Camille Claudel School

Perforated aluminum sheet metal covers the façade of the Camille Claudel school like wallpaper, with a color gradient that runs from left to right, shifting from a grayish white to a darker shade. The interpretation of this artistic illustration in photo form, then transformed by the configurator into perforated facade sheet metal, creates a giant urban-scale fresco. A stone's throw from Switzerland, this architectural project lives between the city and the mountains. The shades of gray of the anodized aluminum perforated sheet metal sometimes blend in with the clouds in the sky above Annemasse.

The composition of the artwork is very specific to the panoramic façade project. Designed as a linear transition from left to right, the chromatic change can be interpreted as a canvas that has lost pigment on one side due to heavy exposure to sunlight. The transparency of the perforated sheet metal reveals the black background of the rain screen.

Along the 25-meter length of the school façade, no two panels are identical, and no two round holes are the same, as the floral pattern must be arranged in a linear fashion by varying the diameter of the holes and their spacing. These two graphic parameters make it possible to establish the transparency, illustrated in grayscale, necessary to define the color contrast generated by the façade configurator.

The decorative metal panels are arranged edge to edge with a 3 mm gap between the anodized aluminum plates to ensure the smoothest possible pattern flow. Ambient light changes the color of the anodized decorative panels.

53 Romagny Street, 74100 Annemasse

November 2015

120 sq ft

TOSCO