This glass canopy design was conceived to meet the functional issues requested and in response to the specific architectural context, but it contains an element of humor due to its position, ideal as a launch place for a ‘Flying Carpet’.
The house plan radiates on a curving axis, relating to and acknowledging its hillside setting, with a 180 degrees idyllic landscape view from the front elevation.
The 18.5 m2 suspended glass canopy with its enameled and laminated design traces the curving axis of the architecture with full structural consideration for wind pressures and snow loading in its exposed position.
Glass canopy design ‘Sky Carpet’. A suspended glass structure that traces the curving axis of the architecture with a modular grid to meet functional issues.
Golden amber, white and ruby colours applied to glass canopy design.
Suspended glass canopy. Specially made glass suspension spiders as seen from above.
Glass canopy design Sky Carpet. A suspended glass structure that traces the curving axis of the architecture with a modular grid to meet functional issues.