Location

Montpellier (34)

 

Architect

Fontès Architecture

 

Product

Expanded metal panel

Mesh

AFR-Airport

Material

Corten steel

 

Date

2016

 

Category

CEILING

 

About this project

In the new Medical School in Montpellier, the Fontès Architecture practice (François Fontès) wanted an original material in terms of shape and colour for the circulation ceilings, capable of integrating lighting to highlight the volumes.

Expanded metal was the ideal material for these ceilings.

    The AFR-Airport mesh is used to create the mesh, with the ratio of void to solid creating a homogeneous sheet while allowing light to pass through efficiently (frontal void = 42% / maximum void = 69%).
    For the material, the architect opted for oxidised corten steel, which gives the ochre colour a natural appearance. A paint treatment imitating the appearance of oxidised corten steel would not have achieved the same dynamic hue and texture.
    AFR-Airport mesh in oxidised corten steel is both mechanically strong and sufficiently flexible to allow it to be used in the form of both flat and curved suspended sheets.

Particularly striking are the patterns projected onto the partitions under the effect of light. This combination of two material elements necessary for the layout of the corridors added an extra dimension of aestheticism and dynamism.

To find out more about this project: http://www.lagazettedemontpellier.fr/3517/visite-decouvrez-la-nouvelle-fac-de-medecine-de-montpellier.html


Photos: Afracom