The spa town of Bad Doberan in the district of Rostock has been given a new place to spend time with the newly designed “Kamp” park. The lighting from WE-EF is crucial for the quality of the stay. An imaginative design implements innovative lighting with intelligent control and provides a successful example of how lighting design, monument protection and technology interlock.
The “Kamp” park is a triangular park with historic buildings. Not far from the Mecklenburg Baltic coast, the park is located in the heart of the town of Bad Doberan. The 19th century pavilions (Red and White Pavilions) are a magnet for tourists and locals alike. With its 200-year-old trees, the park is a popular meeting place.
Whether a festival site or simply a “good place” – the basis for the lighting concept developed by Prof. Dr. Thomas Römhild on behalf of WE-EF in collaboration with the lighting laboratory at Wismar University of Applied Sciences. The green space and the pavilions should be inviting from morning to night. “The Kamp has always been a special place for me,” says planner Prof. Dr. Thomas Römhild, describing his approach: “Based on its history and current significance, it was clear to me that the Kamp should be designed as a festival site. But because not every day is a festival day, the Kamp can also be the ‘parlor’ that invites people to linger into the evening hours.”
Due to the natural structure with the trees, only a few luminaires were installed. Only at the entrances to the park were pole-mounted luminaires used to accustom the eye from the bright street lighting to the lower lighting level in the park. The luminaires at the edge of the Kamp are lantern-shaped cylindrical luminaires fitted with multicolored LED modules and supplemented by a street lighting component. These have a special feature: they are colored LED modules that are based on the color of the evening sky. These “lanterns” are suspended from tension cables along part of the avenue of lime trees that surrounds the park. The numerous seating options were supplemented by concealed bollard lights.
The pavilions as central elements of the park form islands of light. The canopies were fitted with pendant luminaires. In addition, miniaturized LED spotlights were used to better highlight the architectural details. The FLC201 LED spotlights use focused grazing light to accentuate the details of the pavilions. The color temperatures of the pavilions differ. The red pavilion was given warm lighting with 2700 K and the white pavilion neutral lighting with 3000 K.
All photos by Frieder Blickle for WE-EF
The central element is the cylindrical luminaire. Whether as a pole-mounted luminaire, as a rigidly suspended luminaire or as a cable suspension. With this type of luminaire, the lighting ties in with Alexandrinenplatz, which was also equipped by WE-EF in 2019. Two customized solutions for Bad Doberan are a special feature.
One is the implementation of WE-EF’s innovative lighting in collaboration with planners and scientists. The multi-colored LED light adapts to the evening sky. This creates a variation depending on the occasion and a recognition value. And all with the help of DALI and a supplier’s radio getaway. However, it must also be said that the lighting is to be reduced after 10 pm.
The second point concerns the pendant rope luminaires. A conversion of the ZFT470 luminaire with the aid of an inserted foil. Silver on the outside and copper-orange mirrored on the inside. Light falls through a circular opening to the outside and the luminaire is barely noticeable during the day. “During the day, the cylinders are barely visible due to the reflection; at night, light falls through circular openings onto the path and the trees,” says Römhild, describing the effect of the lights.
For WE-EF, the project was a prime example of cooperative product development. “We don’t just act as a supplier, but as a partner who understands the language of the planners and works with them to implement visions,” says the company. The fact that scientific impulses from the university were also incorporated speaks for the culture of innovation behind the scenes.
The project in Bad Doberan offers important impulses, especially for cities that want to position themselves as attractive living spaces: it shows how lighting design contributes to urban identity, increases the quality of stay and creates new possibilities for use – not through “more”, but through intelligent, finely tuned light. Municipal clients benefit from the combination of creative finesse and economically viable solutions. Landscape architects, on the other hand, will find WE-EF to be a partner that combines technical expertise and design standards.
Project participants
Lighting design: Prof. Dr. Thomas Römhild
Client: City of Bad Doberan
Landscape architecture: Rehwaldt Landschaftsarchitekten, Dresden
Electrical installation: EMR, Rostock
Luminaires: WE-EF
