Oslo Lysdesign's Gier Ove Langlo was asked to design and specify a new scheme for the conference spaces by hotel group Choice Hotels, of which the Christiana is a new flagship venue.The main conference space is a large area with sliding room dividers that break it down into three smaller spaces as required.Langlo illuminated the paths of these dividing walls from below with Lumos in-ground Spots. Around the sides of the whole room, he chose to light from the top down, using 58 of i-Vision's Lumos 3 fittings as down-lighters. In the foyer outside, he installed 26 Lumos 1200 mm LED strip fixtures into the roof soffits, to create a complementary "walk in" state for those arriving for events in the conference rooms.
Beneath the stairs in the foyer, a series of 6 x Lumos 3 in-ground simple colour change units are placed. The design is completed with ceiling mounted cold white Lumos 3's lighting the white frosted doors to the conference suite entrance. The same units are also used in an adjacent anteroom used for refreshments - effectively replacing all other white light with the Lumos units. The lighting is zoned into three sections, controlled via a Sunlight interface offering 8 pre-set programmes for each of the three areas.
(Jim Evans)
