Lighting in Design Q2 2019

Lighting adds to modern refurbishment

The iconic Harrington in the East City Precinct of the Cape Town CBD has been transformed into a state-of-the-art collaborative workspace offering private offices, dedicated workspaces, meeting rooms and board rooms. Lighting Innovations Africa has designed a lighting solution with a vibrant, modern look and feel by using continuous LED luminaires down the passages and at various angles in office spaces.

L ocated in an area that has recently been up- lifted and given a new lease on life owing to the development of several residential, retail and commercial projects, the Harrington is enriched by a host of cafes and coffee shops. The East City Precinct’s streets are lined with popular bars and restaurants which also add to the cosmopolitan energy of the neighbourhood. The Harrington mixed use retail and commercial development has a total GLA in excess of 11 000m 2 and includes five-storeys of flexible office accom- modation. Large floor plates of 2 100m 2 each, give tenants the ability to tailor this space to their spe- cific requirements. It also contains exciting retail opportunities, a spacious roof deck for events, and secure undercover parking. The Harrington covers most of the city block with its main commercial entrance off Harrington

Street, and street-level retail fronting onto Har- rington, Buitenkant & Barrack Streets. It offers 30 fully-serviced private offices configured and styled to suit personal tastes and needs. KUBE Architec- ture created a number of layouts and interiors to select from, catering to teams from two people to 20. “The client contacted Lighting Innovations Africa directly to do a complete design, which con- formed with the SABS standards in lux levels and with energy consumption in mind,” explains Justin Roberts from Lighting Innovations Africa. “The de- sign was done in RELUX, a lighting program and the lighting layout was done in AUTOCAD and issued to site for Goddards Electrical to install,” he says. The brief called for energy efficient lighting with a linear and modern, urban feel. "Lighting is becom- ing a prominent feature in office environments and

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LiD Q2 - 2019