SOUND & LIGHT - project
Commissioned in 1830 by Muhammad Ali Pasha and built during the first half of the 19th century, the Mosque of Muhammad Ali is one of the most visited in Egypt.
Working with Italian manufacturer Griven, MISR Company for Sound and Light created an accent lighting concept for the mosque, using LEDs to provide accent lighting without any visible fixtures.
Nearly 400 Danube 10 units were placed along the 1,580 metre perimeter, throwing up alternating stripes of light and shadow.
The scheme proved a challenge as the terrain was often difficult to work on, and a number of fixtures had to be placed in the ground.
Two Turkish style minarets over 80m in height had architectural constraints set on them by the Supreme Council of Antiquities dictating that no fixtures be visible during the day.
To get around this problem, used a number of Danube LED projectors were placed on tall poles set 20 meters away from the minarets, directed at their upper peaks.
More Danube units were employed to up light the shafts of the minarets in three sections.
Dune projectors were also embedded in marble cubes to give light and colour to the columns and Parade -D-RGB-12s were hidden below the arches.
This created a uniform glow throughout the mosque.
In order to add shaded waves of colour and light to the cloister’s 45 columns, Dune in-ground LED luminaires were embedded in blocks of marble that were then placed at the base of each column
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