Wrexham County Borough Council invited Kingfisher Lighting to provide a practical and dynamic lighting solution which would blend sympathetically with the architectural design principles of the mixed use retail, leisure and residential development.
Through a comprehensive consultation process Kingfisher Lighting proposed a detailed lighting scheme to effectively light the redeveloped road network leading to Eagles Meadow and the adjacent car park. Against relevant standards associated with a town centre, the area was classified as a CE2 Conflict area subject to mixed vehicle and pedestrian use requiring a horizontal illuminance of 20 Lux.
Given the lighting requirements in terms of the specification and task areas and the architectural theme of the surrounding area, Kingfisher advised and Wrexham County Borough Council selected the Logika range. Logika effortlessly combines design and performance presenting a versatile solution for lighting the urban environment. The simplicity of the luminaire shape and its clean lines defines a contemporary design enhanced by a co-ordinated range of columns and brackets to either blend with the environment . To maintain the chosen style throughout the lighting scheme, Logika is available with a wide range of optical arrangements utilising the latest light sources. This ensures complete control over the lighting environment, maintains design cohesion, guarantees an optimum lighting scheme and ensures compliance with relevant lighting standards.
Lighting the principal road ways of Smithfield Road, the new link road and connecting access roads utilised a combination of single and twin mounted Logika 2’s specified with a street lighting optic and either 90w or 140w CosmoPolis mounted at 8m. For added flexibility the street lighting optic is available with three lamp positions for precise adjustment to accommodate site specific requirements of the scheme.
Lighting the car park utilised a centrally mounted 12m column fitted with a quad bracket for mounting four Logika 2’s. These were specified with an asymmetric reflector with an ipk of 65° to provide sufficient forward throw to effectively light the car park area. The asymmetric optic presents an architectural solution for the effective lighting of large areas such as car parks or civic areas.
Throughout the road lighting scheme, the Logika 2’s were mounted onto 8m Conical aluminium columns with an anodised finish. The scheme utilised either a single arm or twin arm MH bracket, ideally suited to road lighting or area amenity application where higher mounting heights are typically used (6m to 8m plus) which would benefit from additional forward throw to effectively light the task area. The MH brackets were finished polyester powder coated in RAL9006 to colour match the specified finish of the Logika 2’s.
Posted: 20/08/2009
