A renewed facade identity for an existing office complex combines retained building volumes, a hexagonal screen and integrated lighting, with a distinct presence by day and after dark.
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09 / A second presence
When light becomes architecture.
Light changes which parts of architecture we notice. A question about atmosphere can become the beginning of a project.
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After dark
From an illuminated urban facade to the scale of a counter, four projects make light part of their architectural identity.
As daylight recedes, a building is read through a different set of relationships. An entrance can become the clearest point of arrival, a screen can reveal its depth, and an illuminated edge can describe a route. We consider this second presence as part of the design. Light belongs to the surface, threshold or activity that it helps people understand.
The facade-renewal study integrates pixel lighting into its hexagonal facade screen, alongside selected media surfaces. The repeated geometry gives the existing complex a common rhythm by day; after dark, illumination changes the way that outer layer is perceived across the city. The design connects this visual identity to replaceable modules, maintenance access and a phased installation strategy for the occupied complex.
At the sports venue, linear lighting follows circulation and is integrated into counters, shelving and mirrors. The pilot office uses lit shelving to give depth to a compact workplace with limited daylight. The business centre draws light into the continuous form of its reception and the entrance sequence around it. These projects bring the question from the scale of the city to the scale of a room: what should become visible, and how does that visibility help the place work?
A question about this second presence can become a lighting brief or an envelope study within a wider commission. We can explore visual priorities alongside maintenance, installation and the activities the light should support, using external guidance and technical references to extend the design research. Ask JTA can help you or your agent define the alternatives and the evidence needed to compare them, including where simulation, samples or measurements are required before an intention can become a specification.
A completed sports venue brings training, changing, recovery, a cafe and retail into one sequence, using glazed boundaries and a consistent palette of mineral surfaces and integrated light.
A 100 m² pilot office brings ten workstations, glazed meeting rooms and a coffee point into a compact plan shaped by light, storage and acoustic surfaces.
A business-centre reception organised around a sculptural desk, natural stone and wood veneer. Material planes give arrival a clear direction.
A place to begin. A conversation to carry forward.
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