Photo: Zooey Braun
Photo: Zooey Braun

Christ Church Kehl

Individual LED luminaires in classicist architecture

Christ Church is the central site of the evangelical parish in the small border town of Kehl, near Strasbourg. The classical style church, built in 1822 is characterized by a strict spatial geometry and formal simplicity.

In the course of renovations, completed in 2018, mawa fabricated custom lighting according to the design and specifications of the lighting design company Candela. Ten suspended lights, consisting of three satin-finished acrylic glass tubes each, illuminate the room volume with a diffused radiant characteristic. Additional spotlights positioned on the top and bottom ends of the pendants allow for targeted illumination of the floor and ceiling.

Thirty wall-mounted lights maintain the style, although formally reduced to one slender tube apiece. Here as well, depending on their location, a spotlight was also added to the top.

Project Developer and Client

Evangelical parish Kehl

Architecture

VON M GmbH

Lighting design

candela gmbh

Photography

Zooey Braun

Scope of services

3 × seventies track mounted spotlights se-21-4
LED, 26 W, DALI dimmable, white matt (RAL 9016)

10 × pendant luminaire »pa1«
consisting of three acrylic glass tubes Ø = 120 mm, L 1000 mm with 3 × uplight, 3 × downlight (each with LED, 8.4 W, ca. 800 lm), DALI dimmable, canopy with pendulum tube and aluminium construction powder-coated according to RAL

16 × wall luminaire »wa1.1«
consisting of one acrylic glass tube Ø = 120 mm, L 1000 mm with up- und downlight (each with LED, 8.4 W, ca. 800 lm), DALI dimmable, canopy with pendulum tube and aluminium construction powder-coated according to RAL

2 × wall luminaire »wa1.2«
consisting of one acrylic glass tube Ø = 120 mm, L 1000 mm, DALI dimmable, canopy with pendulum tube and aluminium construction powder-coated according to RAL

12 × wall luminaire »wa1.3«
consisting of one acrylic glass tube Ø = 120 mm, L 1000 mm with downlight (LED, 8.4 W, ca. 800 lm), DALI dimmable, canopy with pendulum tube and aluminium construction powder-coated according to RAL

Photo: Zooey Braun
Photo: Zooey Braun