ment. specific and distinct environments.
Conversely,helping to build green Daylight is used to offset the need
sustainable urban communities is for artificial lighting when it is
apowerful wayfor individuals to not required via daylight link-
build their self-esteem.” ing controls on luminaires in all
Since the Stephen Lawrence Trust workspaces. Extensive use is also
was founded it has provided sup- made of natural light through
port and bursaries to manyyoung windows, skylights and clerestory
people to help them train in the windows. External mesh brise so-
field of built environment design, leil panels also diffuse sunlight in
this has meant that manyyoung the classrooms and offices, whilst
people who would not have oth- the entrance hall allows sunlight
erwise had the means to train in to penetrate fully.Animportant
these areas, now have afoothold point to note is that despite bud-
in sustainable careers. getaryconstraints, daylight linking
The design for the Stephen Law- controls remained part of the de-
rence Centre has delivered asuc- sign. Unfortunatelytheyare often
cessful piece of architecture which removed from schemes during
houses mentoring rooms, flexible ‘value engineering’ exercises.
education studios, computer Overall the building’s designed
learning resources and meeting lighting load is low and averages
spaces. It also offers business less than 5W/m2 for the entire
development suites for young building.This is about one third
entrepreneurs, as well as astate- of that for manysimilar buildings
of-the-art creative arts laboratory and means that it is potentially
with multi-media design and able to provide significant CO2
digital studio facilities. The Centre savings. At maximum output the
regularlyhosts exhibitions, semi- classrooms and workspaces draw
nars and artistic events exploring about 10.5W/m2 which is again
best practice in all forms of design low for these types of spaces.
for the built environment. Despite its origins in atragic a nd
In tune with the Centre’s ethos, negative event, the Stephen Law-
the lighting design skilfully rence Centre represents abeacon
integrates the use of natural and of hope and focal point for action
low energyartificial lighting,thus towards amore positive future.
helping to maximise resource and Hopefullyboth the activities
energyuse. An understanding undertaken in the building and
of sunlight is used to help define inspiration from the building and
the facade and character of the the Trust themselves will help to
building with ephemeral shadow provide abase for abetter under-
effects created from the playof standing and deliveryof amore
sunlight through the etched glass sustainable holistic environment
designed byartist Chris Ofili. and better designs for our built
Each area of the building uses environment.
light in aunique wayto create •For further details about the
Stephen Lawrence Centre contact
Martin Valentine at AECOM:
www.aecom.comThe lighting design by
martin.valentine@aecom.comAECOM integrates the use
of natural and low energy or
artificial lighting resulting in information@stephenlawrence.
an average lighting load of
less than 5W/m2 org.uk
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