Wire mesh
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about wire mesh
Project • By Zaha Hadid Architects • Libraries
Library and Learning Centre
Architectural Concept
The new Library and Learning Centre rises as a polygonal block from the heart of the new University campus. The interior of the LLC is informed by the external circulation of the masterplan which maps out the different levels of the building. The straight lines of the building’s exterior separate as they move inward, becoming curvilinear and fluid to generate a free-formed interior canyon that serves as the principal public plaza of the centre, as well as generating corridors and bridges ensuring smooth transitions between different levels.
Functional Plan
The aim of the functional plan is to clearly define the different areas of the building. The plan is translated into a three dimensional object which ou... More
Project • By Banker Wire • Universities
Tree of Success
Fox Valley Technical College, located in Appleton, Wisconsin, wanted a large-scale sculpture to place behind the concierge desk of the new Student Success Center. The “Tree of Success” sculpture, representing the educational journey and personal growth and success of students, resulted from a collaborative effort between students at FVTC, architects, contractors and Banker Wire.
To encourage students to visit the desk, the sculpture needed to stand out beneath a large skylight in the two-story space. Designers and architects created a sculpture of a large tree. Students in FVTC’s Wood Manufacturing Technology program designed and built its stump with the wood from a large oak tree removed during the center’s constru... More
Project • By Banker Wire • Bars
Apropoe’s at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
Apropoe’s, the restaurant inside Baltimore’s Marriott Waterfront, gives hotel guests and Baltimore residents a place to work and relax. Its contemporary design combines dining, lounge, meeting and bar areas in one great room-style space, divided into semi-private sections by Banker Wire mesh “pavilions,” perfect for more private meetings and gatherings.
Each pavilion houses its own seating space and table, creating a sense of intimacy within the large room. The M44-2 metal mesh features groups of four wires that intersect in a plaid-like pattern, creating contemporary, highly defined partitions that match the restaurant’s sophisticated yet comfortable ambiance. Because the M44-2 metal offers a 77.4 percent ope... More
Project • By Architecture Discipline • Shopping Centres
The Sepia Store
• Inspiration
The SEPIA store is inspired by scenes from Indian streets. The ever present hawker protected from the elements by a simple bight colored plastic drape, the seemingly chaotic ordering system wherein everything is present & visible. The exhilarating kite battles in the summer sky, even the anarchy of overhead electrical lines & the sometimes legal tap-offs.
• Program & Thematic Development
We were asked to create a unique experience to display & retail eclectic objects that have bearing in traditional arts & crafts. We were given freedom to develop a program & propose a mood for the store. Our understanding with the client moved beyond the standard client-architect dialogue which, helps with unconventio... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Car Parks
Carlisle Street Parking Garage
Normally we don’t associate cars and parking garages with environmental friendliness and sustainability. However, there is a connection between these contradictory word constellations.
Macdonald Zuberec Ensslen Architects (MZE Architects) designed this LEED Silver designated parking garage with 600 parking lots for residents and city visitors in the commercial center of St. Catharines in Ontario, Canada.
Important to the achievement of the LEED® Certification was the high recycled content within the project. One part of this sustainability strategy is the architectural wire mesh from Haver & Boecker. The architectural wire mesh façade provides a positive benefit to the energy balance of the car park, as the stainless steel mesh can b... More
Project • By BARYCZ & SARAMOWICZ DESIGN OFFICE • Private Houses
Forest House in Izabelin
In Izabelin Północny near Warsaw, at Białego Orła street, a villa of shingles and gabions was built to a design by Ph. D. Rafal Barycz, Ph. D. Pawel Saramowicz and their team of Barycz and Saramowicz Architectural Office. This imposing, luxurious residence is contrarily called A Little House in the Forest, with reference to a playful name of the pre-war villa of the great Polish writer, Melchior Wańkowicz, located in Żoliborz in Warsaw (“The Tiny House”), as it is located on a beautiful plot of land, covered with old pine trees. It is a dominant form of the landscape at Izabelin, located at the gates to the capital, which is an enclave within the Kampinoski National Park. The essence of the design task was to find such a shape and texture o... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Car Parks
Parking de Moulins
The architecture of car parks is almost tainted with negative associations caused by many functional and gloomy buildings. But there are some ways to make the architecture of parking garages interesting and attractive.
For example, the car park in the French town of Moulins has recently been renovated and transformed. The facade was enveloped in architectural wire mesh cladding made of EGLA-MONO 4391 by Haver & Boecker. The flat surface on one side of the wire mesh appears to generate patterns across the full plain of the façade created by homogeneous light reflections.
