Reels MD Formatura
Artworks inspire unique architectural patterns
Fascinating reels of projects with our product MD Formatura, show the process from inspiration to facade design. Beautiful pixels and patterns are created by using well-known paintings or works of art. Be inspired by the reels of the renowned painter Willem Voerman or the leading designer William Morris, known for his wallpaper patterns. Together we can create new patterns for architectural works of art on facades. Discover the possibilities and enrich the architecture with unique and inspiring patterns.
METADECOR HEADQUARTERS
Inspiration
The cloud landscape in Overijssel can be enchanting. Willem Voerman, who painted beautiful landscapes - including aerial landscapes - at the end of the nineteenth century, also saw this.
Pattern
During the development of Metadecor's headquarters in Kampen (at the beginning of this century), a fragment from a painting by Voerman was the inspiration for a pattern on the facade on the main road N50 (the west side of the building).
Pixels
The cloudy sky from the painting was translated into a pattern of pixels. The pixels were given dimensions and a shape.
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Thousands of squares were punched into aluminum panels and then bent into pattern (in different directions and at different angles) to create the pattern.
Metadecor headquarters, Kampen (NL)
Architect: NVDTA with Chris Kabel
Year of realisation: 2010
WEG- & WATERHUIS HEERHUGOWAARD
Inspiration
It's not surprising that water serves as a source on inspiration for a control center for locks and bridges. The first floor was given a 'curtain' of aluminum panels, where the pattern flows in and curves around the corner.
Pattern
The flows of people, means of transport and water have been translated into a floor-to-ceiling pattern of enormous, erratic water droplets, which are composed of pixels with the shape of ... water droplets.
Pixels
All panels have a pattern of oval-shaped elements, which are punched out of the aluminum plates. The size of the pixels - the transparency of the panels - guarantees sun protection, but still provides a beautiful view from the inside to the outside.
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The facade pattern is created by the manipulation of the oval elements in the panels: with the direction and angle of the deformation. The refraction of the light on the panels provides the experience of the pattern.
Weg- & Waterhuis Heerhugowaard (NL)
Architect: Finishing Dutch Retail Design
Year of realisation: 2018
PLANTSOEN LEIDEN
Inspiration
When expanding a 19th-century villa at the Plantsoen in Leiden, references from the time in which the building was designed were examined. William Morris was then a leading designer of wallpaper patterns with organic motifs.
Pattern
A pattern by Morris has been translated into a geometry that has been transposed on various elements of 3 mm aluminum sheet: the facade, the overhangs, the balustrades, the frames around the window frames. References have been made to the ornamentation of surrounding villas.
Pixels
The geometry with 'leaves' is set into the aluminum with lasers, creating a pattern with open, closed and curved elements.
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Curved elements, straight elements that overlap: they are all detailed in the shape and rhythm of the original wallpaper. The bronze-colored anodization of the aluminum contributes to the classic appearance.
Expansion and renovation villa Plantsoen Leiden (NL)
Architect: VVKH Architecten
Year of realisation: 2018