expansion joints are ugly! by emseal
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Expansion joints are
UGLY!
We hear this from architects.
Notwithstanding that eye-of-the-beholder thing, it may be true…
…if you actually see the joints. see the joint?
okay, it’s here
even from 15-ft, you’ve got to know what you’re looking for
in order to inform, we need to show close ups
it's more likely they'll never be seen
decisions
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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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
are all design options for softening the visual impact of structural expansion joints.
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even if
you are cursed like us with the obsession of not seeing the architecture for the joints
even if
it takes a dedicated curiosity and a practiced eye to pick out well-designed expansion joints
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