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Printed Glass Canopy: Manning Community Hub
Layers of texture and colour weave together to create a play on light through the striking printed glass canopy at the new $17m Manning Community Centre, located in the City of South Perth. The artworks are created by award winning artists Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse of Milne & Stonehouse, and draw inspiration from the surrounding natural environment.
The new Manning Community Hub and Library is a vibrant community gathering point, boasting green credentials for both passive and active sustainability systems. The building’s various functional areas have been designed to allow northern light penetration in winter and automatic opening highlight windows to allow for natural ventilation when conditions permit. Thermally dynamic low e glazing in combination with sun shading will further assist in the reduction of heat gain in summer and heat loss in winter.
A vibrant façade design incorporating 13 different Alpolic finishes as well as the feature Terracade terracotta wall cladding sit alongside a dynamic feature glazed canopy featuring public artwork by Milne and Stonehouse. DENMAC’s Architectural Metalwork & Glass division were tasked with the design, supply & installation of the feature canopy glazing to the entry canopies. The specialist design by Susan Milne & Greg Stonehouse was brought to life by Cooling Brothers ImagInk glass printing process.
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The scale of the artwork enabled an immersive experience underneath, with the fine grain of the image and map overlay resulting in a rich textural surface. The colour is further amplified by the glass medium and firing process.
Greg Stone
Tidal, geological and atmospheric imprints inform the printed artwork
The imagery for the project was captured from locally taken photographs around South Perth and focused upon the tidal, geological and atmospheric imprint of the area. Milne & Stonehouse house made use of topographical lines, wind action on plants, the river and sand with a layering of composite images and manipulation of colour. Careful consideration was given to the experience of walking beneath the canopy depicting historic layers of information as well as a feeling of depth. The two glass canopies were printed in full colour ImagInk with areas of knock-out clear glass creating a striking entrance of rich colour and a dance of linear light to ground and wall surfaces. The canopies are located at the entrance to the Library and the internal corridor and truly activate the spaces in a captivating way.
"The surprise from our perspective was the fine grain of the image and map overlay which gave the glass a textural surface within. The richness of colour was amplified by the glass medium and firing process and at full scale was much more powerful than the scale of tweaking colours and forms on a computer screen.” Greg Stone House comments.
“The artwork was transformed by its settling into a glass medium with the colours responding to natural light and sun. In this scale and framed by the metal rafters, the artwork becomes smaller grids and details of local places and historical frames. The glass navigates a ceiling of the locale and its river environs. On top of the rich canvas of Salter Lagoon and river, the building of local communities has responded to this atmospheric, geological and tidal signature. The glass is a mediation of sky, water and light upon the Manning Community Centre.”
The ImagInk digital printing process allows fine tuned control over areas of clear and printed glass. When used in overhead glazing, this facilitates dynamic interactions of light and shadow on surrounding materials.
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"DENMAC’s Architectural Metalwork & Glass division were tasked with the design, supply & installation of the feature canopy glazing to the entry canopies. The Cooling Brothers ImagInk glass printing process was the natural choice for reproducing the specialist artwork, with the characteristics of the ceramic inks creating amazing shadowing and light effects below the installed canopies"
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