Like all veils, this one balances privacy and transparency, gesture and function. Made of lightweight aluminum slats coated with synthetic film that gives it the look of wood, the architectural veil at Origami Offices in San Mateo, California, screens the ground floor, then beckons pedestrians with a flirtatious twist above the building’s deeply recessed entryway. Glazing above the entry reveals the dynamic geometry of the twist—inspired by hyperbolic paraboloids—and serves as part of the street-front seduction.
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