61 Oxford Street, London

61 Oxford Street is a striking new mixed-use development on the corner of London’s Oxford and Soho Streets. The prominent corner tower is now home to a brilliantly illuminated glass lantern.

• The lantern uses the iColor Flex MX gen 2 solution from Philips Color Kinetics; a multi-purpose, high-intensity strand of full-colour LED nodes able to generate extraordinary effects, patterns and video on almost any surface
• 45 custom length strands ranging from 26 nodes to 71 nodes were installed within the lantern, fixed to a specially designed frame that follows the curves of the undulating glass
• A Pharos LPC X is used to manage the content for the strands. Working from StudioFractal’s design drawings, Architainment mapped 2,759 RGB nodes (8,277 channels) of control; a particularly complex process in a three-dimensional design
• 61 Oxford Street won the prestigious RIBA National Award 2016 and the RIBA London Award 2016
• Read more about 61 Oxford Street on our blog

Lighting design: StudioFractal
Suppliers, programming, commissioning: Architainment
Photos: © Architainment