69 Park Lane
Project Overview
- LocationLondon
- ArchitectAros Architects
- M&E ConsultantCudd Bentley Consulting
- Project ManagerBluebrick Building Consultancy
- Main ContractorThirdway Interiors
- Electrical ContractorPaul Earl Ltd
69 Park Lane is a landmark building that occupies a prominent corner site in the heart of Croydon. The building has undergone a comprehensive refurbishment over 19,000 sq ft to include Grade A office spaces, enlarged entrance, gym, café, and secure bike storage. Croydon has emerged as the UK’s fastest growing economy and a leading hub for tech companies. 69 Park Lane provides a welcome addition to meet the need for high quality commercial space in the borough.
Picked up by GDS in its infancy, we worked side by side with both Architect and Consultant to develop a lighting and control solution befitting this notable location. GDS took full responsibility for all lighting calculations, layouts, specification, and manufacture across the entirety of the project inclusive of all internal and external requirements. Both the Reality, and Focus series feature prominently throughout and deliver a high quality, uniform light that is individually tailored to this highly desirable space.
Products Used
Alundra Tracklight and Spotlight
The Alundra family was utilised across the scheme to deliver an exceptional quality of light from both it surface mounted, and flexible tracklight variants.
Arcturus
Endlessly versatile linear solution, the seamless Arcturus family really empowers creativity in our clients and was used to provide a striking, geometric solution to the gym areas
Alpha
The Alpha Slim provides uniform, low glare illumination from its modern, minimalist design. In it’s suspended form the Alpha offers soft, comfortable illumination across the office floorplates.
Puppis
The Puppis is a lynchpin of so many of our projects. Robust yet discreet, the downlight from our Focus series offers an unrivalled quality of light and a huge range of outputs.
Solutions Provided
The solutions devised for 69 Park Lane incorporate numerous elements from GDS’ key ranges. With a focus on a sleek, contemporary aesthetic we utilised a wide range of luminaires to suit so many diverse applications under one roof. A challenging programme through a period of great uncertainty for the industry was met with a collective effort from the engineering and design teams at GDS in close partnership with both ThirdWay Contracts and Paul Earl.
"GDS being involved in the early design stages was most helpful: GDS picked up on the concept immediately, are easy to work with and assisted in providing solutions appropriate the spaces, surface finishes and architectural detailing: making it quite specific for this project."
Kirk WildeAssociate Director (Aros Architects)
