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Architectural screening for car park - IKEA Coventry
The architectural philosophy of IKEA reflects its Scandinavian origins and is expressed as ‘effective and honest use of materials combined with simple and careful detailing’. The new store at Coventry was therefore built using environmentally sustainable building materials. As the first city centre store, it also provides contained parking for 800
Main contractor: Underwood Carpenter; Sub-contractor: Metclad
Products used
Terra-34 architectural screening panels
Challenge
The architectural philosophy of IKEA reflects its Scandinavian origins and is expressed as ‘effective and honest use of materials combined with simple and careful detailing’.
The new store at Coventry was therefore built using environmentally sustainable building materials. As the first city centre store, it also provides contained parking for 800 cars.
Solution
Lang+Fulton were specified to supply the ventilation screens to the ground floor parking, which extended to form a barrier to the first level. The Terra-34 grating was chosen with a 34x100mm aperture to comply with anti-climb guidelines.
Panels were custom-sized to continue the aesthetic of the surrounding cladding material and mounted to conform with the horizontal and vertical joints.
Over 200m2 of screening was supplied in a hot-dip galvanised finish, incorporating two emergency exits.
