Konzerthaus Freiburg

Freiburg, Germany

Project overview

Location: Freiburg, Germany
Client: VisionTwo GmbH
Architect: Dietrich Bangert
Duration: 4 weeks
Completed: April 2022

Winner, MONDO-DR Awards 2022, Concert Hall category

The Freiburg Konzerthaus draws thousands of music lovers each year to symphony concerts, musicals and performances by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Alongside the concert hall, its light-filled foyer hosts a wide range of cultural events.

With our German partner VisionTwo, GDS Puppis fixtures had already modernised much of the foyer. This time the venue needed something special: replacements for awkward 70W HQI downlights set deep in the concrete ceiling.

The GDS development team worked closely with Thomas Schnitzer, the venue’s technical director, to meet its exact specification: high output, outstanding light quality and vivid colour.

Foyer columns and ceiling washed in blue, violet and pink light

Solutions provided

The original fittings were embedded in concrete, with no room for extra heat sinks or electronics. GDS designed a fully custom luminaire with RGB colour mixing, tunable white, exceptional CRI and enough output to light the foyer from a 16 m ceiling. It became the Sirius range.

Drive Hub with the IPM² protocol controls every fixture individually without new signal cabling. Power, drive and control come from one accessible central point up to 60 m away.

The foyer can now be bathed in high-quality white light or saturated colour, giving the venue complete flexibility.

Cooperation between the Freiburg Concert Hall, GDS Pioneering Light and VisionTwo has been, and still is, unique. We are looking forward to tackling the next project.

Anke SchierenbeckKey Accounts, VisionTwo GmbH