King’s College Chapel
London

Client
King’s College
London

 

Architect
Peter Inskip & Peter Jenkins Architects
Duncan Wilson
020 7726 8977

 

Electrical Contractor
Lovelock and Taylour
020 8573 6778

 

Specifier
Yates Associates
Building Services Design Consultancy
John Yates
020 8460 8999

 

Product used
12 x VMD300/12 specials
1 x Dimmer Rack
20 x HF ballast
1 x Master Plate
1x Infra-Red Transmitter

King’s College Chapel, London is a magnificent Grade 1 listed building designed by the eminent Victorian architect, George Gilbert Scott. Building was completed in 1864, at a cost of just over £7,000!

Brief
To completely rejuvenate the existing, outmoded lighting with a scheme that was both aesthetically pleasing and appropriate to a building of this importance. To enhance the Chapel interior and provide control flexibility.

 

Challenges
To design and install 14 specially commissioned pendants, made of sand blasted glass petals, brass suspensions and glass jewels, using both compact fluorescents and low-voltage lamps, all linked to a handheld dimming control.

 

Result
“This has been an outstanding success” said John Yates “Thanks to VoltMaster’s unique ability to cope with very long secondary cable-runs without any volt-drop problems, we were able to wire the transformers over 40 metres away from the light fittings themselves.”

 

“Where the pendants are concerned, we were able to wire both the low-voltage and fluorescent circuits into a single dimming rack, which can then be operated through the hand held control, via a number of pre-sets, to allow the lighting to be adjusted during services, thus creating much greater, and variable, atmospheric scenarios.”

 

“I have used VoltMaster on several occasions before and for this kind of installation there is nothing to touch it. Apart from its ability to be sited remotely, its ability to deliver constant, perfect voltage at the lamps ensures that lamp-life is generally much better than even the most optimistic manufacturers estimates, ensuring the integrity of the scheme and minimising maintenance aspects.”

“Thanks to VoltMaster’s unique ability to cope with very long secondary cable-runs without any volt-drop problems, we were able to wire the transformers over 40 metres away from the light fittings themselves.”

John Yates