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Penn Elcom supplies LED solution for Bird’s Nest

Penn Elcom supplies LED solution for Bird’s Nest
Penn Elcom supplies LED solution for Bird’s Nest

Architect Kerem Aksoy from north London based practice A2studio called on the expertise of Penn Elcom’s architectural lighting project division to assist in finding a bespoke solution for lighting a residential project that he designed: The Bird’s Nest.

 

The Bird’s Nest is a bathroom extension, revealing views - via two large windows and a skylight - and incorporating a number of innovations, including a liquid crystal ‘blink glass’ in the two vertical windows, which turns opaque when an electric current is applied to ensure privacy when required.

 

They sought a complete custom solution and installation based around flicker free warm dimmable LED lighting with a smooth, even and homogenous output at 2700 K and a high CRI. Being a bathroom, the fixtures also needed to be IP66 rated.

 

Razvan Vasiliu led the Penn team. After discussions with Kerem Aksoy as to the exact requirements, he specified Osram Value Flex High Power Protect product which was supplied inside a Comus aluminium channel Ledal14, complete with opal cover which produced the required diffusion.

 

The unobtrusive LED strips are installed strategically in several places around the room including above the blink glass windows, in the corner above the shower and in the vanity unit just above the hand-basin.

 

Ledal14 is a deep recessed profile that accommodates the Value Flex Power creating a uniform glare-free linear light and has been specially developed by Penn Elcom for applications like this. The IP66 rated Value Flex is a suitable option for high humidity and condensation environments like bathrooms, kitchens and pools, and two 1-10 V dimmable Osram drivers were supplied as two separate control circuits were required.

 

The drivers supplied are also waterproofed - to IP67 - and each is being controlled from Zano 1-10 V Grid Dimmers which enable both dimming and switching. They offer several different types of grid adaptors and can be used with a range of front plates.

 

The dimmers have also been tested with a range of 1-10 V LED drivers, including the Osram ones and produce the dimming transitions that were key to producing the different light level effects that A2studio had specified.

 

The drivers had to be installed remotely so Penn had longer tails soldered to the LED flex. The strip was then fitted inside the aluminium channel and the cable routed through the sides or the back of the profile. Both LED strips and the profiles were supplied pre-assembled and cut to size to simplify the procedure on site.

 

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