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Zero 88 FLX for YouTube’s Space London studios

Projects Department Ltd (PDL) specified and installed two Zero 88 FLX lighting control consoles, four SCD Servers and a ZerOS Wing for YouTube’s Space London facility in the Kings Cross area of the UK’s capital.

Projects Department, led by Peter Daffern, is an independent company specialising in a wide range of technical services for assorted entertainment lighting industry sectors including broadcast.

The three main studios at Space London are available for YouTube’s top creators and influencers - those with 10,000+ subscribers to their channels - to use for content creation and other related endeavours.

When they needed a multifunctional lighting control package for the studios, PDL was contacted by broadcast consultant David Errock and initially taken on to offer production lighting expertise to the YouTube design team. This included Chris Lock, then YouTube’s engineering lead, and his number two, David Livett.

For lighting control, they wanted to be able to run lighting in each studio space independently from within that studio as well as from a central control room. Peter Daffern worked closely with Zero 88’s international sales manager Tyler Holpin on the specification and design of a practical system with intuitive control and all the required functionality for the studios.

Tyler Holpin suggested the SCD Servers as a solution because each studio space does not have its own control room. Instead, there is a wall-mounted touch screen connected to the SCD Servers sitting in the basement server room. This gives those utilising the studios the ability to select different pre-set lighting looks and setups via the touch screen interface.

For those with more advanced lighting knowledge and whose projects need more complex lighting, a second ‘floating’ FLX console can be hooked into any individual studio lighting system and automatically take over the control in that space. And for those with the most exacting lighting production requirements, the central control room’s ‘permanent’ FLX plus a ZerOS Wing can take over and run lighting in any of the three spaces.

This is all achieved using a single sACN network running throughout the entire building, which is split into VLANs. It was important that the lighting network coexisted alongside this, and that it didn’t impact the performance of any other system in the building. For special events, pop-ups, etc., the mobile FLX can also be moved into other places around the building like the foyer and assorted public spaces.

Furthermore, each studio has multiple options for the lighting. It can be controlled by the touch screens, via Zero 88’s App on a tablet or smartphone, by the floating FLX or the central control room’s FLX or by any third party lighting console if productions wanted to bring in their own console.

Projects Department’s overall contract included two parts, initially they worked for the fit-out contractor, ISG, and installed the hoists, trussing and lighting grids, then the control system was part of a second contract via DB Broadcast.

(Photos: Projects Department Ltd)

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