Bradley.Basso: screening environment ambience

Screening and environment

Studio/living room window

Residential project, Hammersmith London W6 UK

Visual intrusion through the lower sections of this window was a major consideration. Screening, integration and ambience are of equal importance to the interior space, so through-vision was mantained in the upper sections, opening a connection to outside views and adding to the quality and feeling of space within

The design, with reference to traditional Chinese screens, provides integration via transmitted light to the room and by reflected light to the exterior. The effect is reversed with artificial light, but from both aspects the function and visual qualities are mantained.

Glass enamels, silk screened and fired to the glass surface provide colour, design and image on an architectural scale. The use of multiple glazing, for thermal or security purposes, provides the opportunity to use differing layers in the design with interesting visual results. In this instance allowing the colours to relate specifically to the interior (gold) and the exterior (white).