Blackout blinds, Roller blinds, Rooflight blinds

University Bay Campus

Home to the College of Engineering, the School of Management, and the Computational Foundry, Swansea University Bay Campus has state-of-the-art facilities, direct access to the beach, and its own seafront promenade.

Overview

Location: Swansea Bay

Project Value: £450m

Project Details:

65 acre campus site
Research and teaching capacity double the existing campus
Total of 1600 blinds required

Contractor: Vinci / Bouygues UK

Shading Details:

Helios large roller blinds operated via extended cranks
Sirios medium roller blinds with screen and dimout fabrics
Powder coated Kuro blackout blinds
Helios RL tensioned roof roller blinds

Design Challenge

With over 1600 blinds required, there were many needs that had to be fulfilled – from large window sizes to high level shading where there was no mains power.

Solution

We supplied large Helios rollers to shade high level windows. There was no power to these windows so the blinds were crank operated with extended crank shafts to allow manual operation from the room below. Kuro fully framed blackout blinds were supplied for room darkening during audio visual presentations, powder coated to blend in with the window frames.

Sirios dimout roller blinds for shading and privacy went into the student bedrooms and Sirios sunscreen blinds were installed in some of the learning areas to attenuate solar glare whilst maintaining the stunning views across Swansea Bay. Kuro blackout blinds and Sirios sunscreen blinds were supplied in pairs for many windows where both blackout and glare reduction were required.