International Architecture – Facades

SATELLITE ARCHITECTS DESIGN
TEMPORARY FACAUE FUSING NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL ELEMENTS
Satellite Architects have
designed a pixelated facade for Designjunction temporary exhibition space at Cubitt
House in Kings Cross, London. The facade combines natural and artificial elements by
wrapping a reflective, gridded screen on top of a second screen of trees and bushes,
allowing the foliage to peek through.
It is the combination of the natural artificial elements that Satellite Architects believe
“reflect the temporary nature of the Design Junction exhibition   The array of pixelated
panels merges the obvious structural system with reflections of the context and
glimpses of nature, softening the strength of the grid.
The reflective elements amplify the facades presence, multiplying the natural elements
to give the feeling that visitors are “passing through the shrouded foliage” as they pass
through to the exhibition. The panels are composed of an integrated way finding device,
guiding visitors to the entrances.
The facade will be constructed in early September this year, in time for the Design
junction Festival which runs from 22-25th September in Kings Cross, London. The
exhibition has been organized as part of the London Design Festival.