Glasgow Queen Street Station
A comprehensive redevelopment that opens up one of Scotland’s busiest stations — creating a more spacious, legible and accessible concourse beneath a glowing golden soffit.
The Brief
Glasgow Queen Street Station has been comprehensively redeveloped to accommodate longer, more sustainable trains and increased passenger demand. The scheme has opened up the station by removing surrounding structures that previously obscured it, creating a more spacious, legible and accessible concourse.
The Challenge
Deliver a clean, efficient and compliant lighting solution that meets stringent railway standards while enhancing both functionality and visual quality — responding to the client’s vision for a high-quality, welcoming environment.
What we delivered
Bespoke luminaires and detailed integration strategies developed with lighting manufacturers and the architectural team, balancing technical compliance, visual coherence and durability in a low-maintenance solution.
Comprehensive technical documentation, coordinated lighting layouts, detailed luminaire schedules and a fully defined specification incorporating the control strategy.
A single, fully coordinated BIM model supporting clash detection and multidisciplinary coordination, subsequently adopted by the GRIP 6 delivery team as a basis for construction packages.
Giorgos joined the project at GRIP 4 and led the development of integrated lighting solutions across all areas of the station, acting as Lighting Lead for the GRIP 5 delivery stage. He managed a team of assistant designers — overseeing output quality, progress and resource coordination — monitored the financial performance of the lighting discipline, and provided regular progress updates to the Project Manager and Lighting Director throughout the project lifecycle.
Project images
Photos and graphics by BDP.
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