SCREENS

PRESENTED BY NAVYA JANANI KEERTHI SAMSKRUTHI THRINETRA

DEFINITION
• IT IS A FRAMED CONSTRUCTION (EITHER FIXED OR MOVABLE), SUCH AS A ROOM DIVIDER OR A
DECORATIVE PANEL, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE, CONCEAL, OR PROTECT.

• A SCREEN FAÇADE CAN BE EXPLAINED AS A NON-STRUCTURAL FAÇADE DISGUISING THE REALITIES OF

FORM, SIZE, AND STRUCTURE OF A BUILDING BEHIND.
SCREENS AS AN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT

• AS FACADES, ARCHITECTURAL SCREENS FULFIL THE DEFINITION OF SURFACES

THAT PRODUCE AN ATMOSPHERE, HENCE AMPLIFYING THE VISUAL PERCEPTION OF
SPACE, THROUGH ENCLOSURE.

• IT IS LOADED WITH INFORMATION – CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT

ORNAMENTATION.
SCREENS AS AN ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT

• IN TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE, LAVISHLY ORNATE LATTICED SCREENS

PREVAIL, BECOMING ITS DEFINITIVE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.

• IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE, SLIDING SCREENS CONSISTING OF

LIGHT FRAMES OF WOOD COVERED WITH PAPER HAVE A SPECIAL REFERENCE IN ITS
STRUCTURAL WOODWORK.
EXAMPLES

PERFORATED MARBLE SCREEN AT THE

HUMAYUN`S TOMB IN NEW DELHI,
The Al Bahar Towers in Abu Dhabi has solar‐responsive
dynamic shading screen façade.
FUNCTIONS
• IN TERMS OF FUNCTION AND IMAGERY, A SCREEN FAÇADE FULFILS THE ROLE TRADITIONALLY ASSIGNED
TO ORNAMENTATION AND DECORATION.

• THE FUNCTIONAL MANDATE OF SCREEN FACADES IS TO REGULATE LIGHT AND PRIVACY PROVIDING AN
EFFICIENT CALIBRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS CONCERNING THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF
THE BUILDING.

• IT IS ALSO USED FOR ACQUIRING CERTAIN AUTONOMY AS AN INTERFACE BETWEEN THE BUILDING
AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD, HENCE COMPRISING SIMULTANEOUSLY A SPACE AND A SURFACE.
ADVANTAGES
• SCREENS ARE A SIMPLE ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION TO ADDRESS THE HARSH CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
AND CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF HEAT GAIN, VIEWS, PRIVACY AND AESTHETICS

• SCREENS BALANCE THE CONCERNS OF PRIVACY AND OUTLOOK; WITH THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE
PERMEABILITY OF THE SCREENS.

• FURTHERMORE, SCREEN FAÇADES BECOME ACTIVE AGENTS IN AN ARCHITECTURAL SHADOW PLAY,

THAT AUGMENTS THE VISUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE BUILDING THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONS IN
CONDITIONS OF SEMI‐TRANSPARENCY.
ADVANTAGES
• AFFECTS PERCEPTION, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE VISUAL EFFECTS OF GEOMETRY, OPTICAL FILTERING
AND MANIPULATION OF LIGHT.

• FOLDING SCREENS WERE OFTEN PLACED IN ROOMS TO BE USED AS DRESSING SCREENS FOR WOMEN.
• THEY CAN BE SET UP TOPARTITION A LARGE ROOM AND CHANGE THE INTERIOR FEATURES OF THE SPACE.
• THEY CAN ALSO BE USED AS A FALSE WALL TO CREATE A DESIRABLE ATMOSPHERE BY HIDING CERTAIN
UNDESIRABLE FEATURES.

• IS AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS MATERIALS LIKE GLASS, WOOD, BAMBOO, STRAW, STEEL, FABRIC, ETC.
TYPES

GLASS TIMBER
TYPES

STRAW BAMBOO
TYPES

FABRIC
FIXING METHODS

SLIDING-FOLDING TIMBER PARTITION ALUMINIUM FIXING DETAIL TIMBER PARTITION-HINGED

COSTING