ARCHITECTURAL
project Architect Lighting design
Nexxus Building, Hong Kong AEDAS Laservision
62 MEDIA FACADE
HONG KONG
IP RATED
HONG KONG’S NEXXUS BUILDING HAS BENEFITED FROM AN
LED FACADE CUSTOM MADE BY ILLUMINATION PHYSICS
Laservision’s lighting design is
integrated into the architects’ facade
design. This included an arrangement
of illuminated fins provided by
Illumination Physics’ IP BAR
The refurbishment of 77 Des a rapid and efficient plan to trans- metric pattern of LED pixels which of a more typical facade lighting
Voeux Road (now known as the form the asset for their clients, would be placed in the spandrel installation, in which the equip-
Nexxus Building), transformed a Pamfleet Limited. panels at the mullion junctions. ment is installed after the curtain
1960’s curtain wall relic into an The sustainable theme was Illumination Physics’ IP BAR was wall is complete. 1150 IP SPECKs
‘A’ grade modern and efficient continued into the lighting design ideal for the fins both in terms of were used.
commercial building in the heart provided by Laservision. Nexxus dimensions and the rear cable The new custom small DOT be-
of Central, Hong Kong. needed to make a statement, entry arrangement. Approximately came the IP SPECK (there are now
The refurbishment entailed the something that would stand out 600 lineal metres of product was many variants). The SPECKs were
replacement of the curtain wall when viewed in the two parallel used across the three faces of the designed with a stainless steel
which provided a vastly more ‘concrete canyons’ of Des Voeux building. conduit/mount that was installed
efficient and sustainable build- Road and Connaught Roads, The pixels required a custom in the curtain wall panels during
ing. The retention of the concrete between which the building is design for a small version of the manufacture. Prior to hanging the
structure meant that the refurbish- sandwiched. IP DOT, which could be integrated panels on the building, the SPECK
ment was vastly more sustainable An LED ‘direct view’ lighting into the curtain wall system panels was attached and tested. In future
in terms of the carbon that might system was devised which would prior to them being mounted on all external maintenance can be
have been produced had the be integrated into the architects’ the building. Core to the installa- performed from the BMU (gon-
owners decided to demolish the facade design, which included an tion methodology was the objec- dola). However the need for this is
structure completely and build organic arrangement of illuminat- tive to avoid any post fixing of unlikely as the SPECK is so rugged
from scratch. Architects AEDAS, ed vertical fins of varying length lighting equipment. In the end this and simple; containing only six
lead by David Clayton, envisaged and layout, overlayed on a geo- technique saved 80% of the cost high powered Luxeon LEDs within
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