The ultimate indoor display home experience: by Kaplan Homes
A lighting solution implemented in Kaplan Homes. Anthony Cairns, formerly a live music visual director, partnered with ENTTEC to design and install a visually striking and functional LED system. The project involved creating an array of 600mm square LED pods on the ceiling, utilizing ENTTEC’s LED Mapper software, Pixelator converters, and 12V RGB pixel strips. The installation achieved a high-resolution, dynamic lighting display synchronized with an integrated audio system, enhancing the showroom’s ambiance and visitor experience.
Client | Kaplan Homes |
Type | Architecture |
Location | Kaplan Homes Display Centre @ Smeaton Grange, NSW, Australia |
PRODUCTS | PLink Injector, ELM (ENTTEC LED Mapping), Pixelator Mini, 12V RGB 60-LEDs/m pixel strip |
Year | 2021 |
project credits | Anthony Cairns partnered with ENTTEC |
In mid-2021, ENTTEC received a query from Anthony Cairns from Kaplan Homes, an innovative high performance Sydney builder providing luxury and lifestyle living. The brief was to bring something exciting, visual, and unique to their new display centre that would be like no other, featuring two full size display homes inside. Prior to his new role within Kaplan Homes, Anthony spent 17 years in the live music entertainment industry, having worked and travelled extensively with A-list bands worldwide, including 10 years with Kings of Leon as their visual director, living out of Nashville, Tennessee. With so long spent designing, programming and operating live concerts using LED, projection and camera systems, he was keen to permanently install pixel-mapped features to his new project to create a grand lobby experience, and came prepared with scopes, designs, drawings and annotated photos.
In the past, Anthony had used many high-end LED setups such as Barco, Roe, Winvision, Nocturne, PRG, Lighthouse and other touring systems, but this time sought out the services of ENTTEC to maintain a high standard in the systems he was aiming to commission. The general concept was to install vertical LED lines on wall segments, plus an array of 600mm square pods in the ceiling. With assistance from the ENTTEC sales team, this was quickly translated into a workable design featuring repeating pods.
As with most projects, this one involved a consultative approach and lots of back and forth to:
– Learn and understand the systems involved.
– Work with physical samples to get practical experience.
– Value engineer the quoted options to land on a system that would meet aesthetic requirements while also conforming to budgets.
ENTTEC were able to use this information to provide an end-to-end solution. Working with the drawings, the team was able to draw up a control layout.