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Light filtering

An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about light filtering

Project • By Studio Samira BoonShops

3D textile facade for Hermès

The 3D textile facade creates the intimate atmosphere that expresses the brand's exclusive style. While being progressively transparent towards the sky to let natural daylight in, the gradient of denser weavings and folds mantles the clients in serene privacy. The adaptive architecture changes the sound, light and space that customers experience. At the same time, the appearance of the seclusion screen itself changes when clients move through the space and look from other perspectives. The Hermès Shanghai Qiantan Taikoo Li store recently opened its doors in Shanghai, China. Studio Samira Boon was commissioned by the Parisian architecture firm RDAI, responsible for the interior design of Hermès worldwide, to design and produce... More

Project • By Sensitile SystemsHotels

MGM Cotai

Designed by KPF’s London Studio, Sensitile Jali® Cambia panels were used as screening elements in the VIP porte cochere of the MGM Cotai hotel and casino in Macau, China. These light filtering, glass panels have been installed as framed screens in the exterior of what is called the "jewelry box" of the Cotai Strip. Specified in low iron glass and bronze glass, these panels offer unique light filtering that not only creates selective privacy that glitters and shines with nothing more than daylight or the headlights of approaching vehicles. More