[ Cepezed and Ned Kahn Studios ] Vertical Canal façade, Utrecht, Netherlands

Dutch architects Cepezed have designed a wind responsive façade for their office building in Utrecht in collaboration with Ned Kahn Studios.

The façade is made of a 300 square metre area of stainless steel mesh which holds thin transparent plastic disks. Wind causes the mesh to vibrate and move  the disks which ‘ripple and create intricate patterns in the light’.

As the disks move, they catch the colour of the sky creating ‘luminous waves which glide along the façade in the form of a vertical canal’.

Architects: Cepezed
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Type of building: Office facade
Owner: Rijksgebouwendiest, Netherlands
User: Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands
Artistic facade: Ned Kahn Studios
Stainless steel cables: Carl Stahl GmbH
Photos: Ned Kahn Studios

from  arplus