Burlington Arcade is a Grade II listed shopping mall dating back to 1819. The lighting brief aimed to raise the arcade’s profile as a tourist destination by sensitively restoring
its appearance as well as providing infrastructure to support events.
“This project combines a successful concept, finely coordinated details and control settings that prove the designers’ mastery of lighting design,” one judge commented on the arcade. A bright and attractive space was created that reveals the site’s unique architecture while concealing the fittings and wiring as much as possible. The heavy demand on the power supply to the building meant the scheme had to be delivered within the total load of the previous metal halide scheme.
Uplighting was deemed one of the key elements to improving the appearance of the arcade, with a new miniature linear LED lighting system designed to accomplish this. The lighting programming progressively reveals the details of the architecture throughout the evening, starting at a crisp 4000K to dispel the gloomy appearance of dull days and ending at around 2700K at sunset.
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