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Flexible lighting control for museum
The Old Ballroom, with windows on one side and chandeliers now fitted with dimmable LED lights.

Flexible lighting control for museum

More atmosphere and light for Paleis het Loo

Unifit has been engaged in high-end lighting projects for 25 years. The company likes to be challenged and provides lighting for special locations, such as churches, monuments, museums and even yachts. Recently, the lighting specialist was allowed to contribute to the renovation of Paleis het Loo.

Unifit deals with lighting in several ways. For example, the company represents the design brands Baltensweiler, Buschfeld and Tunto as well as Meljac switchgear. Co-owner Louk Blok: "In addition, we are an official partner of operating system Casambi. In that role, we completed the wonderful project at Paleis het Loo. Here we worked together with Beersnielsen Lighting Designers." 

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"Casambi gave us the ability to consistently implement the same museum-quality lighting in all exhibition spaces."

Beersnielsen created the lighting design for the new museum and also provided the lighting for the existing museum wings. "We provided the Casambi control system, which controls Erco Lighting spotlights, among others, and we also supplied Buschfeld brand luminaires."

Mieke van der Velden, Senior lighting designer at Beersnielsen: "It was clear that flexibility played an important role in this project. All lighting in the underground extension is therefore controlled with DALI, and for specific rooms a choice was made for control using the wireless bluetooth system Casambi. We had enjoyed working with Unifit before and knew that the control system offered a solution for specific parts of the project. In addition, especially as soon as you have to set up larger networks, it is nice to work with people who have a lot of experience and know how." 

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Unifit, together with Beersnielsen, provided lighting for Paleis het Loo .

Blok fully agrees. "Good cooperation always starts from two parties. It was refreshing how knowledgeable and solution-oriented Beersnielsen handled the whole process." 

Van der Velden continues. "Because it is now possible to control Casambi fixtures directly from Pharos, the control system could be used to link film clips and lighting. Casambi gave us the ability to consistently implement the same museum-quality lighting in all exhibition areas and in hard-to-reach places." 

Old ballroom bathed in light

This was also true of the Old Ballroom. "This is a fairly dark room, with windows on one side and dark paneling. The chandeliers were a given, which are fitted with dimmable LED candle lights, but that was not enough. In the ceiling, however, we were not allowed to make recesses." Blok adds: "To bring more atmosphere and light into the room, we therefore used Buschveld's 'Sense System' voltage rail. This rail (suspended via steel cables under the ceiling) is only one centimeter wide and three centimeters high, making it virtually invisible. The 'Ninety-Five' track spots have extremely good color rendering and a pleasant light color."

Wireless infrastructure 

All the track spots in the old ballroom are dimmed with Casambi and switched with DALI and Casambi. "The latter fulfills the role of a wireless infrastructure. We install a local module that communicates with the lighting via bluetooth. This is very convenient in locations where there are already very many cables or where pulling new cables is not possible. In addition, it is very stable and safe." 

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The East Wing of Paleis het Loo.

Van der Velden explains that with DALI, lighting scenarios were created for the entire palace. "During the day you want a different light level than in the evening. Moreover, the balance in the room has to be right. We are convinced that you should only turn on lighting when it makes sense. Thanks to Casambi, we can program dynamic lighting scenarios, setting the dimming values precisely."    

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