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Document Recall Facility, Greystanes |
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Danpalon Ice to external walls of the Factory and Danpalon Clear to the walls and soffit of the transport building at the front (2400 lm) | |
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Interrupting a sea of grey storage and distribution warehouses in Greystanes Park East is the Recall Storage Facility, designed to contain six million A3cardboard barcoded archive boxes. This large storage facility aimed to use sound design principles to create a facility with an identifiable architectural vocabulary that was taller than permitted under the planning regulations. The building has a clear operational program; trucks enter the secure, Danpalon-clad transport area to deliver A3 boxes that are unloaded into the adjacent staging area for delivery to the resource centre for coding, and final transfer to the warehouse by a semi-automated racking system.Given the height of the recall facility, one major benefit of the fabrication and erection of the building was that it remained within the standard practice of warehouse construction. It conforms to the conventional use of colourbond sheeting above a precast dado line, yet, with no extra cost, the facility gained a highly recognisable identity through the more adventurous use of Danpalon multicell façade.
The Danpalon was specially produced with a UV Barrier incorporated into the opposite side to normal to allow reverse installation. The result is a flush glazed surface with no visual interruptions allowing a comfortable level of diffused light into the building. Danpalon Multicell has a standing seam connection method with a snap on connector. Normally this clips on the outside but on this project they were attached to the horizontal girts and then the sheets were snapped in from theoutside. Danpalon Multicell also offers improved rigidity, allowing for increased spanning capabilities and its strength is supported by a ten year hail damage and discoloration guarantee.The barcode pattern itself was a crucial part of the lessees business as each box that is to be stored within the complex is identified and retrieved by the barcode sticker. The barcode is the box’s unique identity and by an aesthetic onnection and extension the same ‘identification’ process was applied to the acades and roof of the warehouse.
The Danpalon Multicell façade breaks down the impenetrable steel facades in the area by allowing an interaction of light and privacy along the staging and processing areas. It allows natural light to enter the building and provides a textural latform to further enhance the building’s identity with the application of white pergraphic numbers. At night, these areas are lit internally and glow in the dark urrounding landscape. |
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