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056 PROJECT / ME HOTEL, LONDON, UK


PROJECT DETAILS ME Hotel, London, UK


Client: Melia Hotels International


Interior Design & Architecture: Foster + Partners Lighting Design: ChapmanBDSP


LIGHTING SPECIFIED


Ground floor Portico lighting - iGuzzini recessed metal halide downlights, Aktiva circular suspended pendant Corridors throughout, basement banquesting area, ground floor, entrance to bistro and over the bar counters - iGuzzini fixed ceiling trimless recessed LED downlights


Main entrance hall, basement, ground floor and 10th floor, restaurant, bistro and accent lighting - iGuzzini adjustable ceiling recessed trimless LED downlights


Pic: Nigel Young, Foster + Partners


The nine storey high pyramid at the centre of the hotel extends through the entire height of the building to a small opening at the apex through which daylight penetrates into the space.


concept and extenuating the triangular shape and form of the building. The lighting of the guest corridors consists of a perimeter wall wash detail using a bespoke manufactured system of fluo- rescent battens with specially designed louvres to hide the light sources from the highly reflective marble clad internal wall surfaces. Something that was difficult to achieve. “The desired concept for the guest corridors proved to be a challenge to imple- ment technically,” admits Rahid. “We had to be very brave to adhere to low levels of illumination, but we stuck to our guns and the results stay true to the original concept of dark and light, black and white, ying and yang. Opposites sometimes provide the greatest attraction.”


RADIO ROOF BAR The Radio Roof Bar located on the roof provides amazing views over Tower Bridge, the Shard, St Pauls, Somerset House, the London Eye and other prominent buildings and sights on the London skyline.


DEUTSCH


Kemuri stammt ursprünglich aus Tokio und hat Das ME, ein Fünf-Sterne-Hotel, ist das erste der Architekten Foster + Partners, die sowohl für das Innen- als auch für das Außendesign des Hotels verantwortlich waren, welches aus 157 Zimmern, einer Bar, einer Lounge (Marconi Lounge), zwei öffentlichen Restaurants (dem Cucina Asellina und dem SKT London), einer Festhalle, Versammlungs- räumen, einem Fitnessraum und einer Dachterrasse (Radio Roof Bar) über insgesamt zehn Etagen ver- fügt.


ChapmanBDSP, unter der Leitung von Farhad Rahim, kümmerte sich in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Foster + Partnerum um das gesamte Beleuch- tungsdesign für die vorderen Hausbereiche, um eine Beleuchtungsinstallation zu liefern, die die Ar- chitektur des Gebäudes mit dem Innendesign vere- int und ein dramaturgisches Beleuchtungskonzept


The internal lighting is mainly provided by onyx wall panels back-lit by Optocore LED SMD sheets that are offset to provide a uniform illumination throughout the surface of the panels. Small pinhole directional spotlights illuminate the structural beams for the opening from the main reception area below on the first floor. The levels of lighting are generally dimmed to provide a low ambient level of illumination to mini- mise internal reflections for views outside. The external area of the roof bar is illuminated indirectly with iGuzzini LED profile luminaires that graze the opaque glass canopy with localised candle lights on tables, creating an imitate and relaxed atmosphere, allowing the external view to take precedent. Rahim concludes: “It’s a pleasure to work with architects who have such a clear vision of their intentions and such appreciation of lighting and the lit effect together with the levels of detail to which the lighting is incorporated.” www.chapmanbdsp.com


liefert, das sich jedem einzelnen Bereich anpasst und jedem eine einzigartige Identität verleiht. Ein besonderes Augenmerk galt den Details, die durch in maßgefertigte Möbel und Innendesigns in- tegrierte Effektbeleuchtung hervorgehoben wurden, was eine gute Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Architekten, dem Hersteller der Inneneinrichtung (Mivan), und ChapmanBDSP bedeutete.


ITALIANO


L’Hotel a cinque stelle ME è stata la prima realiz- zazione dello studio di architettura Foster+Partners che hanno ricevuto l’incarico per la progettazione degli interni e degli esterni dell’Hotel. La costruzione si dispiega su un’area di dieci piani ed è costituita da 157 camere da letto, un bar, una sala interna (Marconi Lounge), due ristoranti aperti al pubblico (il Cucina Asellina e SKT London), un sala banchetti, sale riunioni, palestra e una terraz- za situata sul tetto (Radio Roof Bar).


