Layer up: multi-purpose buildings with multi-layered facade solutions | News | Architonic
While some equal the wearing of a mask to acting ‘fake’ or two-faced’, depending on which side of the generational line you fall, as humans, most of us regularly – and often unwittingly – change the masks we wear. It’s natural for us to sell the best version of ourselves to others, and to transform into whatever version we think they’re most comfortable with. As a building’s mask, its facade plays a crucial role in defining its use and character, and in turn the characters of its visitors – the employees, residents, students, shoppers and audiences – who define a little part of themselves with the buildings they frequent. Unable to change their masks as easily as humans, however, a building’s facade is a more constant, honest reflection of itself. These large buildings use facades with multiple layers not to hide themselves away underneath a mask, but instead as opportunities to reveal the hidden depths of their history and character. ‘…
While some equal the wearing of a mask to acting ‘fake’ or two-faced’, depending on which side of the generational line you fall, as humans, most of us regularly – and often unwittingly – change the masks we wear. It’s natural for us to sell the best version of ourselves to others, and to transform into whatever version we think they’re most comfortable with.
As a building’s mask, its facade plays a crucial role in defining its use and character, and in turn the characters of its visitors – the employees, residents, students, shoppers and audiences – who define a little part of themselves with the buildings they frequent. Unable to change their masks as easily as humans, however, a building’s facade is a more constant, honest reflection of itself. These large buildings use facades with multiple layers not to hide themselves away underneath a mask, but instead as opportunities to reveal the hidden depths of their history and character.
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