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2008 WINNERS |
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WINNER - TRANSPORT
Queen Alexandra Bridge, Sunderland |
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 Dating from 1909, this is a road traffic and pedestrian bridge spanning 300m across the River Wear. A steel truss bridge with four spans, its location means it has few vantage points from a distance, a factor which influenced the lighting approach.
The emphasis was on increasing the impact for motorists and pedestrians (although the new scheme is still effective in delineating the bridge’s form from the limited viewpoints). Because of the closed, box-like design, the lighting focus is along the inner side of the structural members, allowing the shape to be seen in silhouette against the lit inner tructure.
Careful positioning of the luminaires – chosen with a letterbox distribution to avoid light pollution – gives the onlooker a unique perspective, creating a sense of the structure’s depth from the shadows created by the lighting. Judges called it ‘a labour of love’, delivering ‘fantastic engineering’ in a challenging brief. |
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Credits:
LIGHTING DESIGN: Stainton Lighting Design Services
MAIN CONTRACTOR AND DESIGN PARTNER: Aurora
Sunderland Street Lighting
EQUIPMENT: Urbis Lighting |
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Photos: Urbis Lighting |
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 HIGHLY COMMENDED
Haydon Place Subway, Guildford
Rather than simply addressing the issue of public safety through vandalresistance, this scheme called for a more aesthetic solution that pedestrians would value. The Light Columns, stainless steel fixtures with a mix of RGB LEDs and RGB cold cathode, are positioned at either end of the pedestrian underpass.
At rest they display a static blue but, as someone approaches, the presence sensor triggers a colour-changing sequence. It’s an ‘ambitious’ concept, said the judges. ‘It talks to pedestrians in a way that other lighting doesn’t.’
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| Photo: Jim Ashley-Down |
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EDITS
LIGHTING DESIGN: John Bullock Lighting Design
EQUIPMENT: Lighting Force |
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St Pancras International, London
The 150-year-old Barlow Shed at St Pancras has been transformed into the terminus and 'destination station’ of High Speed 1. For the concourse area, multiple discrete sources (ensuring the scheme remains cohesive even when lamps fail) create a bright, crisp scheme whose aim was ‘no reflections, no shadows’.
Illuminance, glare and uniformity meet strict Network Rail standards. Special reflectors and anti-glare louvres were made for the main concourse downlights, and an elegant catenary for the direct/asymmetric indirect lighting to the platforms. All fittings are discreetly mounted. |
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Photo: Eurostar/Troika/M Walter |
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CREDITS
LIGHTING DESIGN: Arup (pre-tender concept); Claude Engel (concept and
schematic development), Emcor Rail (scheme design and implementation),
Sill Lighting (design, development and calculation support)
EQUIPMENT: Sill Lighting, Cooper Lighting (platform catenary system) |
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