Geometric & Vision Barriers

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Bring color, drama and excitement to your next screenwall project.

For over 50 years C/S has been the leader in Architectural Grilles. Our grilles serve a multitude of functions. They generally fit into one of the six categories below:

The following pages show some great photos of how architects have used C/S Grilles in the past. Go ahead, be creative.

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Used to cover an element of the building or provide a visual accent.

Decorative/Sight Screens

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Used to provide a fresh and new facade to an existing building.

Refacing Systems

Equipment Screens page 7

Continue a building’s clean lines while hiding its necessary functional elements.

pages 8-11Geometric Grilles

Twelve distinctive architectural grille designs that offer designers a variety of expression for decorative facing and sight-screening situations.

pages 12-15Vision Barriers

C/S offers a wide variety of vision barriers and screening systems for use on parking garages, to reface buildings and to hide mechanical equipment.

Parking Garage Screens

Provide a stunning facade allowing ventilation and exhaust to flow freely.

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Introducing C/S BoldLine Screening Systems

Who says a parking garage or mechanical equipment screen has to be boring, not C/S. After decades of supplying the best made, best performing screening systems, we focused on how we could add drama to any screening system. C/S BoldLine Screening System allows architects to use different blade depths and color to create a dramatic looking dimensional screen wall with over 50% free area. Welcome to the era of BoldLine, you’ll never look at screenwalls the same way again.

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C/S Decorative Sight Screens C/S Parking Garage Screens

C/S Decorative Grilles have captured the

interest and imagination of architects for

over 50 years. C/S Grille designs are both

functional and decorative and offer an

intricate counterpoint to conventional

building materials. All C/S Geometric

Grilles are manufactured to specific

building requirements and can be

customized in dozens of ways, including

altering the blade style, slope or frame

and the finish of each pattern. C/S Grille

engineers are ready to assist you in the

selection of the proper system and

method of anchorage for your specific

project. Call (800) 631-7379 for details.

Ashton PlaceDallas, TX Product: Myriad XXX Architect: Gromatsky Dupree & Associates

Republic BankMiami, FL Product: Medallion Grilles Architect: Spillis Candela DMJM

Linny Pacillo Parking GarageAnchorage, AK Products: VAC 8000, VAC 6000 Architect: Kpb Architects

Fort Lauderdale Airport Rental Car FacilityFort Lauderdale, FL Products: Vert-A-Cade 304, Myriad Continuous, Vert-A-Cade 8000 Architect: Spillis Candela DMJM

C/S Parking Garage Screens provide an

aesthetic architectural solution to

the engineering problem of garage

ventilation and vision control. Capable

of spanning large openings for multiple

parking levels, C/S Parking Screens offer

vision protection to adjacent buildings

and the street below from automobile

headlights. C/S Vision Barriers are offered

in a wide array of patterns, varying in

width depth and free area for adequate

air exchange. From simple vertical lines

to elaborate designs, C/S Parking Screens

can span normal floor levels without

intermediate supports.

All C/S Decorative Grilles are available in a wide selection of frame options or can be installed in a continuous architectural line for a monolithic appearance. All C/S Grille connections are designed to be unobtrusive yet safely meet the building’s wind loading requirements.

Most C/S screening systems can be designed to satisfy parking garage code requirements for free area movement (ie, 50% open, no sprinkler system required). C/S has considerable experience designing connections to parking garages that allow for deck movement from both vehicles and movement associated with seismic activity.

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C/S Refacing Systems C/S Equipment Screens

The renovation of existing buildings is

not only environmentally responsible

but refacing is also an economic

alternative to developing a new

structure. C/S Refacing Systems are

tailored to meet both the owner’s budget

and the building’s architecture. The C/S

Grille Design Group can provide the

specifier with a wide variety of refacing

options to meet the project’s functional

requirements, including which C/S Grille

product is best suited to provide the

appropriate coverage, free area and

screening requirements.

Hybridon Headquarters, Cambridge, MAProduct: C/S Airfoil Rooftop ScreenArchitect: Carlone & Associates

C/S Equipment Screens are designed

to conceal any equipment that can

spoil the appearance of a building. Our

equipment screens can be used on roof-

tops to screen air conditioning, heating

and ventilation systems, or at ground level

to enclose generators, waste bins or other

auxiliary equipment. Offered in numerous

vertical or horizontal designs, these

vision barriers integrate beautifully

into the building’s architecture. Height,

width and blade spacing of each pattern

provides the specifier with options for the

amount of sight cut-off and free area that

the screen will provide.

IJL Financial CenterCharlotte, NC Product: Myriad, Medallion and Modular Grilles Architect: Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart

Office Building Cincinnati, OHProduct: Alumatex Tweed Pattern

Richmond Newspapers, IncRichmond, VA Product: Vert-A-Cade 300 Architect: Baskervill Architects

A completely engineered system using linear blades, C/S Refacings allow architects to completely cover existing facades while allowing light and air to filter to the interior. C/S Refacing Systems can be designed to fit the condition of your building and allow for mounting to any surface.

