Sliding panels

Architect Elena Pancaldi of the “Officina di Architettura” designed this private residence in Formigine, in the province of Modena, Italy as a minimalistic composition of elementary shapes, inspired by the timelessness of purity. The bespoke windows form an integral part of the visual narrative, where aesthetics merge with functionality. The lift&slide windows of the dining and living room, with their fixed lateral, glassedge aligned partitions and the flush bottom threshold create a seamless continuity between the internal space and the garden outside. Automated, knee-fold sun-breaking panels made from cedar play with the depth of the incoming light, creating always changing architectural compositions with their movements. The complex... More

The new Basque Health Department headquarters is located at the last site that still remained unbuilt on the administrative and Business Center of Bilbao. Up to now, the institution was suffering the spread of its staff in several buildings, hardly recognizable by citizens, away from each other and uncomfortable for both users and technical services. The aim of the new building is bringing together staff in a recognizable place, in order to increase the efficiency of the service and identify easily the corporation. The project at the same time involves both economic and property profits. The site is located in the crossroad of two important streets of the Ensanche, designed in 1862. The restrictive city rules compel to repeat the shape o... More

Les Passerelles, an eco-district near Annecy, south-east France, is situated on the former paper-manufacturing industrial estate of Cran-Gevrier. These modern residential buildings feature DucoSlide sliding panels, boasting practicality and refined aesthetics. Diversity of systems Sliding panels (or sliding shutters) today have become an established feature in multiple, subsidised ownership and social housing construction. The new Les Passerelles eco-district is no exception to this rule, relying heavily on these products which are as high-tech as they are elegant. The numerous possibilities open to the owners can be admired from the initial sketches on the various buildings in this housing scheme by Priams, the developer. A range... More