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As part of the BBC’s DIY SOS: Big Build project, Mackwell provided its emergency lighting systems and technical expertise to an ambitious project...


CASE OVERVIEW

As part of the BBC’s DIY SOS: Big Build project, Mackwell provided its emergency lighting systems and technical expertise to an ambitious project to create the North Kensington Community Centre and rebuild the Dale Youth Boxing Club which was destroyed in the Grenfell Tower fire.

Architect Featherstone Young offered its skills to the project pro bono and many other companies, including the main contractor Galliard Homes, donated goods and services to a value approaching £2 million.

Featherstone Young’s design for the boxing club includes a mezzanine level, a boxing ring, training and gym area, changing rooms, showers, and WCs. The two-storey community centre, comprising two large halls and a kitchen, has been designed to the practice’s ‘baggy space’ concept, meaning it can be adapted according to the community’s needs. The two new buildings, which have become known as Bay 20, are located under London’s Westway fly-over and were completed in just nine weeks.

SOLUTION 

Hoare Lea volunteered its expertise, providing MEP, Lighting Design, CGI, Acoustics, Fire Engineering, Utilities & Energy, Vertical Transportation and Sustainability consultancy services.

Mackwell was invited to be involved in the project by Dominic Meyrick, Partner at Hoare Lea with particular responsibility for lighting design. Hoare Lea and Mackwell have a long-standing relationship and Mackwell was an obvious first port of call for emergency lighting. Meyrick explains, “Mackwell has a fantastic range of emergency lighting products and it was great to be able to turn to them for help when designing the lighting scheme, knowing you can rely on the lighting industry to step up.” 

A variety of Mackwell’s emergency lighting luminaires were used across the two buildings. Dominic Meyrick comments: “Emergency lighting should be clean and unobtrusive and Mackwell achieves this in a luminaire that is essentially ‘a really clever box’.” Mackwell’s non-maintained emergency lighting with LED was specified and these incorporate an inverter and small battery packs. In particular, the Maxwell XYLUX LS IP65 fitting was used because it can be placed in high ceilings, mid-height ceilings, open areas and escape routes, with optics tailored to the light distribution required.

SUMMARY

  • Clean and unobtrusive emergency luminaires
  • Non-maintained emergency LED luminaires were used incorporating an inverter and small battery packs for convienience
  • Versatile XYLUX LS IP65 with tailored optics used, including high-bay, mid-bay, open area and escape route.
  • XY-VEX architectural exit signs complement the interior design 
  • Clean and unobtrusive objective achieved

 


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