VISION 26 — BRONZED AUSSIE
What else sold you on the strength of this specific
palette of glass?
The solar control of EVantage™ Bronze worked for us in
combination with those areas which use acoustic glazing.
Solar control is the major factor because there’s so much
glass. The tint looking out remains neutral and provides
quite a degree of privacy.
There’s additional feathering at the edges with canopy
glazing that really creates a softer transition zone,
shade and shelter.
That’s true and it maintains the idea of lightweight
form, suspended above the passer-by as a soft,
transitional shelter rather than a solid veranda with hard
shadow-line. The seraphic dot pattern and feathered edge
of the canopies, really is an investment in that quality of
experience and refuge from the elements.
How conscious were you of minimising the appearance
of mullions you often expect in such a building?
It was crucial to minimise their impact and to let the steel
blades and glazing represent the skin rather than introduce
other elements. The point of it is to conceal supplementary
framing and celebrate that uniformity of colour and fluid,
rhythm of the ‘skin’.
Feathered dot-patterned Viridian Seraphic™ Design
provides a layered, protective veil for pedestrians.
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