TRIAL BY FIRE

摘要

Digital fabrication has made bespoke finishes a more attainable-and affordable-reality for architects and their clients. Entering the arena of custom cladding options is Fireshield 285, a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) panel system developed by Kreysler & Associates, in American Canyon, Calif. As its name suggests, the facade system is fire resistant, passing the rigorous National Fire Protection Association's 285 standard, which tests a wall assembly's fire propagation characteristics by burning it for 30 minutes.