Living skin
Inspired by the skin of a pine cone, the building’s unique
triangulated dia-grid facade responds to its environment like
a living organism, acting as an articulated sunshade that
deals with sunlight, heat load, glare, and wind deflection,
while maintaining views and daylight. Following an intensive
environmental analysis with consultants Atelier 10, Woods
Bagot used parametric modelling tools to integrate environmental,
programmatic, and formal requirements into the facade.