ELEMENT DETAILS
Alternative functions: Tall vertical screens can be used for shade, when positioned to block the setting summer sun, providing late day relief.- Hoisted materials: as a medium for elevating materials to an art form, a vertical screen’s palette of materials can include expanded steel, galvanized panel, poly-gal, exotic hardwoods + shou sugi ban examples.
- Vegetation: vertical screens are often used as a support structure for vines, also known as a trellis. Some of our favorite vines are the passionflower, purple leatherflower + coral vine.
DESIGN SUPPORT
These vertical elements provide a geometric order to the landscape which may be useful in defining visual boundaries for an outdoor space. While fences are usually contiguous boundaries, a screen could be laid horizontally to create similar functional effects.
PORTFOLIO RESULTS
Projects that feature vertical screen(s):
