As part of a renovation and expansion project at Elmira Corning Regional Airport, Fennick McCredie Architecture Ltd. utilized metal mesh in three applications. Inside the 47,000-square-foot building, mesh curtains function as window drapery, a privacy partition and security gate at a bar.
Nancy Felts, AIA, LEED AP, project manager at Fennick McCredie Architecture, says, “Airport management was concerned about sun coming from the southwest. We specified Fabricoil [supplied by Cascade Architectural, a division of Cascade Coil Drapery Inc.] to curve around the perimeter of the departing gate lounge, which provides solar shading to keep guests comfortable while still allowing visibility out to the courtyard. The Fabricoil installations add an elegant aesthetic touch to the airport’s interior spaces and it performs just as we need it to.”
The window drapery extends past the floorto- ceiling glass windows of the lounge to double as a partition separating the open space and public charging stations. The coiled wire fabric divider gives users privacy.
Mesh curtains are installed as a side-folding security gate for Taste NY Bar, as well. Cascade supplied its Steel Secura Track with bottom footbolt attachments and side hook bolt locks that secure the area during closed hours.
Cascade supplied 3,055 square feet of 5/16- inch, 15-gauge aluminum Fabricoil metal mesh for the applications. The coiled wire fabric is finished in Antique Bronze and secured with Cascade’s operable Steel Secura Track attachments.
