42 VELUX Longlights have been installed as part of an innovative lighting and ventilation strategy at the new Strawberry Field visitor centre and young adults’ training hub in Liverpool.
Crucial to the design of the centre were two requirements: to create a bright, natural ambience throughout this flat-roofed building and to guarantee the internal spaces remained well-ventilated for both visitors and trainees.
Hoskins Architects, in partnership with Robertson Construction North West, designed the building to maximise the views and the physical connections to the mature ‘park’ setting.
The 1350 square metre, two-storey building has been set into the site’s embankment and has been clad in natural timber and brick, so it blends in with the wooded areas in the surrounding landscape.
– The VELUX Longlights, each measuring 900mm x 1400mm, create a central ‘spine’ running the entire length of the building, bathing the spaces below with natural daylight and giving beautiful sky views.
– Floor to ceiling vertical glazing further connects the centre’s visitors to nature, providing pleasant views out towards the garden.
– The architect specified low g-value glazing to reduce the thermal overheating as well as fourteen ventilating modules as part of the natural ventilation strategy for the building
– The skylights helped define the public route through the building from café and exhibition space to the toilets and training centre end of the building
VELUX Company Ltd.
VELUX Commercial
Woodside Way
Glenrothes
Fife
Scotland
KY7 4ND
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Tel: 01592 778916
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