Façade The building form is further softened and layered with the addition of perforated aluminium screens , suspended off the full height glazing on the east and west elevations , to shade the building from the morning and afternoon sun .
The perforation pattern has an opening percentage of approximately 30 % to 35 %, which means that a minimum of 65 % to 70 % of sunlight is blocked from the face of the western and eastern façades .
In addition to their functional role , the screens provide a powerful aesthetic to the building , and are expressed as circular perforations on a regular grid to form tree motif .
Design Continuation The concept of the tree motif continues into the building and informed the interior design . Tree patterns in various materials were added to the lobbies and ablutions to give an illusion of space . Back-lit forest screens , in both the mens ’ and
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