Welcome to Issue 2 of the 2014 series of Blind Love. Vertilux’s newsletter endeavours to keep you informed on the ever-changing and innovative window landscape, and how we go about covering it.
This month we profile Vertilux’s role in the fit-out of the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI); look in on some pelmet options for Vertilux roller blinds; and unveil Frank Gehry’s first and only Australian building in the Wide World of Windows.
Please keep reading to see what we reveal this month when we lift up the blinds…
Your innovative Vertilux team
Project Profile – South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
The South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) – Adelaide’s latest research facility – has recently opened west of the city, in the heart of the new medical and health precinct.
The building’s sculptural form, designed by Woods Bagot in collaboration with Aurecon was inspired by the skin of a pine cone with its unique triangulated grid façade. The transparent façade showcases two internal atriums and, like a living organism, responds to the position of the sun.
With 6000+ glass panels over a 25,000m2 building, Vertilux blinds were fitted not to the façade, as is most often the case, but on the internal glazing that weaves its way around the internal space of the building.
Vertilux’s Motorised Multilink Blind System 1.09 was installed along with Somfy LT50 motors, with the bulk of the blinds controlled via the facility’s Building Management System. A majority of the project also involved linking blinds over very large spans.
Click here to see the project profile.
Innovation at work – Vertilux pelmets!
We hear you say it often: How do we hide the roller blind? We have no allowance for a pelmet box and don’t want the roller blind to be seen? How do we make the blind look as if it is an integral part of the building?? Well, we have the perfect options for you. Read on…
1.11a Single Fascia KassettA fascia, with clean lines and a slight concave shape on the face. This fascia can be used with either manual or motorised blinds and comes in 14 standard colours or can be custom finished to suit the decor. |
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1.11b Double Fascia KassettSame profile as the Single Fascia, with a deeper allowance to accommodate double roller blinds. This can be either fitted with manual or motorised roller blinds and in the full colour range of the Single Fascia. Click here to read more about this product. |
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1.13 Fully Enclosed KassettThis head box comes in a sleek square shape in either 80mm or 100mm, depending on the drop of the blind as to which size head box is needed. The square headbox conceals the blind completely, can be face fixed or recess fixed (as per the image) and also has a full colour offer. Click here to read more about this product. |
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1.18 EcoPelmet™ Single System (pictured) and 1.19 EcoPelmet™ Double SystemThis pelmet system sits flush within the ceiling grid giving you an integrated solution that works with the building’s air-conditioning system to assist with reducing costs. Click here to read more about this product. |
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Custom engineered pelmetA great example of a customised and engineered steel bracket and headbox system developed to allow for the (up to) 50mm movement that can occur at this site. Click here to read more about the project and its requirements |
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Wide world of windows – Frank Gehry’s UTS tree house joins Sydney skyline!
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Unveiled in December 2010, Gehry’s $150 million University of Technology, Sydney’s (UTS) Dr Chau Chak Wing building is already a prominent feature of south Sydney CBD, even with the distinctive brick façade still hidden behind scaffolding.
Based on the concept of a tree house, the building will house the UTS Business School, where up to 2,390 students and staff will study and work at any given time. Click here to read and see more. |
| Image credit: Architecture & Design |