The architectural wire mesh cladding not only enhances the appearance of the car park, it also increases it´s functionality. The open area of 52 % provides natural lig... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Car Parks
Parking Terre Sud à Bègles
Façade Cladding with Architectural Wire Mesh ensures natural ventilation as well as natural lighting.Specifically planned through sustainable architecture and green spaces, a new residential area has been built south of Bordeaux offering the residents a better quality of life.”We have designed a car park that combines savings of space and energy. As one example the parking decks are naturally lit. The outer skin of the building made of architectural wire mesh provides brightness and elegance. It is conceivable to use the structure for different needs, such as an office space.” Daniel BERGUEDIEU, architectThe parking garage in this new ecologically sustainable area "Terre Sud" is enveloped in 3,265m² of façade cladding which, from the outsid... More
Project • By Michael Jantzen • Exhibitions
The Staircase Study House
The Staircase Study House is one in a series of my public functional art installations that are designed to encourage people to gather together and exercise. In this case, visitors exercise by climbing up and down the four staircases that surround the structure. At the top of the structure, there is a wire mesh enclosed symbolic frame of a house, through which people can pass to enter or exit any of the four staircases.
Each of the four doorways into the framed house is equipped with a chinning bar, mounted near the top.
Under the house and staircases there are four seats built into the four columns that support entire structure. Most of the Staircase Study House is made of painted steel, with wood used on all of the steps, landings,... More
Project • By Banker Wire • Offices
Northwestern Mutual
Northwestern Mutual, a financial services company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has expanded into a brand new, modern office space – in a building that is nearly a century old. The company worked with Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, to completely renovate the interior of Milwaukee’s Van Buren building, built in 1926, and Banker Wire woven wire mesh now clads its central elevator banks.
Northwestern Mutual bought the 158,000-square-foot, seven-story Van Buren building in January 2013 and worked with Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, to redesign its interior. Northwestern Mutual aimed to achieve a contemporary aesthetic for the open-concept office, where more than 600 employees work. The modern design relies on the inter... More
Product • By HAVER and BOECKER • DOKAWELL-MONO 3381
DOKAWELL-MONO 3381
With corresponding illumination the structure of the architectural mesh type DOKAWELL-MONO creates single light reflection points while maintaining a relatively high transparency. The intermediate crimps give stability to both square and slotted openings enabling high open areas.
Main applications: Façade, Ceiling, Wall, Balustrade Infill, Acoustic
Weight: appr. 6,4 kg/m² (1,31 lbs/sqft)
Open area: apprx. 55%
Architectural wire mesh is often used in stainless steel look, but there are numerous color options: painting (complete or partial) in RAL or metallic colors, digital printing, non-ferrous metal wire mesh (copper, tin bronze, brass).
All HAVER Architectural Meshes are manufactured specifically for each... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Universities
Ecole de Commerce de Toulouse
Parts of the facades of the École de Commerce de Toulouse in France received an architectural wire mesh façade cladding. The architects Le 23 Architecture from Toulouse decided on stainless steel wire mesh DOKAWELL-MONO 3381 made by Haver & Boecker.
In total 300 m² stainless steel wire mesh were installed in front of the glass fronts as an effective sun screen and also as a fall protection at a round stair tower. More
Project • By Utopus Studio • Apartments
Prospect Park Apartment Renovation
ocated directly across from the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Heights, this 2750 sq. ft. pre-war apartment commands breathtaking views of Lower Manhattan and Prospect Park. However, over the last 30 years the apartment was subdivided in smaller rooms resulting in clustering the circulation and obstructing the views.
The renovation involved opening up the apartment by demolishing the partitions, freeing up the perimeter walls and exposing the interior façade and windows. The open plan brings natural light deep inside the residence, revealing the view of Manhattan skyline.
Materials: Wood flooring, back painted glass, marble counter tops, ceramic tiling, lacquered doors, wire mesh glass and wood doors, plaster walls, wood and brass cabine... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Universities
École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées
A new school building was erected at the Boulevard des Maréchaux in Palaiseau
with an architectural wire mesh façade. A highlight of the façade is the logo of the school which was painted on the stainless steel façade. In total 350 m² of wire mesh EGLA-MONO 4211 were produced by Haver & Boecker. The flat surface on one side of the EGLA-MONO creates a reflection across the full plane. The special crimps lend the material stability and robustness.
The wire mesh façade do not just enhances the façade it also acts as an effective sun screen.
The “École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées” enjoys a special position in the French educational system and it belongs to the foremost schools of engineering in the country. Since 2008 the... More
Project • By HAVER and BOECKER • Auditoriums
École de Commerce et Management
To accommodate further 2000 students, the university in Marseille has been extended with a new building. This new building houses new exercise and lecture rooms, a large auditorium, a library and a cafeteria.
To protect the interior from the sun, 171 m² semi-transparent wire mesh were installed at the façade. The architectural wire mesh type DOKAWELL-MONO 3601 with its open area of 52 % works as an effective sun screen. Behind the screen, a comfortable, fresh and light internal climate is created with mesh appearing almost transparent.
Haver & Boecker supplied ready-to-install stainless steel wire mesh elements with a height of 2,8 m and a width of 2,2 m. They were fixed with the mounting system of tension profiles, clevis s... More