Expansion joints are UGLY! by EMSEAL
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Transcript of Expansion joints are UGLY! by EMSEAL
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Expansion joints are
UGLY!
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We hear this from architects.
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Notwithstanding that eye-of-the-beholder thing, it may be true…
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…if you actually see the joints. see the joint?
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okay, it’s here
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even from 15-ft, you’ve got to know what you’re looking for
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in order to inform, we need to show close ups
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it's more likely they'll never be seen
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decisions
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made early in the design process can be as big a driver as material selection in making joints unnoticeable
decisions
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SJS SYSTEM beside a granite detail band at the Pru
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placement color choice plane changesshadowcamouflagetexturelight SEISMIC COLORSEAL divides facade elements
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placement color choice plane changesshadowcamouflagetexturelightSJS SYSTEM at the Meadowlands
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placement color choice plane changesshadowcamouflagetexturelight SEISMIC COLORSEAL at the Mets Citifield
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SJS SYSTEM at the Venetian
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Sand-blasted SJS-FR at 49ers Levi’s
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MIGUTRANS at Dusseldorf Airport
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are all design options for softening the visual impact of structural expansion joints.
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even if
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you are cursed like us with the obsession of not seeing the architecture for the joints
even if
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it takes a dedicated curiosity and a practiced eye to pick out well-designed expansion joints
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want more?
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train with usin your firmat ours
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