Paul Nulty Lighting Design (PNLD) has completed the interior lighting for Fischer’s, the new Corbin and King restaurant on Marylebone High Street; this is the third time PNLD has designed for the renowned restaurant partners.
The interior design concept for the Viennese restaurant was conceived by BradyWilliams studios who have designed an early 20th century informal, neighbourhood café and who brought PNLD in early to support the initial design phase.
Warm, intimate atmosphere
PNLD’s brief was to maintain a warm, intimate atmosphere from early morning breakfast through to the evening service and highlight the restaurant’s wall ornaments without eclipsing their design. In response, PNLD’s lighting design solution was to bring a fresh concept to traditional lighting by using established lamp technology rather than LEDs. The result is a space that exudes warm tones and encourages conviviality using a flexible lighting system that produces the intimate hue of the old-fashioned lamp.
PNLD ensured the space was permeable by carefully balancing illumination levels across the floor space with the rear dining areas being subtly brighter to enhance the depth of the restaurant. Layered lighting that blends wall and pendant lights was applied to create the ambient illumination of picture lights, and track mounted spotlights provide feature and accent lighting.
The overall effect is the illumination of artwork and murals that adorn the walls as well as a soft-glow across the floor area. BradyWilliams worked with PNLD from the outset of the project to ensure that the interior design was brought fully to life through the lighting design.
Lighting control system to ‘scene set’ at all times
One of the challenges for PNLD was to create a lighting system that was modern, efficient and flexible, that would deliver the intimate atmosphere of a traditional café but which complemented natural light throughout the day. PNLD used a lighting control system that enables ‘scene setting’ at the restaurant’s time of service across breakfast, lunch and dinner to balance the stages of daylight and maintain the interior’s warm tones. The system also helped reduced energy consumption where possible without comprising on the quality of illumination.
Paul Nulty, Head of Practice, said: “The concept behind our design was to create the required ‘intimate environment’ but with a system that is flexible and energy efficient. Working with the design studio from the initial phase means that we can implement a solution that truly complements interior design, not diminish it, which can so often be the case if left too late.”
About PNLD
Paul Nulty Lighting Design (PNLD) is an award-winning, independent architectural lighting design practice that uses light to reveal and accentuate the architectural environment, while recognising the importance of creating solutions that are easy to maintain and cost-effective.
PNLD works across a broad spectrum of sectors including education, exterior/public realm, healthcare, hospitality, museums, residential, retail and work place.
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