Reception desk rear walls and for vertical wall wash effects where required i.e. artwork, displays etc. - iGuzzini ceiling recessed trimless round wallwash LED downlight Bistro window curtains - XAL Jane asymmetric recessed system Bistro drinks display - Applelec LED LIght Sheet Throughout, cove lighting - PJR Seamless Professional Basement, cove lighting in banqueting area - iGuzzini LED linear profile luminaire


Lighting of Barrisol ceilings - iGuzzini Blanc Venus fluorescent batten luminaire and iGuzzini LED Lightstrip on 10th floor WC. Ground floor, staircase - Bocci chandelier (supplied by Found- ry), iGuzzini linear luminaire Ground floor, STK restaurant - Bocci chandelier (supplied by Foundry), Willow Lamp Fuschia 1000 bespoke decorative chandelier


Ground floor, STK restaurant vase display - PhotonStar Laser Surface Titan 550 surface mounted can luminaires Ground floor, STK restaurant and bistro - iGuzzini Mini Lin- ealuce linear luminaires


Ground floor private dining rooms - Willow Lamp Rose LED chandelier


Ground floor lounge - Aktiva bespoke decorative LED chandeliers, Viabizzuno dagli retta wall recessed bespoke LED luminaire


Radio Bar terrace - iGuzzini Mini Woody LED spotlights Radio Bar canopy - iGuzzini Linealuce linear uplighter Radio Bar onyx panels - Optocore LED square lightfield Basement, main banqueting room - iGuzzini Tecnica adjustable spotlights with track


Ground floor & 10th floor feature lighting - Roblon Mini Downlights


Reception - iGuzzini Linealuce adjustable linear uplighter Basement, ground floor, STK restaurant steps - iGuzzini LED Strip Tube


Ground floor entrance, external canopy lighting - Tivoli Lighting high power flexible LED light strip


Emergency lighting - Mackwell- XYLUX LR/1, 3W LED Cucini Restaurant - iGuzzini Reglette T16, iGuzzini Ledstrip - 24W LED 3000K, iGuzzini Pixel Plus - LED warm white, iGuzzini IN60 - Minimal version extruded aluminium initial profile, iGuzzini X26 recessed & surface 250 / 500 / 1000 / 2000 High Flux 4200K , iGuzzini Deep Laser - Small body, Frame installa- tion 1x1,5W LED warmwhite flood


ChapmanBDSP, diretta da Farhad Rahim, ha re- alizzato tutta la progettazione dell’illuminazione per le zone di accoglienza in stretta collaborazione con la Foster+Partners, con l’intenzione di armo- nizzare l’aspetto architettonico dell’edificio con la realizzazione degli interni. Ciò è stato realizzato per mezzo della creazione di particolari e specifici piani di illuminazione che hanno donato ad ogni zona la propria unicità. L’estrema attenzione al dettaglio ha caratterizzato le strutture di illuminazione, a loro volta coordinate con l’arredamento e la progettazione su misura degli interni, frutto dell’ntensa collaborazione fra gli architetti, le ditte di manufatti d’arredamento (Mivan), e ChapmanBDSP.


ESPAÑOL


El ME Hotel de cinco estrellas fue por primera vez para los arquitectos Foster + Partners que fueron los responsables tanto del diseño interior como


del diseño exterior del hotel, que consiste en 157 habitaciones, un bar, un lounge (Marconi Lounge), dos restaurantes públicos (el Cucina Asellina y el SKT London), un hall para banquetes, salas de re- uniones, gimnasio y una terraza en la azotea (Radio Roof Bar), todo sobre diez pisos. La empresa ChapmanBDSP, encabezada por Far- had Rahim, llevó a cabo todos los diseños de ilu- minación para las zonas del frente en coordinación cercana con Foster + Partners para la instalación de la iluminación que une la arquitectura del ed- ificio y los diseños del interior suministrando un proyecto de iluminación dramático para adaptarse a cada uno de los espacios individuales y proveer- les a cada uno, una identidad única. Se ha prestado especial atención a los detalles de iluminación integrada con muebles hechos a medida y diseños de interior, para lo cual se contó con una gran coordinación entre los arquitectos, el fabricante de los muebles de interior (Mivan), y ChapmanBDSP.


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