Issue 35 autumn 2022 - Flipbook - Page 59
Pharos showcases
the splendour of
Lincoln Cathedral
Standing tall over the city, Lincoln Cathedral is a
magnificent and iconic international landmark, and one
of Britain's most spectacular pieces of architecture. Once
admired as the tallest building in the world, the spire at
Lincoln Cathedral was an impressive feat of engineering,
reaching a remarkable 525 feet before the central spire
collapsed in 1548, nearly 250 years after its completion,
and was never replaced.
lighting was installed in 1970 and became obsolete; it
accumulated very high running costs and posed other
challenges in terms of care and maintenance. The uplighting for the cathedral's three towers needed replacing,
and an essential component of the design brief was to
change the orange-tinted floodlights for softer, whiter
lights, to showcase the cathedral's intricate stonework and
Gothic features.
The cathedral has provided a beacon of light for residents
of the city and visitors to enjoy, whilst being viewed from
vantage points all over the county and beyond.
In accordance with the carefully considered lighting brief,
Pharos Architectural Controls was selected by Light
Perceptions to bring the project to life, using Pharos Cloud
to control the external lighting scheme remotely. Pharos
Cloud offers simple and secure lighting installation control
and management remotely from any PC, tablet or mobile,
any time and from anywhere in the world. Featuring a
highly adaptable online scheduler, Pharos Cloud enables
lighting to be programmed for just the right moment and
updated by users with ease, making it the perfect solution
for Lincoln Cathedral, which requires versatile lighting to
deliver a variety of colour options when lighting the
towers in recognition of important, local, national and international events.
As part of Lincoln Cathedral Connected - a multimillion-pound transformational project funded by The
National Lottery Heritage Fund - significant work has
been undertaken to radically improve the cathedral's
setting and visitor experience, offering engaging and
dynamic spaces for many more visitors to enjoy.
Light Perceptions, which provides a highly specialised
lighting design service for historic buildings, was
appointed to deliver a new lighting system to replace the
exterior lighting at the cathedral. The previous exterior