056 PROJECT / LIBERTY HOTEL, BOSTON, USA
As guests enter the lobby via an excalator from ground level, lighting is critical in providing wayfinding and establishing the mood
of the atrium, lighting calls out human scale 150W CMH pole lights were used at the without diminishing the drama of the larger
elements to the guest. perimeter of the drive only. Low level space above.
Ingrade halogen uplights illuminate fabric louvered halogen bollards controlled via the Theatrical spotlights mounted at the top of
tree murals that bridge the floors through- dimming system illuminate the walkways, the atrium nearly 100ft away provide higher
out the atrium. Low voltage halogen wall setting the ambiance of this hotel. level illumination of the escalator.
grazing strips illuminate the brick walls. Ceramic metal halide uplights accent the Moving up the escalator to the lobby the
These are lamped with spot lamps without imposing granite façade and entry canopy lighting shows the mass and historic struc-
lenses. The resulting pattern is a subtle adding drama and a sense of arrival. ture of the architectural space. Halogen
recall of prison bars. All atrium lighting, as Glimpses of the warm interior are visible uplights mounted in headers above the fifth
well as elevator lobbies and guest corridors, through the refurbished windows inviting floor doorways illuminate the original wood
use the same lamps - 35W IR MR16. This the guest in. As guests arrive on the lower trusses.
provides for easy maintenance throughout ground level a framed escalator opening All public spaces in the hotel were designed
the facility. provides a choreographed entrance to the to be controlled and dimmed via a cen-
The scale and character of the Charles main lobby above. tral dimming system. Without the lighting
Street Jail is juxtaposed with the new Similar to the Atrium, in-floor MR16 uplights designer’s knowledge or input the owner
red brick guest tower. The prison yard is illuminate the dark wood walls and the ceil- agreed to a value engineering cost reduc-
reinvented as the entry drive. To keep the ing. The ceiling in this space in only 8ft, the tion to eliminate the central system and
view of the historic structure unobstructed, uplights diffuse the feeling of compression only provide wall box dimming in electrical
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