September 06, 2024

89 Charter House Street, London.

Project Summary:

Location: London
Sector: Office
Client: Undisclosed
Architect: Mark Smith Architects
Consultant: Novo Engineering
Electrical Contractor: Intrelec Electrical
Value: £8K
Duration: 18 months
Size:  1,950 sq. ft
Photography: Ellis Brown Commercial

The recently completed refurbishment of the second floor of the landmark building 89 Charter House Street in Farringdon showcases how a period building can combine contemporary design with high functionality, whilst preserving its late Victorian architecture identity.

 

 

Designed by Mark Smith Architects and brought to life by Novo Engineering, the 89 Charter House Road offers high quality self contained office space in a prime location. 

Originally built in 1871-72 by architect Lewis Henry Isaacs as a branch of Joint Stock Bank, 89 Charter House Street is a landmark Grade II listed building overlooking the famous Smithfield Market.  It survived the drastic bombing of Charter House street in 1945. The building later transitioned into the Midland Bank branch. In 1972, Barclays took over the ground floor and maintained the street presence for many decades.  The ground and lower ground floor offer 3,300 sq ft of premium retail space with ceiling heights of over 4.5m.

 

open plan office with surface mount lighting

Our linear lighting was specified at early design stages in 2023 by the design team at Mark Smith Architects. Working closely with the Novo Engineering project team, and the electrical contractor, our team managed to deliver modern office lighting, whilst achieving compliance with current regulations. 

Over 5 hours of lighting design, calculations and emergency lighting design, were allocated to secure and support this straight forward project.

modern office space with surface mount lighting
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THE DESIGN BRIEF.

The design brief for 89 Charter House Street was driven by the desire for contemporary aesthetics whilst delivering an exceptional user experience and first class facilities. The design brief for the surface mounted office lighting  black finish, and playful layout, which would frame the space. 

linear lighting in a meeting room
open plan office with lighting arranged as a sun ray

Office Lighting
Aesthetically, the office areas follow the same layout on each floor, all using surface mount linear lighting as the general office lighting. The designer's favourite Rio Surface Mounted was used throughout the entire scheme in one standard size.

The designer chose a playful approach with the lighting- the layout of the linear profiles in the open plan area resembles sun rays, while the lighting in the rest of the space follows a very symmetric pattern. 

To increase the visual comfort, all linear lighting is fitted with a microprismatic diffuser. All fittings are DALI dimmable.

office area with glass partitioning and linear lighting

In the stairwell areas, we supplied the popular wall mounted circular light Talla surface mounted.

The scheme uses 4000K colour temperature and high CRI throughout. All surface led linear lighting was supplied in a contemporary matte black finish.

Integrated emergency lighting was supplied following closely the emergency lighting design schedule to ensure it meets British standards for emergency lighting. 

The new lighting was delivered on time for a successful completion in the Q4 of 2024.  The final result is a forward thinking and contemporary CAT A scheme designed with design and user comfort in mind. It is looking fantastic and we are very proud to have been part this fantastic redevelopment. 

Project in figures:

5 Hours of Lighting Design

2 Revisions

18 Months Project Duration

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