Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller
Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller

St. Josef Spitalskirche Speising Vienna

Curved pendant profiles in subtle gold

mawa illuminates the Roman Catholic Church of the Orthopedic Hospital in Speising with three custom constructed pendant profiles from the wittenberg 4.0 series.

Architecture

Matthias Mulitzer

Lighting design

Friedemann Vest-Rusan GmbH

Project management mawa design

Dirk Salewski

Photography

Orthopädisches Spital Speising Wien (Anna Wandaller)

Scope of services

1 × wittenberg 4.0 rofile crown light wi4-pr-kr
bent, L 9,00 mm, R 10,20 m, 4-part, 6 vertical suspension points
12 × light heads, LED, 12,7 W,  3000 K, 38° flood, honeycomb, black, gold-like powder-coated

1 × wittenberg 4.0 profile crown light wi4-pr-kr
bent, L 8,00 mm, R 5,80 m, 4-part, 5 vertical suspension points
12 × light heads, LED, 12,7 W,  3000 K, 38° flood, honeycomb, black, gold-like powder-coated

1 × wittenberg 4.0 profile crown light wi4-pr-kr
bent, L 5,80 m, R 5,80 m, 2-teilig, 5 vertical suspension points
8 × light heads, LED, 12,7 W,  3000 K, 38° flood, honeycomb, black, gold-like powder-coated

Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller

Since 1956, Austria’s leading specialty clinic has been located in the 13th district of Vienna on the site of a former orphanage with its associated church building.

Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller

During renovation of the church, the lighting system was updated. The lighting concept from Friedemann Vest, produced for this purpose, particularly focused on the curved structure of the altar steps and row seating. For this reason, all three lighting profiles possess different lengths and radii.

Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller

The gold-like finish of the housing reflects the ornamentation of the otherwise unpretentious church interior and wonderfully correlates with the ceiling fresco above the altar.

Photo: Orthopädisches Spital Speising, Wien / Anna Wandaller