Denton Corker Marshall
Manchester, UK
An exterior facade precedent showcasing modular perforated metal shading screens and kinetic awnings that articulate a high-performance commercial envelope.
- What we like about this project
- Individual modular panels feature hinged shade awnings that project outwards, transforming the flat elevation into a tactile relief.
Materials
- perforated-aluminum
- steel
- glass
- composite-panels
Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-panels
- operable-awnings
- grid-facade
- shading-screens
- urban-elevation
Style tags
- high-tech
- contemporary
- rationalist
- industrial
Visual tags
- facade-engineering
- solar-shading
- perforated-metal
- kinetic-facade
- contemporary
- urban-context
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story grid divided by large modular framed panels with integrated perforated shutters and operable awnings.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal curtain wall with large outer operable perforated aluminum shading cassettes.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with floor-to-floor slab edges supporting a unitized curtain wall system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building elevation with a single pedestrian figure providing human scale at the ground floor.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting deep, sharp shadows beneath projecting metal awnings and facade panels.
- Atmosphere
- Precise, mechanical, and crisp under bright sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with pedestrian scale at the base and multi-story commercial or institutional facade above.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic street edge where kinetic panels create shifting patterns of shadow and depth across the urban plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict modular grid repeated across vertical bays with varying shutter configurations.
- Style reading
- High-tech contemporary architectural envelope
- Program
- Commercial office or institutional facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- perforated-aluminum, steel, glass, composite-panels
- Visual identifiers
- perforated-metal-panels, operable-awnings, grid-facade, shading-screens, urban-elevation
- Style tags
- high-tech, contemporary, rationalist, industrial
- Visual tags
- facade-engineering, solar-shading, perforated-metal, kinetic-facade, contemporary, urban-context
- Geometry
- Orthogonal multi-story grid divided by large modular framed panels with integrated perforated shutters and operable awnings.
- Facade system
- Unitized metal curtain wall with large outer operable perforated aluminum shading cassettes.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with floor-to-floor slab edges supporting a unitized curtain wall system.
- Spatial scale
- Multi-story building elevation with a single pedestrian figure providing human scale at the ground floor.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting deep, sharp shadows beneath projecting metal awnings and facade panels.
- Atmosphere
- Precise, mechanical, and crisp under bright sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Urban streetscape with pedestrian scale at the base and multi-story commercial or institutional facade above.
- Spatial experience
- A dynamic street edge where kinetic panels create shifting patterns of shadow and depth across the urban plane.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict modular grid repeated across vertical bays with varying shutter configurations.
- Style reading
- High-tech contemporary architectural envelope
- Program
- Commercial office or institutional facility
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture