LTP installs media wall at the
Blue Fin Building

Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) has supplied and installed a low resolution video media wall, designed and specified by Speirs & Major Associates (SaMA) for the atrium of IPC Media's new London HQ. This is in the Blue Fin Building, part of the Bankside 1,2,3 development in Southwark.

Referred to SaMA by Architainment, the Philips SSL value-added reseller, LTP applied its specialist installation and engineering knowledge to fit the 9500 nodes of Color Kinetics RGB 'Flex SL' which makes up the 40 metre long by 3 metre high media wall.

SaMA worked with the building's architects, Allies & Morrison, to create a lighting concept for the space to make it an animated, vibrant and contemporary environment for the reception area.

SaMA came up with the concept of a low resolution LED media wall to act as the main illuminated feature within the space, spanning the entire length of the atrium. This was complemented by various other lighting details including general down-lighting, feature lighting to planting, task lighting to desks, etc.

IPC Media, a leading UK consumer publisher, liked the feature because it was imaginative and new, and reflected the creativity of the company and its employees. The 'live' media wall also provided scope for them to produce their own abstract but constantly changing content in keeping with seasons and times of day.

After the concept presentation SaMA asked LTP to get involved in helping to produce a mock-up to demonstrate the potentials of the lighting feature, which resulted in a formal sign off.

During pre-contract meetings, LTP also offered logistical input on the layout of the PDS480 power/data suppliers that are equally spaced along the length of the wall, each supplying 16 strings of Flex SL, and the system design in general.

LTP has co-ordinated the engineering, installation and commissioning services for many previous SaMA projects including the Bristol Harbour Lightwall and the O2's Performance Wall in Peninsula Square. For the Blue Fin Building, they were contracted directly to the general building contractors ISG Interior/Exterior PLC, exclusively to install and commission the media wall and to supply hardware and control as specified by SaMA. The Color Kinetics product was sourced through UK distributors Architainment, and the control directly from UK-based Pharos.

The 190 50-node strings of CK's Flex SL are spaced at 120 mm, creating 380, 25-node drops, with custom spacings to return between the 25th & 26th node. This gives the total of 9500 nodes and 28500 channels of control.

A strip of Barrisol fabric is offset approximately 150mm in front of the LED nodes which are fitted to a backing sheet behind via U-channel extrusion, which holds them absolutely central.

Content storage and delivery, playback and content scheduling is all achieved via a Pharos LPCx controller. SaMA created the initial media content which has since been built on by IPC Media's personnel.

Terry Reeves' comments, "It's always interesting working on SaMA projects, and as always the results are stunning! With good project planning and system design, our previous experience with light-wall installations and a great team of engineers, it all went extremely smoothly."

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LTP installs media wall at the Blue Fin Building