| Sutton Vane Associates was
commissioned to write a strategy for the overall lighting of Hastings and
St Leonard's. This document put forward some concept ideas to satisfy the
need for new decorative lit structures along the seafront. The original
concepts were developed up and an initial group of Winds of Change lights
have been installed. Each light has a wind vane which is attached to a colour
wheel above the up-light. As the direction of the wind changes so the colour
wheel moves and changes the colour of the light that is shone up onto the
sculptural reflector. This reflector acts as a lit decorative object and
also puts coloured light on the ground. On blustery days the colours change
a lot, on calm days the colours hardly change at all. The mechanism is very
simple and robust. |
