Wild Wadi Aquapark
Dubai

Client
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Rashid Al Maktoum

 

Architect
WS Atkins and Partners
(Overseas)

 

Contractors
BK Gulf

Lighting Designer
Jonathan Speirs
and Associates Ltd
0131 226 4474

 

Product used
17 x EXTVM300/12
159 x EXTVM400/12

The Jumeirah Beach resort in Dubai is designed to be the finest hotel and leisure resort in the world. Part of the complex is the Wild Wadi Aquapark, currently the world’s most technologically advanced example of its kind.

Photography Iain Ruxton / Jonathan Spiers and Associates

Brief
To produce a light scheme that reflected the technological status of the Aquapark. To ensure the highest safety standards.

 

Challenges
To achieve consistent light-levels from a variable mains supply; and to use very long cable runs.

 

Result
Iain Ruxton, Project Designer for Jonathan Speirs and Associates Ltd, commented “We have used VoltMaster several times before and know that it works very well indeed. There were several elements for the Aqua Park that made it an obvious choice. First, with so much water around with people in it, low-voltage was essential to comply with safety regulations; secondly, mains supply can be rather variable and it was essential to get consistent light levels; and thirdly, we needed to use a lot of long cable runs. Given these three considerations, there was no other alternative.”

 

Some 176 VoltMasters were used to drive over 850 low-voltage fittings, including uplighting palm trees, general theme lighting and for underwater use, where low-voltage Par 56’s were used. Many of the units were actually buried in the ground, and these were housed in specially designed casings to give full IP66 rating and allow for heat dissipation.

“We have used VoltMaster several times before and know that it works very well indeed”

Iain Ruxton
Project Designer, Jonathan Speirs and Associates