Urban Regeneration & Public Realm
Graham Festenstein Lighting Design is committed to furthering best practice in Public Realm Lighting Design promoting sustainable environments integrated design and reduction in energy use. These principles are reflected in our project work detailed below.
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Liverpool City Centre Lighting Strategy and Concept Design
As part of the run up to European City of Culture 2008, working closely with both Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Vision Graham Festenstein Lighting Design is further developing Liverpool's Lighting Strategy, providing both design and consultancy services on the integration of architectural feature lighting and public realm schemes.
This work includes the overall concept design and identification of over 50 buildings that will be lit as part of the publicly funded feature lighting programme bringing Liverpool nearer to its aim of becoming one of Europe's lit Cities.
The important issues of sustainability and energy efficiency are key elements within the strategy and translated into the use of new lamp technologies within the detailed design of some of the schemes providing lighting that is both economic to run and with low carbon footprints.
Other work in Liverpool includes consultancy to the City Council on the new Paradise Street Commercial Development and working with 20/20 Liverpool the design of lighting for the Pier Head Public Realm Scheme.
Client - Liverpool City Council / Liverpool Vision
Project Management - 20/20 Liverpool / Mouchel Parkman
Liverpool's lighting and public realm projects are funded by NWDA and SRB.
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Liverpool City Centre - Scheme Design
Following the strategic work for the City GFLD has also carried out the detailed design on many of the buildings identified. Images of some of the schemes are shown here.
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Mercury Court
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Wapping Tower - An historic landmark at the entrance to the Kings Dock. |
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The entire Old Hall Street facade of City Buildings has been lit with under 250W of power, using extremely discrete luminaires -almost invisible by day developed for us by Mike Stoane Lighting.
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Millenium House Liverpool City Council
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Princes Dock BridgeAn interactive scheme that responds to movement on the bridge. |
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Oriel Chambers This Grade 1 listed building is of tremendous historic importance; by Architect Peter Ellis.
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16 Cook Street - Again designed by Peter Ellis
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Cotton Exchange
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Rigbys Building
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Commissioned by LCC / 20-20 Liverpool GFLD worked with Masterplanners EDAW to develop the concept lighting design for this Historically important World Heritage site. GFLD continues working with 20-20 Liverpool, ARUP Lighting and Landscape Architects Broadway Malyon on the delivery of detailed design.
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Greater Castle Street & Derby Square, Liverpool
Working with Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects and 20/20 Liverpool / Mouchel Parkman, Graham Festenstein Lighting Design has developed a strategy for the lighting of this extremely important area in the heart of historic Liverpool, integrating the lighting of the public realm with lighting of up to 26 buildings and monuments - almost all are listed.
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Client - Liverpool City Council
Landscape Architect - Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects
Project Directors / Engineers - 20/20 Liverpool
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Ancoats Urban Village, Manchester
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Working with Public Arts Consultant Dan Dubowitz of Civic Works Ltd. Graham Festenstein Lighting Design is providing technical and design services for a number of Public Arts works as part of the regeneration of this historic part of Manchester. GFLD continues working with project team leaders Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects on the public realm design of the new Ancoats Square.
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Images courtesy of Dan Dubowitz - Civic Works Ltd. www.civicworks.net |
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The Pharos - Laganbank, Belfast
Sited at the heart of the Laganside re-development the Pharos is a striking and symbolic feature sited on the bank of the river Lagan located just outside the Waterfront Hall. The 20m high column has been designed by Camlin Lonsdale with louvres that gradually open out as they get higher up the structure giving a constantly changing view of the sky depending where you are standing.
At night the Pharos is lit with a scheme designed by Graham Festenstein Lighting Design. Lit entirely from within, the lighting changes through a slow sequence of colour creating a series of subtle yet dramatic effects. By using a number of light sources mounted offset from each other, the colours and shadows created shift slowly around within the structure of the Pharos, so that every different viewpoint provides a unique visual experience.
At the very top of the Pharos the bead blasted steel louvres give way to shot blasted glass panels. Back lit by colour changing luminaires these provide a beacon of light, constantly changing and visible over a great distance.
Every 15 minutes the sequence fades down and shimmering fibre optic points of light create an unexpected magical effect for only a few seconds before returning to its colour changing sequence.
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Client - Laganside Corporation Landscape Architect - Camlin Lonsdale Electrical Engineer - White Young Green |
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