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GEELONG GRAMMAR – School for Performing Arts & Creative Education S.P.A.C.E.
GEELONG GRAMMAR - School for Performing Arts & Creative Education S.P.A.C.E.
This fabulous structure is the new home for the performing arts, music, drama, assemblies and events celebrating the cultural life of the school. The 3,200m2 building is located in the heart of the campus.
This very innovative façade designed by Peter Elliott Architecture displays both embosed and perforated aluminium panels to the external walls of the building. The perforated panels were used to allow filtered light to stairwells.
The Architect specified ‘Gum Tip’ and ‘Silver Grey’ from Universal Anodisers‘s ‘interference colour’ range.
Interference colour is created by pore modification. Unlike the two step process the colour becomes both reflective and refractive providing the illusion of colour variation, this is accentuated and enhanced by the angular placement of the façade panels, giving the façade a life of it’s own.
We were aware Gum Tip would have an optical illusion of a greenish hue from one viewing angle and a bluish from the other, unlike Silver Grey that will appear darker and lighter from varying angles. However, on completion we were taken with the elegant beauty and continous play of the finish.
This beauty is dramatically enhanced at night with LED lights reflecting off the anodised surface.
Anodising being integral will provide this façade will longevity, low downstream maintenance and will not peel. The building will maintain it’s beauty, elegance and metallic lustre unlike any other surface finish.
Universal Anodisers are proud to have been the preferred Anodiser for this project.
