboration with their partner, LEDDREAM Group, who took on the responsibilities of manufacturing, engineering, supply, and installation of the entire digital multimedia facade at Espai Mataró Connecta. LEDDREAM Group handled the dynamic lighting aspect through Lumalia Studio, a company within the group specializing in dynamic digital lighting projects. The design and concept of the digital multimedia facade, as well as the production of the audiovisual content, were overseen by Artec Studio, with city sounds contributed by Mapasonor. Meanwhile, the manufacturing and installation were handled by Lumalia Studio, and programming by ProtoPixel. Together, they successfully created an advanced control and lighting system for this innovative installation.
LEDDREAM Group has taken charge of the manufacturing, engineering, installation, and execution of the entire digital multimedia facade through Lumalia Studio, a specialized company within the group dedicated to the creation and execution of special dynamic digital lighting projects.
The digital multimedia facade spans 36 meters in width and 3.25 meters in height, composed of 311 luminous slats specially designed and manufactured for this building. These slats combine to create an interactive multimedia screen capable of generating a stunning variety of visual effects. With over 1.07 billion unique color combinations in its repertoire, this facade offers a truly impressive visual spectacle. Each slat consists of two lighting modules: one for RGB dynamic digital lighting and another for functional white lighting. Control is based on the SPI protocol, allowing content customization, the creation of new lighting scenes, and access to a library of predefined scenes.