56
EXTERNAL ENVELOPE
a building’s frontage may be taken up by a garage door, giving careful consideration to its appearance and the role it can play in creating versatile garage spaces can give a fresh design perspective.
Maximising aesthetics Outstanding building design can be achieved by integrating a bespoke garage door that complements or even enhances the envelope or adjacent garage building. Choosing the wrong door because it is too small, for example, or the materials do not reflect the rest of the property, could compromise the design overall and be a disappointing result. This is why ‘made to measure’ garage doors have far-reaching aesthetic benefits. From the ability to open sideways and the scope to use more unusual materials and finishes, bespoke garage doors offer much more creative potential than standard doors.
or a particularly unusual building design requires it, rarely is the garage door considered at an early stage or regarded as a ‘design feature.’
Convention may be that ‘a garage door is a garage door’ – as long as it opens and closes then the only creative options lie with its outward appearance (be it the colour or choosing either a traditional or contemporary style.) However, given that a garage can offer a range of functions, surely the design of the door should reflect this? A bespoke door will offer a much wider variety of opening styles and materials for its manufacture and allow wider or taller spans to be accommodated. Not only can this give the door itself a distinctive visual appearance and operating style, but it can actually facilitate a completely different design to the garage and/or the building. In many developments, the garage door is neglected in respect of the materials and size. But given how a large proportion of
WWW.ARCHITECTSDATAFILE.CO.UK
Creating a stand-out feature with the garage door, however, may be the complete opposite of what you are seeking to achieve. More appropriate to the project may be a garage door that is barely noticeable by being thoughtfully integrated into an area of timber cladding, for example, or one that could be regarded as a facade door. Again, having the creative freedom to choose a great range of materials for the manufacture of a bespoke garage door means that creating a subtle or understated garage door is equally possible. An overhead or side-sliding sectional garage door, for example, could be clad using the same materials as the surrounding facade for a virtually seamless appearance.
Defining a building’s style It is also important to note that a bespoke garage door does not have to be linear. With a side sliding ‘round the corner’ door or a side sectional garage door, curves of all descriptions can be accommodated including convex, concave and S-shapes. This versatility enables the building’s design to be defined by the garage door and for garages to be created in buildings that would normally be regarded as unsuitable. Twin side-sliding garage doors each curving round 180º can even be combined to create a round free-standing garage with dual access.
Danesch Missaghian is director of Rundum Meir UK
ADF NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84
