The exterior of San Jose State University's Spartan Recreation and Aquatic Center is garnering a lot of attention. Designed to reference an object in motion, the building’s architect, Gensler, applied the Universe 9050 preassembled system in an innovative way. The building was featured in a 2021 article, “Angled Wall Panels Animate, Illuminate Spartan Rec Center,” by Paul Steinbach, which described the unique exterior at length. “Cement-fiber boards are bracketed at four different fixed angles to the left and right of the facility's entrance based on computer-generated patterns, lending the illusion that the panels are free to flutter in a motion-induced wake created by the exterior's glazing elements. The angled panels are backed with stainless steel to mask their underside and enhance their reflectivity when illuminating interior curtainwall in pixilated fashion and introducing glare-free natural light to a three-court gym on one side of the building and a MAC gym on the other.”
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