LED lighting for the Theresianum school in Mainz

The Theresianum in Mainz is a state-recognized all-day high school, which has been one of the European schools in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 2019. The expansion and refurbishment of the church school, whose fire protection and building technology are now state-of-the-art, took almost three years. By switching to LED lighting, the school not only saves on energy costs, but also reduces replacement and maintenance costs.

The lighting designers at FLASHAAR Ingenieure use light to highlight the school's distinctive architecture, placing it front and center. The lighting effect is intended to be noticeable, but the luminaire itself is simple and unobtrusive. The lighting designers use different light colors to reflect the different uses of the spaces. The classrooms are equipped with neutral white light, while the center, library, and cafeteria welcome visitors with warm white light.

The ambient lighting in the Education Center is provided by surface-mounted spotlights with various wattages and beam angles. LED light lines from FLASHAAR ® illuminate the perforated brickwork in the rear hallway.
In the cafeteria, the luminaires are primarily cylindrical in shape, complemented by various sizes and mounting styles. Here, too, the linear light pattern is reflected in the wallwashing using FLASHAAR ® NauticProfil® luminaires.

The upper floors, built in a split-level construction, show open areas for working. The lighting planners achieve the necessary 500 lux with downlights and surface-mounted spotlights from the higher floors. As is already the case in the Pedagogical Center, the indirect lighting of the ceiling surfaces is used again here – this time in the form of an attached H-profile light. It is equipped with an LED line of the type NauticProfil® Nova-5 with an asymmetrical linear lens, radiating upwards. Below, various LED light inserts provide incident light in important areas such as the stairwells.

The planners also traced the steel construction in the roof area with linear light. The star-shaped arrangement and the clearly continuous white light lines create an exciting ceiling picture in the evening hours.