W.S. Tyler USA Architectural Design Group provides three customizable woven stainless-steel wire mesh products that allow design professionals virtually limitless options to create one-of-a-kind façades for commercial new construction and renovation.
With an extensive array of colors and weaves, the depth of the company’s product line gives architects and building owners an unparalleled selection of versatile, adaptable exterior façade treatments. Offerings include painted stainless steel wire mesh, a process pioneered by W.S. Tyler, which can be used to display graphics, logos and customized scenes; plastic (PET) color-coated wire mesh to completely transform the exterior appearance and color of a building façade; and IMAGIC WEAVE, which is a combination of high grade stainless steel wire mesh and the latest LED technology designed to produce individualized, programmable lighting effects and digital video displays on building exteriors.
W.S. Tyler’s painted stainless steel wire mesh was selected by John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects to meet the dual challenges of security and neighborhood homogeneity for the LAPD parking structure and motor pool maintenance facility in an urban Los Angeles setting. Situated in the downtown mixed-used area with a rapidly expanding arts community, painted façade panels were incorporated into the design of the building façade. The metal mesh veils the activities within the structure, yet also blends into the streetscape with an aesthetically pleasing green leaf pattern.
The mesh is painted with an overlay of larger and smaller leaf-like patterns in two different shades of green, with some areas of the pattern left unpainted. This allowed the architect to take advantage of the natural sparkle and reflective quality of the unpainted stainless steel. The painted mesh is suspended from the building by a series of more than 150 pipe struts around the cantilevered walkways of the various parking levels.
Another unique color option in the W.S. Tyler portfolio is its PET plastic coated stainless steel woven wire mesh, which delivers an infinite array of possibilities with numerous pattern and color options. PET Plastic coated mesh can span an entire façade or be used in small sections. Wires can be coated in different colors and woven horizontally or vertically to create a completely distinctive appearance. And, it doesn’t fade or discolor over time ensuring the longevity of the façade.
With W.S. Tyler’s transparent media façade, IMAGIC WEAVE, architects and building owners are able to create an interactive façade capable of communicating with the surrounding area while serving as the building’s second skin. IMAGIC WEAVE is a combination of architectural wire mesh and state-of-the-art LED technology from Traxon Technologies, an Osram Business, that provides a completely customizable approach to building facades, providing an option that may change daily or endlessly. The wire mesh and integrated LED profiles provide a virtually endless combination of colors, patterns and light – not on a flat panel HDTV – but on a building façade. The slim LED-profiles are discreetly installed on the back of the mesh making them nearly invisible from the front; when no content is being displayed, the IMAGIC WEAVE media screen appears as an elegant stainless steel façade. The Windows-based system is designed to play all standard video- and picture- formats from an indoor control cabinet. And as facades continue to become the focus of new media communication, IMAGIC WEAVE provides large-scale imaging video capability that accentuates not only the appearance of a building, but also its functionality.
W.S. Tyler delivers the most comprehensive range of metal fabrics in the industry with environmentally responsible solutions that provide natural ventilation, weather protection and sun control in addition to superior aesthetics. The interaction of artificial light, daylight, transparency and color ensures the stylistic effects of a façade change continually. W.S. Tyler woven wire mesh is manufactured to specification for each project to ensure each client receives the unique look and performance they require.
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It’s interesting that colored wire mesh can be used to transform the outside of a building. I’d imagine that some businesses really want to update the exterior of their buildings to attract more customers. Maybe this would be a unique way to do that.