VISION Issue 26 | Page 28

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. 28