Education

We love schools (though we maybe weren't so hot on them when we were there), but educational establishments always challenge us to create something exciting, invigorating and always economical. None of the big, straightforward lucrative jobs for us, we tend to excel at the unusual, as you can see below.

Education

We love schools (though we maybe weren't so hot on them when we were there), but educational establishments always challenge us to create something exciting, invigorating and always economical. None of the big, straightforward lucrative jobs for us, we tend to excel at the unusual, as you can see below.

Featured project: Queen's University Student’s Union

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

This new facility will provide an exciting social hub for the whole University area- we were delighted to be asked to work with the design team to deliver a unique, flexible lighting design that would integrate with the building’s design and function.

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

Lighting forms a central feature of the interior design

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

The central staircase is an important social area, framed by concealed LED illuminating the handrails

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

The staircase forms a central feature of the entire building

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

The building includes many informal social and meeting spaces

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

Lighting plays an important function in creating mood and providing wayfinding

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

The building has great flexibility and so too does the lighting

Queen's University Students' Union

Queen's University Students' Union

The building comes to life by night as the interior is revealed by the carefully designed and controlled lighting installation

Feature project: Queen's University Belfast Computer Sciences (Bernard Crossland Building)

Bernard Crossland Building: Exterior brise-soleil

Bernard Crossland Building: Exterior brise-soleil

The exterior of this imposing building features vertical brise-solieil in translucent glass. This was the inspiration for the bespoke internally illuminated fins suspended in the interior atrium.

Bernard Crossland Building: Exterior brise-soleil

Bernard Crossland Building: Exterior brise-soleil

The exterior brise-soleil is illuminated by ground mounted iGuzzini iPro spots, throwing a strong narrow light controlled by linear fresnel lens accessories.

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke internally illuminated fins

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke internally illuminated fins

Echoing the coloured brise-soleil outside, these internally illuminated fins create a striking effect in the atrium, using daylight as effectively as their own LEDs.

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke internally illuminated fins

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke internally illuminated fins

Echoing the coloured brise-soleil outside, these internally illuminated fins create a striking effect in the atrium, using daylight as effectively as their own LEDs.

Bernard Crossland Building: Central staircase

Bernard Crossland Building: Central staircase

We adapted a linear LED system to confirm to the angles of the pre-cast staircase. Accurate measurements were needed on site and great care was taken to minimise the installation work.

Bernard Crossland Building: Meeting rooms

Bernard Crossland Building: Meeting rooms

One of many meeting spaces, each with it's own character, the circular pendants enhance rather than detract from the ceiling moulding details.

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke modular luminaires for circulation spaces

Bernard Crossland Building: Bespoke modular luminaires for circulation spaces

Wishing to avoid the blight of the bland opal modular LED luminaires in this area, we designed an 'L' shape luminaire that is as convenient to install and creates an attractive random pattern in the circulation areas.

Bernard Crossland Building: Garden room

Bernard Crossland Building: Garden room

Another space with it's own identity, the garden room has the feeling of an external verandah space.

Bernard Crossland Building: Lecture rooms

Bernard Crossland Building: Lecture rooms

Bernard Crossland in above all, a teaching facility and the lighting for the teaching spaces was designed for maximum efficacy, enhanced flexibility and of course minimum glare.

Bernard Crossland Building: Practical spaces

Bernard Crossland Building: Practical spaces

Some of the teaching spaces have a more eclectic character.

Bernard Crossland Building: Breakout spaces

Bernard Crossland Building: Breakout spaces

Many of the meeting/breakout spaces have their own individual character. Features such as this bespoke pendant from Exenia create visual interest.

Education projects