The Celtic Manor Resort, situated in the beautiful Usk Valley in Wales, is due to host the 38th Ryder Cup in 2010 on a newly designed course, specially built for this inspiring event. The £16 million investment in the Twenty Ten Course also involved the construction of a luxurious new Clubhouse. Working with lighting design consultants, White Young Green of Cardiff, Concord Lighting provided a number of luminaires for the entrance/ reception area and exterior spaces.Probably the most notable and prominent light fittings in the entire building are the series of Limburg Cylinder pendants, which grace the entrance hall/ reception area. There are three pendant units arranged in row, each one comprising a cluster of three luminaires with 36W Lynx L TC-L lamps controlled by electronic ballasts. The luminaire is available in four lengths – the longest (550mm) version is used here – and the diffusers are made from hand-blown, three-ply glass, in which a wafer-thin opalised glass is enclosed between two crystal glass layers. This produces a highly translucent but opaque effect, while distributing the light in a soft, uniform manner.
Outside the building, Sylvania Palmyra D290 ground-recessed uplighters, with 70W HSI-T metal halide lamps, are used to wash the exterior of the Clubhouse itself and the low walls around the car park. These are constructed in die-cast aluminium – and have anodised aluminium reflectors offering a medium-beam distribution. Their 10mm toughened glass cover can withstand a vehicle weight of 3.5 tons at 30km/h.
Elsewhere on the exterior walls of the Clubhouse, the designers have specified two Simes light fixtures. Wall-mounted, bi-directional versions of the Simes Mega Slot luminaire, with two HIT-CRI 150W lamps, provide powerful up-down illumination of the walls and surrounding space. Their die-cast and extruded aluminium housings, with powder paint finish, and 12mm toughened clear glass lenses, offer high durability. More low-key lighting effects are created by a series of Simes Brique rectangular fittings, with 18W TC-D lamps, on the lower walls. These have black die-cast and extruded aluminium housings and toughened opal glass diffusers.
