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The
Four Seasons Hotel located on London’s Park Lane has recently
undergone a multimillion pound redevelopment . The hotel, which originally
opened in 1970, was Four Seasons Hotel’s first hotel in Europe.
The refurbishment consisted of restructuring the public spaces, reconfiguring
the guest rooms and suites, plus the addition of an extra floor atop
of the original building housing the hotel’s spa.
dpa lighting design were appointed as lighting consultants
for all public, front of house and external areas, including the entrance
lobby and reception, restaurant, bar, tea lounge, ball room, meeting
rooms, guest lounge, gym, spa, façade lighting, porte cochere
and garden. We were also responsible for designing the lighting in all
guestrooms and suites of which there were 12 different guestroom types
and 11 different suite designs.
dpa
lighting design worked closely with the project team which included
the client, Pierre-Yves Rochon (interior designer ) and ReardonSmith
Architects (lead architect) to produce lighting solutions, in terms
of both aesthetic appearance and functional operation, suitable for
the many different spaces within the hotel.
A
fully automated lighting control system is utilised in the public areas
to select the most appropriate lighting scene dependent on both the
time of day and time of year.
Within
the function rooms the lighting controls fully integrate with the audio
visual systems allowing both projectors, blinds, audio and lighting
to be controlled seamlessly as one at the touch of a button. The system
even allows for users to copy and modify lighting scenes for future
recall.
The
guestroom and suite lighting all link with the hotel's guestroom management,
key card and booking systems, automatically selecting the correct lighting
configuration dependent on whether guests or staff are entering the
room and swicthing off the lighting when the room is vacant.
Through
the use of lighting controls and the integration of these with the other
hotel systems, many savings are made through the reduction of energy
use and the benefit of extended life of tungsten lamps, reducing the
maintenance required for these sources.
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