Pleated dress | heri&salli

The architects’ officeheri&salli from Vienna created in a residential building of a private building owner in Austria a so-called “pleated dress”, a façade design that is positioned in front of the building including a grid system lying behind. The bent perforated plates can be shifted individually on a perimeter frame as required. The primary goal was to offer various possibilities of shading to the building and its users, since the façade consists of a glass surface that spreads over 2 floors. In addition the building obtained an individual appearance despite its regular construction. By means of the grid system lying behind it`s possible to access the space of the building lying on the outside of the façade if necessary. The existing French windows suggested this approach. With the façade closed we have a regular ornament, with the façade moved, matching ornamental pieces are created. Because of the slight bend in the perforated plates it was possible to reduce the sheet thickness and achieve on the other hand a high rigidity of the plate itself.