Facade Renovation / Martin Fenlon Architecture
Martin Fenlon‘s rusted steel canopy was recently constructed in LA. The canopy was a facade renovation that took the existing building and added a ‘tube frieze’ in place of typical canopy signage, where a band of undulating stainless steel tubes evoke the surface of the nearby ocean. The approach provides a textured effect and adds to the industrial character of the area.
More images and more about the facade after the break.
The existing c.m.u. wall was painted ‘street striping yellow’, acknowledging the fact that buildings are typically seen through car windows in Los Angeles.
“A fluctuating interplay of light and shadow within the tubes, contingent upon your driving proximity and time of day, creates a counterpoint to the ever present noisy signage prevalent around Los Angeles with a calm, quiet spatial condition,” explained the designer.
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And this is on AD….. why?
I’m sorry but what is this? I’m not even going to try to completely s***t on this because it would be too easy. This barely qualifies as an architectural project, let alone anything worth seeing in this webpage!
luckily, this lame “architecture” only took about one minute out of my morning. but, i could have used that one minute in a much more appropriate way. why is this “project” here again?
This is very interesting project! Apparently subtlety isn’t a very popular on here AD…
The statement this project makes is missed by those above. And the fact that this was executed in Los Angeles, a city full of signs competing for attention, makes it even more an accomplishment.
i just don’t get it.
this is a very elegant solution. ban the haters.
Elegant solution to what?
yeah, this is such an “elegant” solution to the cmu block wall. the whole entire strip is a glorious piece of art. (this is a joke)
Given the weak water metaphor and the toned down street paint reference, I prefer the vernacular. Design some great signage…
i dont get it either….yea, its an architecture project, but is it that good, or is ad becoming so not selective that anything can be published.
steve, take a step back and a deep breath. I don’t think this project wasn’t dealing with the existing cmu wall, but the area above the wall & windows typically designated to signage…
It’s a nice understated response to the brief. It most certainly is architecture and I for 1 feel it enhances the quality of the streetscape
Agreed. Architecture can be found in both projects large and small.
Surrounded by what appears to be non-descript and rather ugly industrial buildings (as this building I assume once was), this project appears to make a simple yet refined statement
terrible…..
-the metaphor
-the color palette
-diagrams
-nasty electrical tubing (doubt its stainless, probably galvanized)
i hate to say this because its becoming much to ubiquitous but it really does look like it could possibly be a second year project.
I don’t mind this project. It seems like a low cost way to renovate a facade, hence the title. It seems to me like the doubt from all of these posts is stemming from the expectation that AD posts full projects. Sometimes, especially in this economy, we take what we can get, and since this appears to be the scope of their project, you shouldn’t fault them for doing a decent job. My one beef, which seems to be the only obvious shortcoming that was missed in these posts is that this project is in LA, a warm to hot climate. The awning isn’t generous enough to fully shade the windows. This project has the ability to not only improve the facade visually, but improve it’s performance through correctly sized shading. I’m sure that more shading was considered, and probably dismissed for any number of reasons (cost,municipality,etc.). But overall I don’t think it’s as bad as all of these posts suggest.
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