DECORATIVE
project manufacturer
Westfield White City, London Oldham Lighting / Replica
88 RETAIL ‘In Memoriam: Remembering Schott Glass
the Great War, Imperial War
ENGLAND
Museum, London
LIGHTING WHITE CITY
Needless to say, when discuss- to get the lighting system manu- components, making up 3,000 50 square metres mirror ceilings,
ing a project that prides itself on factured and installed. strands, were assembled by hand for which Replica had to develop
being the “largest urban shop- Long & Partners was the com- onto 11,000 metres of wire, all new production techniques, based
ping centre in Europe”, a certain pany selected to handle the adding up to two tonnes of light. on aerospace technology .
amount of attention will be paid design work and Sasi Natarajan, The chandeliers are lit by a total
to the sheer scale of everything. Senior Electrical Engineer, was of 884 high intensity one watt
www.oldhamlighting.co.uk
Even in times when govern- impressed with the work carried LEDs which are mounted in the
www.replica.co.uk
ments talk of ‘trillions of dollars’, out by Oldham Lighting.
spectacular numbers still have a “Despite the short time we
primal appeal and two lighting had, Oldham Lighting took
companies involved at the West- our designs and then came
field White City project in West back to us in record time
London have certainly had to with their own lighting ideas
apply a quantity element to their and plans. We were very
established quality offering. impressed by their levels of
Linear lighting specialists Oldham involvement and expertise
Lighting were brought in to supply and that is evident in the
the 43 acre site with cold cathode finished product.”
lighting and LED systems which Also making a mark on this
stretch for no less than 9,000 retail Goliath was Replica
metres. As impressive as this is Projects. They designed,
itself, Oldham’s greatest achieve- manufactured and installed
ment was arguably completing the four vast chandeliers
the scheme on time, given that that provide significant focal
they only had three months from points throughout the com-
the design phase to the opening plex. A quarter of a million
SPARKLING JEWELS
Schott Glass has supplied unique fibre-op- is the freedom to design schemes where
tic wands to help illuminate In Memoriam: access for bulb replacement or installation
Remembering the Great War a new exhibition would otherwise be a problem.
at Imperial War Museum London. The fibre The SpectraWands were ideal for the exhi-
optic SpectraWand was specified to illuminate bition cabinets as there is no electricity and
individual display cabinets without detracting minimum heat at the point of light output,
from the exhibits on show. enabling heat-sensitive items to be lit and
The exhibition comprises a large number of installed safely.
free-standing showcases, many with a drawer “The exhibition was featuring some fasci-
which can be pulled out by the visitor. “I nating and previously unseen material, so
wanted the display cabinets to stand out like it was extremely important the showcases
jewels, so illuminating them from above was highlighted the exhibits without being too
not the way to go,” explains Andy Grant, at overpowering,” says Andy Grant.
Luminance Lighting Design. “I then decided
www.schottglass.co.uk
that each of the cabinets should
be internally illuminated, to reach
the desired effect and Schott Glass
provided the ideal solution.”
Each showcase consists of five
glass sides, which vary widely in
size. This required different lengths
and radii of Schott’s clear Spec-
traWands so as not to dominate
the showcase and detract from the
objects inside.
Since the fibre optic light source is
isolated from the light output, there
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