The refurbishment of the office and conference rooms in Pippbrook House (Mole Valley District Council) took place over a period of one year. In order to utilise the building during the refurbishment, the project was split into seven phases of work, during which staff had to relocate within the building. The existing building was previously lit by a combination of ceiling washlights with 400W high pressure sodium vapour lamps and some pendant luminaires of unknown origin. The renovation included a complete replacement of the ceiling. The architect chose a square ceiling tile (500 x 500 mm) for which a variant of ARKTIK-PSI was customised. There are natural light shafts throughout the building - to support their architecture, special U-LINE constructs were made to perfectly match the shape of each natural light source. There are also two areas with an octagonal ceiling structure. Here too, two special U-LINE systems were produced to support the proportions of the room. The larger of the two lighting objects had the shape of an octagon with 4.5 metre long sides. For budget reasons, each of the constructs was made entirely from standard parts from the U-LINE series. For the large council chambers, a special H-profile system with a diameter of 8 metres was manufactured, combining 21 downlights and 12 units for indirect light. The DALI control system allows the various lighting scenarios in the meeting rooms and council chambers to be customised.
