To achieve huge, 270-meter-wide mapping on the second largest administrative building in the world, Panasonic PT-DZ21K 3-Chip DLP™ projectors showed their maximum performance.
Panasonic's flagship projector, the PT-DZ21K offers breathtakingly beautiful images, easy maintenance, and reliable operation. Featuring 20,000 lumens of brightness and a host of rich creative capabilities, the PT-DZ21K is packed into an extraordinarily compact body; with every feature designed and developed to meet the needs of highly critical projection professionals.

"We chose the DZ21K mostly because of its size, and being so robust we were able to make stacks with lots of projectors," said Adrian Pochiscan, Technical Director of 360 Revolution, the company that produced the show. "We liked its resolution, its remote control capabilities from a distance, its stability and the fact that the projector is so energy efficient. If we had chosen another projector, we would have had to build a small hydropower plant to run the show."

The compact and lightweight body allowed smooth installation onto high scaffold platforms.

Taking a total of six months to prepare, the huge event was demanding for projection mapping specialists, MaxIn10sity. "Size matters.
First of all the resolution has to be really high to get the good quality. The whole process is four times harder than for a smaller building or a normal 3D animation, it's an enormous job," said Sales Manager, Tamas Vaspori. "We were responsible for the 3D model of the building. We scanned the building with a laser scanner. When the model was ready we sent the model out to the artists and we tried to select different styles for the show."

Panasonic’s Multi-Screen Support System, Geometric Adjustment function and optional upgrade kit (ET-UK20) were a great help in creating a gigantic, seamlessly edge-blended piece of art on the intricate and complex facade.

By the middle of the night, the front of the palace was transformed into a giant outdoor theater and around 60,000 people had gathered to witness a historical moment. The spectacular visuals created onto the palace facade saw a host of fascinating scenes from turning the palace into a bookshelf, to the illusion that the palace itself was moving.

Panasonic European Product Marketing Manager, Hartmut Kulessa, said, "We are incredibly pleased that Panasonic projectors were chosen to be a part of the celebrations. It successfully showcased all of the strengths of our projectors from high brightness and color depth to the versatility in size and shape of projection offered through the use of multiple edge blended projectors.“

The high performance of the PT-DZ21K is backed by a proven track record for large-scale events

Panasonic projectors have previously been used for high profile displays at Berlin Festival of Lights in 2012, creating an architectural video mapping display on the Brandenburg Gate. The PT-DZ21K was also used for visual displays at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour.

Panasonic projection specialist Nakada Tomohiro, explained why the
PT-DZ21K is so popular in these applications, "With this projector only two installation crew members are required to handle it, it weighs 43 kg, therefore making it easy to stack into towers. Each projector also has four lamps so, if one lamp fails, the show can go on."

The projection-ray shower painted a huge canvas.