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Lunds & Byerlys
Project Information
- Project Location:
- White Bear Lake, MN
- Status:
- Completed - Oct 2018
- Structure Type:
- Grocery Stores
References
- Owner:
- Byerly's
- Architect:
- Pope Architects and Shea Design
Scope Of Work
Byerly’s is an upscale supermarket chain with locations in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. They are owned by Lund Food Holdings, Inc.
OBJECTIVE: When the company decided to open a new store on France Avenue in Edina, Minn., CEO Tres Lund directed the architecture team to incorporate sustainability into the design, including daylighting. While he was not a fan of traditional skylights, he was intrigued by other daylighting technologies like Solatube® Daylighting Systems. SOLUTION: The project team knew their client desired more natural light, but wanted it to be diffused across large areas of the store. Byerly’s also wanted it to integrate smoothly with the electric lighting. While the client was familiar with the Solatube SolaMaster® Series 750 DS product line, they were most excited to hear there was a larger diameter option available with the new high-output Solatube SkyVault® Series.
“I was pleasantly surprised to see that the SkyVault unit brought in much more light and was effective in diffusing it evenly across the space,” said Jason Stiefel, project architect with Shea Design and one of the key team members.
