Architect and Builder February/March 2019 | Page 74
Regent Makes Its Mark
on The MARC
Regent Lighting Solution’s extensive catalogue as well as its ability to customise lighting designs to the
client’s requirements allows it to offer the best of both worlds.
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ituated in the heart of Sandton, The MARC is an exciting
new mixed-use precinct, with its distinctive golden tower
fast becoming a landmark.
Regent Lighting Solutions (RLS) worked closely with
Boogertman + Partners Architects and Paul Pamboukian
Lightdesign from early on in the development. Using the
RLS catalogue as a starting point, the lighting design evolved
from there. The design team then approached RLS with the
specifications that would require custom designed lighting
along with various lighting fixtures from the catalogue.
General Mall Areas
The entrances to the mall are lined with the Argo Post top leading
from the street toward the entrance overhang. The overhang is
highlighted by suspended Aldo’s up to 4.2m with an up & down
light source.
The MARC has a glass roof with support beams that required
a unique, high output fitting that would blend seamlessly into
the design and so the Floren 30W 1500lm was supplied. The
Floren was also recessed into wooden slatted ceilings throughout.
Recessed into the ceilings edges above the interior passage
and walkways is an adapted black Jura 1002 track light at 24W.
Restroom passages within the mall have unique Linear mini fittings
with RGB in order to create a unique ambiance. The parking and
basement level is lined with Shuttle wall mounted fittings that
provide adequate lighting to account for the minimal ceiling area
that would have been used for ceiling mounted fittings.
RLS were required to create a unique suspended fitting with
a bi-directional light source that would create an eyecatching
feature on the ceiling as well as provide the required functional
light output on the floor. The fitting is cylindrical and is suspended
at 3 points. The internal wall of the cylinder was specified in gold.
A truly unique fitting, locally designed and custom manufactured
for the client’s requirement.
Landscape Lighting
The landscape surrounding the MARC Precinct features numerous
fittings in different applications including the Shuttle trunion
mounted 18W fitting on an 11m pole as well as in all planters
throughout the building. The Miso recessed wall light provided
low level light on stairways and low level boundary walls whilst
the Malta Bollard plinth mounted 16w at a 700mm height in all
planter & lawn terraces provided pathway lighting. For the key
amenity lighting throughout all landscape areas at the MARC,
the Argo Post top 54W was used. The entrances to the mall are
lined with the Argo Post top leading from the street toward the
entrance overhang.
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Stairway Lighting
The MARC has multiple entrances and stairways and a special
request for a linear light source that mimicked the right angles of
the stairways, and portrayed a sense of direction was required
and so the Linear Inca was supplied. Upper level stairway and
escalator landings were supplied with custom Jura 1002 24W
36° track mounted in a recessed cavity in the ceiling.
Lower level and basement parking landings featured the Perox
Nexio recessed downlights at 24W with a 50° beam. Within the
main shopping mall, stairways between various levels featured
the recessed Floren 30W fittings.
Customisation
One of the main reasons for RLS’s success is that it is able to
extensively customise its products, especially its linear lighting.
Other product offerings may be cheaper but the designer is often
limited by standardised lengths and sizes, limiting the scope of
the lighting design. RLS has approximately ten different linear
lighting widths ranging from 16mm to 500mm. This range of
products offers greater design flexibility. The light also has a
continuous intensity throughout, allowing long lengths and
the ability to accommodate curves. The request for a more
organic linear fitting as opposed to the traditional rectangular
shape was accommodated by the in-house RLS design and
manufacturing team.
RLS’s almost unparalleled ability to both customise their
existing product range and manufacture unique fittings to the
architect’s specifications gives them an advantage well known
to architects, lighting designers and electrical engineers.
From the large in-house design department through to the
manufacturing facility, RLS can accommodate the most complex
lighting requests.
Extensive Catalogue
Although known for its ability to customise lighting to the client’s
specification, RLS also has extensive lighting catalogues and
carries stock on most items. All the catalogues can be downloaded
directly from the website and contain comprehensive information
and specifications on each product.
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