- Sector: Corporate / Commercial
- Location: Calgary, Canada
- Architect/Specifier: Cohos-Evamy
- Product(s): Nysan Interior Roller Shades Motorized Roller Shades
Extreme daylight is the guiding principle behind architects Cohos-Evamy?s design for the Calgary headquarters of Canada's Shaw Cablesystems. Case in point: the building features a three-story glass wall -- with a wing-shaped overhang on top, as well as an entire sun-facing elevation. Natural light floods the interior lobby and offices, especially in the summer, when the sun shines up to 17 hours a day.
When the sun gleams on the building, it looks like a jewel, due to the fact that the architects used multicolored glass on the exterior. (This also gives the effect of lightly-tinted colored light in the inside.) To control heat gain, the architects used large Nysan roller shades with stable, glass-fiber fabric that eliminates the need for seams or battens.
The automated Nysan sun-tracking system lowers each shade as the sun moves across the face of the building, not only keeping residents comfortable, but making the building energy-efficient. The shades are critical for controlling glare, keeping the atmosphere bright, but not uncomfortably so, for those spending their workdays inside.
When the sun gleams on the building, it looks like a jewel, due to the fact that the architects used multicolored glass on the exterior. (This also gives the effect of lightly-tinted colored light in the inside.) To control heat gain, the architects used large Nysan roller shades with stable, glass-fiber fabric that eliminates the need for seams or battens.
The automated Nysan sun-tracking system lowers each shade as the sun moves across the face of the building, not only keeping residents comfortable, but making the building energy-efficient. The shades are critical for controlling glare, keeping the atmosphere bright, but not uncomfortably so, for those spending their workdays inside.
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