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ASHFORD ESTATE Virtually all of the theatrical lighting emanates from the two longs walls of the ballroom. Barnyard Beauty 74 May 2011 | LD+A www.ies.org
ASHFORD ESTATE Urban meets rural as dance club-style lighting is woven into the bucolic architecture of a wedding ballroom in New Jersey BY PAUL TARRICONE Photos courtesy of Fennelli Design Group The Ashford Estate has an elegant name and a new wedding ballroom with splashy interiors, but with its rustic surroundings and architectural aesthetic, it wouldn’t be a surprise if during the reception, the bride and groom led their guests in a square dance instead of a line dance. Picture, if you will, a hoedown under color-changing lights. Improbable, yes, but possible when you consider the site’s split personality. Situated on 28 acres of rustic farmland in Allentown, NJ, the Ashford Estate encompasses a historic barn (used for ceremonies), a 12-bedroom main house, a pond with gazebo, a tree-lined driveway and the recently built wedding ballroom—a separate structure measuring 85-ft long by 57-ft wide, which holds 250 guests. The ballroom’s design is reminiscent of the neighboring barn with peaked ceilings and dual slopes (36-ft high at the center and 14-ft high on the sides) found in its gambrel-style roof. But the ballroom is as much urban night club as country inn. “The owner wanted the whole room to light up at night and to change colors when the bride walked in,” says lighting designer James Fennelli of Fennelli Design Group, Allenton, NJ. “The owner has other wedding reception halls and really wanted to wow people with this one. He pointed out certain areas—the columns, coves and ceiling—but he didn’t want to see the fixtures in these areas.” LED luminaires comprise the lion’s share of the lighting, supplemented by a limited application of incandescent and discharge sources. Finding fixtures to fit the bill was difficult because Fennelli insisted on using tri-color LEDs. “Each individual LED produces each color—red, blue and green—so you won’t have a guest sitting near a fixture who would see a red LED come on, then a blue LED come on and then a green LED come on.” Instead, guests only see the color-mixed end result throughout the room. IT’S ALL IN THE WALLS Three of the four walls in the rectangular building are lined with windows offering a view of the grounds. The two longest walls each have seven banks of picture windows separated by columns with an archway above each window. An alcove sits between the top of the picture window and the peak of the archway. In addition, overhead beams sprout from the space where two archways meet (at their lowest points) and visually extend the look of the columns upward. These architectural details within the two long walls of the ballroom provide the hiding places for the luminaires. “The fixtures were built right into the building—into the architecture—permanently. www.ies.org LD+A | May 2011 75
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