NSM Service Building

With automatized deliveries, the staff can focus on what they do best—provide care for patients. The building itself will lend a hand when it comes to tasks such as collecting laundry. Deliveries are, in fact, carried out by robots that pull carts to the different departments, either single ones or several in a line. The service process has highly affected the design of the building, offering some extent of transparency. Stacked glass volumes proudly showcase the internal operations.

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To support the Architect's vision of transparency, we provided a façade solution, balancing between solar control glass, daylight acceptance and views out.

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Solar control vs. Daylight vs. Views

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According to the purpose of this building, it is important to quantify the relationship between solar control, daylight and views out and, therefore, find the right balance. This was achieved by assessing the frequency of shading use and the indicative daylight availability with the specific shading schedules for several glazing options. It was essential to ensure that increasing the light transmittance of the glazing unit (using clear glass) would not result in excessive shading use, blocking the views to the outdoors and, in reality, lowering the daylight levels in the zones.​