Artistic shade screen is key component of building's design

摘要

The artistic shade screen on the new state-of-the-art Science and Humanities building at the Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, Calif., offers a pleasing break from the ordinary for students looking through it and passers-by looking at it. The curved screen, made of perforated Kalzip aluminum panels from Kalzip Inc., Michigan City, Ind., is a key design component of the 54,000-square-foot (6,017-m~2) building that includes classrooms, a library, science and laboratory facilities, and a student center. The screen encloses one side of a 350-foot (107-m) outdoor passageway connecting the new facilities and providing an exciting social space for students as they move between classes. Completed in April 2008, the three-story structure sits over a 41,000-square-foot (3,809-m2) on-grade parking garage.