Huzefa Ali

Project: Liverpool Paseo Queretaro FacadeArchitects: @migueldelatorrearquitectosLocation: Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico 2017Manufacturers: Nucleos IntegralesPhotography: Jaime NavarroThe Project is located at Paseo Querétaro Shopping Center, in the city of Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico.The facade is made of a grid of triangular modules with flat and low-relief pieces, which form an eccentric subtracted pyramid, and when the pieces are […]

The Public Gallery, West BromwichArchitect: Alsop ArchitectsBuilding Envelope Subcontractor: Richardson Roofing Ltd Must be the most controversial project of the area due to the over budgeting and closure. The building is a box form self-supporting structure, clad in Sinusoidal aluminium and painted with a duotone system which changes the colour according to the angle of

Inspired by Mashrabiya, the exterior skin of the two glass towers sits 2m outside the glass facade. This screen acts to reduce solar gain and the amount of glare inside the building. At night the shading system contracts and closes then as the sun begins to rise and strike the facade, the umbrella like shading

The shape of the Shard has eight inclined surfaces which characterise the envelope, arranged obliquely to the regular shape of site. The glazed facades are perceived like proper blades resting on the tower’s central core. The Shard’s envelope is a passive double-skin system. Facade is comprised of 11000 units that are about 3.80×1.50 m façade