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COAL LOADER
NSW | AUSTRALIA
COMPLETED 2018
PROJECT PARTNER
Jadecross
FITTINGS SUPPLIED
Vekter Surface Facade luminaire
Jet Surface Facade luminaire
Tango Surface Facade luminaire
EXPRESSION THROUGH LIGMAN LIGHTING
Hassel Studio indicated that the whole site
needed to be adaptively reused to provide
settings for an array of new activities. Ligman Australia's NSW distributor Jadecross
made the suggestion of the Ligman Tango facade luminaire for the open walkways and Ligman Mic floodlight seen in the
green wall application. Street optics were used across the Tango, Jet and Vekter luminaires to meet the strict lighting goals.
“It is now a host for festivals and functions, the offices have been upgraded, a new café established, and the caretaker’s cottage has been developed as a local sustainability learning centre” adds Hassel Studio.
The Coal Loader, on the western side of Waverton peninsula, is a special site where many paths of history intersect. The Coal Loader, itself, is a former industrial site that operated from the early 1920s to the early 1990s. It functioned primarily as a transfer depot for coal from bulk carriers to smaller coal-fired vessels. Some coal was also distributed to the local market by road transport said a member of the North Sydney Council.
The project was funded by a $1.87 million grant from the Australian Government, $860,000 from the NSW Government, and $3 million from North Sydney Council. Hassel Studio, the architects involved on the project mentioned that a major challenge they were facing with this project was to preserve the site’s timeless quality, and to resist the temptation to embellish the structure. Therefore, the lighting implements that were chosen had to be carefully selected as to not distract and obstruct the expression of the significant and sensitive cultural heritage.
VEKTER, JET & TANGO | ALL LIGMAN SURFACE FACADE LUMINAIRES
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