9'-11 5/8"
18'-7 5/8"
The Aperture Center responds to the conditions of site while addressing the deep time of New Mexico. The dramatic University Blvd. approach to the building sets the Aperture Center as a distant abstract foreground to Guadalupe peak. The glass facade with multiple missions of iconography, sustainability, and public theater backdrop for video projection at night, is a spatial “catcher’s mitt” for the University Blvd. axis. The building is an artifact of the site – an ancient weathered presence like bones you might find in the high desert. It’s an exploration of different aspects of bone – from the cross sectional beauty of bone’s lattice structure to volumetric fragments. The building is an urban activator on all sides: the visually permeable arcing glass wall activates a park to the west, the east side faces parking for retail and restaurant access, and the north and south sides loosely conform to the street edges. The arrangement of entries, and the building’s porosity to pedestrians focus the social life on the outdoor environment. HALF-TONE MACRO IMAGE OF BONE LATTICE APPLIED TO GLAZING APPROXIMATE FRIT COVERAGE IS 60%
HALF-TONE MACRO IMAGE OF BONE LATTICE APPLIED TO GLAZING APPROXIMATE FRIT COVERAGE IS 30%
4'-11 1/4" 19'-9 3/8"
MESA DEL SOL TOWN CENTER FRIT PATTERN REVISION SCALE: 3/16"= 1'-0" ANTOINE PREDOCK ARCHITECT PC 1 OF 1 24 OCT 2007
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CUSTOMIZED FOUR SIDED BUTT GLAZED CURTAIN WALL WITH CUSTOM CERAMIC FRIT PATTERN
JON ANDERSON ARCHITECTURE (EXECUTIVE ARCHITECT) / ANTOINE PREDOCK ARCHITECT (DESIGN)
APERTURE CENTER - CORE & SHELL MESA DEL SOL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 75 000 SF 2009