Factory facade
Amaraa
Factory facade · Concept
A factory facade that begins with a mango leaf.
Leaf, curve, pattern, module
The outline of the leaf is reduced to one essential curve. The curve repeats in rhythm until it becomes a pattern, the pattern becomes a three-dimensional module, and the modules wrap the glazed front of the factory.
Mango leaf, abstraction, pattern generation, facade module, facade application, the steps on her sheet
- 01Mango leaf
- 02Abstraction
- 03Pattern generation
- 04Facade module
- 05Facade application
Measured
The front block stands 15.6 metres tall across a 24 metre face, beside a 12 metre service bay with its own door. The modules repeat at 1,200 millimetre centres.
Each fin is planned as a lightweight GFRP module, or as tensile fabric in ETFE or PTFE, on aluminium brackets fixed to the main structure, in front of insulated metal panels and low-E glass. The frames and the canopy are dark grey.
The leaf fins, layer by layer
- 01Site and planting
- 02Factory shed
- 03Glazed block
- 04Leaf fins
- 05Entrance and service door
The facade, drawn
Prefabricated modules go up quickly on site. They keep the structural load low, shade the glass while letting daylight in, and stand up to weather with little upkeep.
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