This project is one we worked on a little while ago but it’s an interesting one to share because it’s a little different.

Polaris is Australia’s largest purpose built Tier 3+ data storage facility, located south of Brisbane in one of Australia’s fastest growing master planned cities.  Given the vast expanse of windowless tilt slab concrete, the 2500m2 fascade needed a little pick me up – our cotto wall cladding system provided a unique curtain-walling alternative to soften the exterior and provide some design impact.

The product used was a piastra 500×250 extruded terracotta tile fixed to a stainless steel frame used to form a unique external walling façade. This custom designed terracotta wall cladding system holds a 4-tile profile to wrap the building in layers.

Given the customized nature of the project install and the fact that this was a new walling alternative in the Australian market, we worked closely with the architect and installer to provide detailed engineering drawings and installation guidelines during the construction process. Cotto walling is a fantastic architectural product but due to its highly customised nature, is really more of a commercial product suited to larger custom jobs. Below I’ve also posted some images of other custom cotto projects for you to have a peak at.

Cotto doga cladding used here on an external commercial building wall.

Another custom cotto tile with a special glaze used for external feature wall of building.

Cotto 'Piastra' cladding on external commercial building wall.

Cotto cladding on commercial building.