Sun shading

The longest mesh facade in the world? The new FACQ building impresses with a 300 m long wire mesh facade from Haver & Boecker.   LAB Architects Boveroux Courtoy designed the new FACQ building in Merelbeke. With an almost 300-metre-long mesh façade cladding, it is a real eye-catcher on the E40 highway. In collaboration with the architect and the general contractor Verelst Bedrijfsbouw & Renovatie, Haver & Boecker realised the vision of a shimmering building shell made of stainless steel mesh.   Façade cladding made of HAVER Architectural Mesh acts as sun shading The stainless steel mesh cladding from Haver & Boecker is interrupted horizontally over its entire length by an elliptical elongated... More

Reacting to the owner’s unique requirement of a ‘transparent’ house like a shopping mall, we mediate the level of transparency with different types of screening devices- the aluminium mesh, bamboo ‘wall’ and blinds- blurring the visual threshold of the public and private and at times making the house ‘disappear’. It is an Un-private house. The ground level living space is a 26m long and 6m wide column free space with 3-sided full height glass panels exposing the user within. It brings in the views from the outside, taking advantage of the abundant greenery in the surroundings. The boundary walls mediate between the inside and outside. Behind the glass wall is a row of bamboo chosen for screening. It acts as a foreground for the floating gol... More

30 kilometres south of Seoul, in Suwon (South Korea), is Samsung Digital City, a real smart city that has grown up around the campus of this technological giant, designed and created to recruit the talent of the world’s most brilliant minds: their new Samsung Office’s.35,000 people work in its four emblematic 38-storey towers in an area that includes restaurants, sports facilities (ten basketball courts, four badminton courts and three football fields), kindergartens, recreational areas, a health centre and its own bus system.Our ARO, ECO and AVA collections, all signed by the designer Carlos Tíscar, equip the offices of this pioneering and innovative company, bringing their unique and... More

Piramit Architects had designed the research and development centre for Kordsa Global's composite Technologies, which is located within the Teknopark Istanbul area. It is a mixed-use building consisting of laboratories and offices where research and development projects can be carried on.Considering its technical functions, the prismatic massive form of the structure can be thought of as a heavy piece of machine placed on the ground. The selection of dark coloured reflective glass and coated metal claddings and the hefty mass also enhances this perception.The building has a closed area of 17.000 m2 on a rectangular plot of 6.200 m2. It houses production, research laboratory and office functions. The centre is used by production engineers, t... More

The project develops a residential tower at Plaza de Europa in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat as part of a larger development that includes other towers of similar characteristics. The concept deals with a well defined volume, based on an extruded square of 27.33 x 27.33 meters with its main facade facing Plaza de Europa. The east, south and west facades are shaped by horizontal planes that house the private terraces, while on the north facade those terraces are integrated within the perimeter of the volume. The 19 floors develop a total of 101 units with a variety of 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms, organized around a central core. On the ground floor the common areas are arranged: gymnasium and pool. The visual connection between the common areas and... More

Installed to the atrium of a busy inner-city campus Kaynemaile Armour connects two buildings and transforms a previously underused space into a beautiful vibrant meeting area. Spanning three floors and installed as single screens of mesh Kaynemaile Armour gives protection from wind, rain and sun.Spanning three floors gives protection from the wind, rain and sun, creating a beautiful, breathable space in a previously under-used area. More

L35, one of the largest architectural firms in Spain, in partnership with GMP Architekten, the worlds nº1 stadium specialist, and Ribas&Ribas a hotel specialist architectural firm, has been selected by the Real Madrids board of directors to remodel the iconic Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.   Although the new envelope is shaped freely, its geometry is not accidental. The curved volumes are able to reflect light in a changing way, its marked lines expressing energy and drive.   While visually dominating its surroundings, the stadium volume is adapted to the program behind it, swelling or shrinking without losing unity or character. The ventilated cladding material is designed to allow or to block sunlight through its changing pattern. The ski... More

The Gem Building is a unique small-scale landmark surrounded by large buildings in King Abdullah Financial District. The size of the building is adapted to human scale and its crystalline form and faceted facades enhance its quality as a shining beacon. The Gem has a mixed-use programme: three separate buildings include a residential block, an office block and a multi-purpose podium with a terrace overlooking the garden - this is linked to the green pedestrian thoroughfare of the district. The cluster of gems creates spaces for fluid, flexible circulation around and through the buildings. As a small-scale icon, the form and intimate scale of the building provide a unique destination and meeting place; the facades enhance the express... More