CENTURY CITY CONFERENCE CENTRE
CAPE TOWN | WESTERN CAPE
Century City Urban Square is a mixed-use development in the heart of the Bridgeways precinct. The development was undertaken by Rabie Property Group and consists of the Century City Conference Centre, Century City Hotel, the Apex offices, the Matrix mixed-use building (retail space, offices and residential), a structured, multi-level parking facility and a super basement that connects all the above buildings.
The internal lighting installation was designed to facilitate the use of primarily LED fittings (for both functional light and feature light) The high- level spaces of up to 5 metres using only LED's and the various moods and scenes were achieved by a combination of fitting types. These included recessed downlighters, linear LED's, coves lights and track lights. In conjunction with feature elements accentuating the perimeter walls and bespoke suspended feature lighting elements. The biggest challenge faced when lighting the facade was taking the green building requirements into account as the building has no roof overhang.
On the piazza side and hotel facade, high-level narrow beam Shuttles were installed, accentuating the strong vertical lines created by the glazed panels, whilst also considering the architecture.
For the Kinetic way, bespoke feature LED wall lights were designed and manufactured at 360mm x 360mm and spaced 300mm away from the wall. This enabled the feature to manipulate the light and cast shadows during the day whilst creating a glowing effect on the wall at night. The fittings create individual glowing circular shapes on the facade.