The projection of Christie and the magic of Pandoras Box make possible the mapping 'The faces of Lisbon'

To carry out the mapping on the façade of the Terreiro do Paço and get a gigantic tapestry of 132×40 metre, Europalco used 12 Roadster HD20K-J, which provided a total resolution of 10,500×3.200 pixels and 240.000 Lumens, and three Pandoras Box servers.

The Lisbon Tourism Association, next to the City Hall, requested at the beginning of the year to the Portuguese agency Bridge design a monumental multimedia show for the most emblematic building in the country, the Plaza del Comercio.

With the name 'The faces of Lisbon' and a duration of 15 minutes, the projection emphasized the changing aspects of the city, with events of the past and present, in addition to the transformation and evolution that characterizes it, and distinguishing some of its most emblematic characters, like the fishmonger, the master who makes the roads, the knife sharpener and other traditional professions representative of the city.

Their goal was to liven up the summer afternoons in the city., showing characters, places and key moments of the Portuguese capital through a videomapping projection on the façade of Terreiro do Paço, which is how the main square of the city is known. The challenge was to transform a façade of 132 meters wide by 40 meters high in a giant tapestry full of images.

To face this project, that required both experience and skill in this type of shows and a powerful projection kit, the Bridge agency thought of Europalco to take over the technical direction of the videomapping. The technical team of this Portuguese audiovisual solutions company carried out a previous measurement of the facades of Terreiro do Paço, on which each of the animations were created in 2 and 3 dimensions, with the aim that each of them would adapt to the shapes and volumes of the building. Here the agency played a key role Grandpa's Lab, who was in charge of the creative production of the show.

To carry out the mapping, Europalco designed a matrix based on 12 Projectors Christie Hd20K-J Roadster with 3DLP Technology, 20.000 center lumens and HD resolution. The equipment was arranged in three groups of four projectors and each of them was placed in three towers built for the occasion to 40 meters from the façade. Each projector was responsible for the production of an image of 13.5×24 metre.

The projectors were installed in an upright position offering a total resolution of 10,500×3.200 pixels and 240.000 Lumens.

Conceived with specific characteristics (as built-in handles, a refined aeration system and multiple attachment points), Christie Roadster J Series projectors have been built to withstand the busy life and stress of rental equipment and shows, and for more than 20.000 rich, saturated colored lumens.

Three Christie Pandoras Box servers were responsible for managing all the content launched from the projectors. Each of them controlled a group of four projectors.. "It is a very reliable and agile system for the tuning of all blending and warping.. A solution that knows no technical limitations, and that provides enormous versatility and creativity with a very friendly operation", explains Pedro Magalhães, founder of Europalco.

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