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This shot above really captures the intricacy, depth and texture of the curtain wall: the Architectural Artistry here is sublime.
OH, and great photo too… 
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Looks like some sketchy craftsmenship installing the panels.
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No, I think that’s how it’s designed. Each panel is a simple extrusion, so what look like undulating waves from a distance are actually created by installing progressively different shapes of panels.
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Yes they are purposely designed like that.
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If those were metal (or even prefabricated stone aggregate) those slight misalignments we see above would in fact be due to shoddy installation work: but that is NOT the case here.
They are all ‘terracotta’ tiles which do not have the same demential stability as many other materials. This is ‘clay’ that is baked in an oven, then a (slip) glaze is applied and it is baked again: each piece has slight dimensional variations. These slight variations also occur in the color, and texture of each tile.
That being said; the installation work on these tiles is perfect. There may be plenty of sloppy work going on elsewhere - but not on this facade. I speak as someone who works in the trades.
Each and every terracotta tile is unique in color, texture and dimension - all part of the ‘natural beauty’ of this particular material.
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Thanks for the info gentlemen. Learning is a constant.
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Infoshare, doesn’t the way the tiles were installed also contribute to the moire` visual effect that you see which is what makes this building unique?
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I think these sorts of facade systems are probably installed in such a way to allow for sway, and thermal expansion and contraction so they might have been manufactured to line up perfectly but they’re installed to be able to move around independently, which would ultimately cause a lot of positional variation.
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Those tiles all have a rigid metal mounting plate on the back. Each tile is attached to an equally rigid metal rail that runs vertically along the length of the building: once secured in place - they are all perfectly aligned along that mounting rail. Those variations are the ‘terracotta’ face of the tiles that all have very slight differences in the dimensions/color/glaze texture. I am basically saying the same thing as stated above; only repeating it in different terms.
BTW…if any architecture students or recent grads here want to earn, while you learn, about the design/build business: PM me. P/T gig opportunity available.
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So, is the undulation of the tiles what creates the moire` effect? sounds like since it is all intentional.
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