Denton Corker Marshall's Melbourne Gateway (originally completed 1999) is described as the 'Mother of all architectural interventions' on the city's freeways.
A massive 70m yellow steel beam cantilevered at precarious angles traverses eight lanes of freeway and 39 elegant 30m high steel and concrete red sticks run north / south either side of the road over 420m, depicting the city's panache and freedom for design, style and ideas.
Transfield Services - the primary Maintenance Contractor for CityLink - approached Anolis' Australian partner, The ULA Group, with a brief to create a lighting design that improved the colour, light qualities and ambience of the original installation.
CityLink stipulated that the lighting must have a contemporary edge, be a vastly more eco-friendly package and reduce on-going running costs to meet its sustainability principles
Prior to discussions with Transfield Services, Jason Saunders worked on calculations to assess the most appropriate product that would deliver the right results along with the best energy savings. Through the choice of product Jason Saunders was able to deliver a massive 80% saving on energy. "It is imperative that the client gets the results that are predicted to make a system change like this viable."
ULA specified the robust high quality Anolis ArcSource 96 LED fixtures, chosen for their "Impressive light output, ruggedness and ability to customize the product lensing and also the casing for vandal-resistance," explains Saunders.
(Jim Evans)
