160 Tooley Street
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| London | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | |
| Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | |
| Tecton: www.zumtobel.com/tecton Tecton Superhighway:www.zumtobel.com/tecton Luxmate Proffesional: www.zumtobel.com/products Freeline: www.zumtobel.com/freeline Mellow Light: www.zumtobel.com/ml | |
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Description
ZUMTOBEL LIGHTENS UP TOOLEY STREET OFFICES
Elegant design and a versatile, easy to install electrical distribution system are the key characteristics of the lighting solution from Zumtobel that has been specified for the 160 Tooley Street office block, recently developed by Great Portland Estates. Combining innovative lighting engineering and groundbreaking design, suspended Zumtobel low-energy light fittings provide 80% indirect and 20% direct lighting reflected from the building’s innovative exposed concrete soffit solution.
Throughout the entire building, The Dali controled Tecton Super Highway has been installed. The all-inclusive linear lighting control module provides an unobtrusive lighting solution that distributes power and data not only to the luminaires, but also to additional electrical devices such as smoke and presence detectors. The key element of the system is the Tecton eleven-pole bus bar. From this, a series of power tap offs can be taken for different services and data can be run continuously or be broken into zones depending on the requirements.
As part of the aesthetic concept for the industrial warehouse style building the majority of the concrete frame of the building is exposed. “We therefore needed to incorporate an effective lighting system that resolved both the aesthetics and engineering requirements,” said Ian McArdle from Alford Hall Monaghan Morris architectural practice.
“The Tecton Super Highway became our primary electrical distribution system and Zumtobel’s range of low energy direct and indirect fluorescent fittings also matched perfectly with our design requirements.”
Approximately 1,200 Freeline continuous-row luminaires were installed on the continuous row lighting system. Freeline fulfils a wide range of lighting requirements, with a particular emphasis placed on economic efficiency. The lighting system components can be positioned quite flexibly and adjusted to structural changes at any time. In some areas, Freeline was combined with Mellow Light IV, a recessed direct/ indirect luminaire giving light with excellent shadow detail and contrast rendition.
The aim was to produce an extraordinary soft illumination by using an exceptionally high level of indirect lighting, which both Freeline and Mellow Light IV are able to provide. Additionally, in collaboration with consulting engineers Arup, the colour of the concrete mix and the mounting heights of the luminaires were adjusted to ensure that enough light was reflected from the ceiling.
The DALI control proved to be an intergal part of the solution provided for 160 Tooley Street help the building to achieve a BREEAM score of excellent and an EPC score of B.
DALI Award 2012
On Monday, 16 April, three winning projects were selected for the DALI Award 2012.
See the Winner of the DALI Award 2012.
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