Santral, Istanbul
September, 2007
Santral Istanbul is UVA’s first permanent architectural lighting installation. Built on the site of the power plant that once supplied the whole region, Santral Istanbul comprises a university campus, library, contemporary art museum and an energy museum in the old turbine halls. UVA created a permanent site-wide interactive lighting system that responds to visitor movements, and can be tuned to muted colours for daily use or bolder looks for special events. UVA also created and presented the graphics and lighting for the launch ceremony, comprising high-intensity beams and large-scale moving projections.