Project 07

Yas Shopping Mall

Skylight, curtain wall and punched metal on one elevation, Pasdaran, Tehran.

Yas Shopping Mall — the perforated metal screen wrapping the completed building
Yas Shopping Mall — the perforated metal screen wrapping the completed building
Client
Honare Tasisat
Main contractor
Paya Takht Jamshid
Architect
CORTEX Façade Group
Systems
Skylight, curtain wall, punched metal
Location
Pasdaran, Tehran

Engineering

Three systems, one envelope

A skylight, a curtain wall and a punched metal screen meet on the same building. The value is in the junctions: three systems with different tolerances, movement and fixing logic, resolved into one continuous line.

The Yas skylight from below, faceted glazing against a breaking sky
Yas Shopping Mall from the air, the roof oculus set into the mesh envelope
Yas Shopping Mall at the corner, the folded metal skin over the glazed lower floors
Yas Shopping Mall from across the street, the full length of the mesh envelope
The Yas oculus from inside, the triangulated skin drawing daylight down the funnel
A wider view of the Yas oculus, showing how the funnel meets the surrounding envelope
The Yas skylight from below, faceted glazing against a breaking sky
The Yas skylight from below, faceted glazing against a breaking sky

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