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CANBERRA’S AIRVOLUTION
With a huge investment, the new terminal will reflect the progressive, modern and internationally- connected city that Canberra has become. Lighting Design Partnership has helped complete phase one.
July saw the completion of the central three- storey atrium at the Canberra International Airport passenger terminal. Guida Moseley Brown Architects (GMB) was hired by the Canberra Airport Group to update the tired terminal in a project that has taken many years to develop. The new terminal is flanked and framed by two 1,200 vehicle carparks which include upper level office facilities, and the master plan incorporates a location and conceptual design for a fully integrated VFT (Very Fast Train) station. The central atrium directly interconnects all of the various activities of the departure level and the three-storey glazed structure presents an iconic entrance image as viewed from the passing highway and the axial landscaped approach road. Lighting Design Partnership (LDP) designed the lighting whilst Rudds Consulting Engineers handled the electrical and mechanical design services, back-up power and trigeneration. The lighting concept is guided by two primary considerations – amplification of the architectural motifs and legibility for arriving passengers. The aerobridges are linked to gate activity sensors that allow them to be lit with white light while passengers are boarding and disembarking, and to move to a blue slumber mode during inactive periods. During the night, these aerobridges are seen as luminous blue filaments against the warm interior of the concourse. “A key lighting feature introduced in the terminal is the concept of ‘active light’, at either end of the journey through the terminal, the aero bridges and the baggage belt zone,” said Dhruvajyoti Ghose, managing director of LDP. The architectural design utilises a highly transparent façade, creating a strong visual connection between the tarmac and concourse. It also permits high utilisation of daylight that streams into the space. Lighting within the concourse is linked to daylight harvesting systems to permit optimal usage of the available daylight. Care was also taken in its design to avoid reflections from the sloped façade at night. The vaulted coffers in the concourse are lit using customised
‘Beam’ linear profiles from Klik Systems, creating a softly articulated radial pattern along the perimeter of the concourse. This diffuse component is coupled with accent downlights, using low power discharge sources. The Beam profiles in the gate lounge echo (and at night are mirrored by) the curving and sloping airside façade. The series of Beams create rhythm and help locate key areas such as gate lounges, baggage belts and the triple-level central Atrium. The Beams provide up/down light, illuminating both floor and ceiling surfaces simultaneously. Arriving passengers are directed to the end- stops of the concourse, where large luminous yellow walls guide them into the arrival hall. These walls were designed to use LED sources, but the current implementation uses fluorescent. The motif of the luminous wall is subsequently extended into the landscape areas, which too are visible from the arrivals hall. In the arrivals hall, the focus is the baggage belt area – the lighting here too is dynamic, changing from a blue inactive glow to bright white as the bags arrive on the belt. This is achieved again using Klik Systems Beam profiles with fluorescent lamps. The hall itself has a series of custom fabricated glass panel fixtures. The suspended panels were designed to reflect part of the light on to the ceiling, and also create visual sparkle.
The end result is a pleasing combination of attractive simplicity. Most of the lighting is controlled using an extensive DALI network that is designed to expand to the next phase of the terminal. It permits individualised monitoring of the installation for proactive maintenance and is central to the energy efficiency targets set for the project. The lighting highlights the building’s surfaces and geometry - the curved facade and ceiling, the dramatic raking walls of the central atrium, as well as the floor and its patterning. Light and shade are modulated to create comfortable and efficient spaces throughout.
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PROJECT DETAILS
Terminal Precint, Canberra Airport, Australia Client: Canberra Airport Group Architect: Guida Moseley Brown Architects Lighting Design: Lighting Design Partnership
LIGHTING SPECIFIED
Edison Price Spreadlite wall grazers Elliptipar Style 308 asymmetrical linear fluorescents ERCO Trion wall mounted asymmetrical uplights Fagerhult Como surface mounted linears Klik Systems Beam 80 Custom linear pendants Lucent Prospex 140 series downlights and wall washers Norlight Delta surface mounted fluorescents Norka Bern pendants Targetti MiniArc downlights
Zumtobel Panos Compact fluorescent downlights
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