Wembley

Stadium District

Location: 

London, England

Owner / Developer: 

Quintain Estates & Developments PLC.

Collaborators: 

Pyott-Nicron (Entertainment Direction)
Buro Happold (Project Management)
Laing O'Rourke (General Contractors)

Description: 

To coincide with the building of England's new national stadium, Quintain Estates secured approximately 50 acres of property surrounding the stadium site to develop a vibrant new district. Incorporating office, retail, residential, hospitality/gaming and entertainment components, the new Wembley Stadium district will help to revitalize this area of London.

The first phase of the new district focused on the restoration and re-orientation of the famous and prolific performance venue, Wembley Arena, along with the creation of Arena Sq. at the foot of the new entrance. IC concentrated on creating an intelligent lighting system for the façade of the new arena that would provide the ability to activate the building & synchronize with events in the square, which houses a performance water feature and kinetic light & audio towers.

IC Scope: 

Entertainment strategy, all exterior architectural lighting, theatrical lighting & show lighting design, Light tower design, audio integration, control systems, implementation, project management, procurement and logistics.