Monday 28 November 2016

Random Distribution

JIA are preparing detailed production information for an extension to a community hub, conceived by City of Cardiff Council architects, in a suburb called Llanedeyrn. The main contractor is Ian Williams Ltd.

Trespa laminate panels on a timber rain screen framework have been selected to clad the first floor because proprietary powder coated insulated panels, as originally specified, could not house the seemingly random arrangement of opening windows and fixed glass modules.

This pixelated elevation theme is going to be reinterpreted into the planting plan for landscape surrounding the new building. The intention is to provide a yellow/orange quilt of planting beds which will change colour as the seasons progress.

As a post script on randomness, we initially used numbers generated by a website called 'random.org' but found the results had to be tweaked to make them appear more unevenly distributed.