In October posters appeared on the house block notice boards, below is the text transcribed as scan of poster provided by Estate Office is not fully legible, hence [xxxxxx] – an original pdf has been requested from the project team.
Unfortunately no dates provided so as to contextualise ‘coming weeks’.
SIGNAGE
The cast aluminium signage works are almost complete. Original signs were removed and sensitively cleanes to remove the flaking paint, oxidisation, salts and dirt. Once cleaned, new hard wearing black pain was applied , and signwriters picked-out the lettering, before being re-installed.CRESCENT HOUSE SOFFIT LIGHTING
The replacement of the lighting to the soffits of Crescent House is due to start on site inthe next few weeks. This work was approved as part of the Listed Building & Panning Application of Crescent House approved in Cecember 2023 and has been brought forward due to funding becoming available from the climate action fund.The fittings being installed are show below [see poster], they are LED fittings which will lower energy consumption and increase longevity. Unwanted glare will be [xxxxxx] and a warm [xxxxxx] light colour has been specified
LIGHTING DESIGN FRAMEWORK
The Lighting Design Framework has been circulated to various parties for comments including GLERA, Resident Liaison Groups and the City of London Planning and Conservation team. The feedback has been reviewed, and where possible incorporated into the framework.We are planning a follow-up session with the resident working group to review the framework.
TEMPORARY LIGHTING
While the Lighting Design Framework provides for the upgrading of lighting across the site, in the short term the replacement of failing lights needs to be considered. Work is underway to provide a more sensitive approach to the maintenace of the existing lighting across the estate. The [xxxxxx] have a series of[xxxxxx] lighting fittings which can be used to replace exisiting lights as they fail.The fittings have been selected to [xxxxxx] effectively manage light spill, glare and overall lighting [xxxxxx] to reduce some of the recent issues where replacement fittings [xxxxxx] increase lighting in residents homes.
We intend to install some examples of the new fittings in the coming weeks.
– Graham Festenstein Lighting Design | Studio Partington | CoL
