Cost Management

Wellcome Collection

Wellcome Trust, London
2010, £302k

Following a comprehensive refurbishment of the Wellcome Collection in 2007, Wellcome Trust decided to add to the structure of the café/reception area in 2010 with the commissioning of a light installation.

Fraser Randall was appointed as the project manager and quantity surveyor, and design development commenced in April 2010.

Working to a comprehensive brief, the design had to deliver both an artistic product and a practical, energy efficient and flexible system.

Works began on site in August 2010 and completed a 7 week programme in September.

The finished works included the remodelling of the majority of the reception ceiling, incorporating a lighting feature of 216 LED lamps suspended at various heights within a pattern, finished with “lamp shades” of treated industrial laboratory glassware which forms a link to the original work of Sir Henry Wellcome.

The feature provided the Wellcome Collection with a flexible feature to alter the mood of the space dependent on the type of event taking place, whilst offering a striking feature in its own right.