In August, the people of the Alsace region of France commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Reichshoffen by gathering at solemn monuments while following social distance protocol.
Among the most impressive of these structures is Le monument Belvédère, a stately 20-meter stone tower built to memorialize the soldiers of the Hessian Fieldartillerie Regiment No. 11, which fought on that long-ago summer day. Accentuating the powerful effect of the pillared monument was a balanced and colorful lighting design by TRS Sonorisation that featured CHAUVET Professional WELL Fit LED fixtures.
“The Town Hall of Woerth requested something for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle,” said Christophe Gasser of TRS. “We used the rich colors of the lights to create looks that marked the occasion, while complementing the beauty of the site and the monument.”
Gasser and his colleagues at TRS positioned 34 of the WELL Fit units at the monument. They strategically arranged the IP65-rated RGBA luminaires at the eight base columns of the structure. Because these massive columns were constructed to create Romanesque archways, the ground level of the monument is an open-air area. When illuminated by the vividly colored light of the WELL Fits, this area took on a redolent glowing lantern-like appearance, as if it was lighting the way for distant memories to make their presence felt.
Other WELL Fit units were positioned at the base of the long narrow vertical slit openings of the monument’s second level. Their light gave the upper section of the tower a captivating iridescent quality. Since the fixtures were place on the exterior side of the window’s base, their output colorized the outside of the structure, reaching all the way to the tower’s cornice to create a colorful crown of light.
