Morin Case Study: Hiding a Utility Building in Plain Sight

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Jan 03, 2024

This utility plant feels less like a machine delivering vital energy, heating, cooling and oxygen and more like a harmonious extension of the urban neighborhood in which it sits.

Always interacting with its surroundings, the walls push in and out, the roofline rising and descending as it tracks a bend in the road beside it. And as different sheens of the metal façade play with the changing light of the day, its interior lights shine through semi-reflective frosted windows like so many welcoming lanterns.

The architects specified architectural metal siding panels from Morin's Matrix Wall Series. Matrix provides an integrated concealed fastener rainscreen system in ten profiles and unlimited color options. The varying textures and shades on this project was achieved by applying Fluropon® coating with different gloss levels. This small but brilliant design decision gives the plant's walls a pearlescent sheen and tones that shift color with the changing light of the day.

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https://www.morincorp.com/us/en/projects/cchmc/

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