C/S offers a variety of linear extruded aluminum profiles that can visually shield mechanical equipment while providing for adequate air flow to the equipment. Customization of the support and attachment hardware allows for application to almost any size equipment.

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C/S offers a wide variety of decorative patterns that can provide any amount of light entry you desire up to total shade.

C/S Geometric Grilles allow air to move freely through their openings, to provide the proper amount of free area your project requires.

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C / S G E O m E T R i C G R i l l E S

Our Geometric Grilles offer architects a unique variety of

expression for decorative facings, sun control and vision

barriers. C/S Geometric Grilles are a bold transformation

from older style grilles and are the perfect choice where

function and aesthetics are the architectural goal. All

C/S Geometric Grilles are manufactured to specific building

requirements and can be customized in dozens of ways.

A variety of blade, slope, frame and structural systems

make C/S Geometric Grilles the most versatile choice in

screening systems available today. All C/S Geometric Grilles

are available in C/S 20-year Powder Coat, Kynar 500® or

metallic finishes. The C/S design team can customize a grille

to your specifications. For design, technical or engineering

assistance on any standard or custom C/S Geometric Grille,

call (800) 631-7379. For downloadable CAD details,

location photos and specifications for each grille,

go to www.c-sgroup.com.

C/S Geometric Grilles

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3" to 12"(76.0 mm) to (304.8 mm)

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7" to 16"(177.8 mm) to (406.4 mm)

6"(152.4 mm)

• 0˚ Slope shown 30˚ and 45˚ available

3 3/4"(95.3 mm)

2" to 12" (50.8 mm) to (304.8 mm)

1 1/2" Blade(38.1 mm)

4" to 12" (101.6 mm)to (304.8 mm)

1 1/2" Blade (38.1 mm)

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3" (76.2 mm)

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3" to 12"(76.2 mm) to (304.8 mm)

2"(50.8 mm)

3" to 6"(76.2 mm) to (152.4 mm)

6" (152.4 mm)

3 3/4" (95.3 mm)

2 1/2"(63.5 mm)

2" to 12" (50.8 mm) to (304.8 mm)

4" to 12" (101.6 mm) to (304.8 mm)

2 1/2"(63.5 mm)

• 3/8" width blade fascia 45˚ slope

• .081" or .125" bars

• Aluminum or optional stainless core

4" Depth

• Blades .081" thickness

frames .125" thickness

• Blades .081" thickness frames .125" thickness

• 0˚, 45˚ or reverse slope

• 0˚, 45˚ or reverse slope

• Available patterns: Round holes Square holes Round end slots Square end slots Straight rows Staggered rows

• max dim. in one direction 48"

• individual or multiple medallions in a single frame

• .125" blade thickness

• .081" or .125" thickness

interlocking bars

Both dimensions 2" to 6" (50.8 mm) to (152.4 mm)

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Both dimensions 4" to 12" (101.6 mm)to (304.8 mm)

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Whatever the sight screening problem, there is a C/S Vision

Barrier to do the job attractively and effectively. No one

has a wider array of patterns. Custom profiles are also available.

C/S Vert-A-Cade®, Econoscreen® and Alumatex Screening

Systems are ideal for use on parking garages, concealing

mechanical equipment and for many refacing applications.

The Vert-A-Cade line is manufactured from rugged extrusions

in numerous blade styles. Econoscreen combines low

initial cost with ease of installation, and Alumatex is capable

of spanning large openings. All C/S Vision Barriers are

available in a wide variety of architectural finishes. C/S

offers design and engineering services and welcomes the

opportunity to assist you. Call today (800) 631-7379. For

downloadable CAD details, location photos and specifications

for each grille, go to www.c-sgroup.com.

C / S V i S i O N B A R R i E R S

All C/S Vision Barriers can be modified to provide your facility with the required amount of free area.

C/S Vision Barriers can conceal every-thing from car lights in parking garages to rooftop mechanical equipment.

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6"(152.4 mm)

4 3/4"(120.7 mm)

4"(101.6 mm)

4" (101.6 mm)

2" (50.8 mm)

3"(76.2 mm)

5"(127 mm)

• 6" deep blades, .081" thickness

• 60% free area

• 100% sight cut-off• 32% free area• .081"

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• .063" thickness

• 20% free area• 500m eliminates back blade for 40% free area

4"(102.6 mm)

6 3/4"(171.5 mm)

• model 301 4" deep blades• 50% free area• model 300 6" deep blades

Varies based on wind loading requirements.

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4 1/2" (114.3 mm)

5 3/8" (136.6 mm)

2 3/8" (60.3 mm)

5" (127.0 mm) 1 1/4" (31.8 mm)

5 7/8"(149.2 mm)Varies

8" (203.2 mm)

12" (304.8 mm)

3" (76.2 mm)

13" O.C. (330.2 mm)

12" (304.8 mm)

13" O.C. (330.2 mm)

4" to 12" openings(101.6 mm) to(304.8 mm)

12"(304.8 mm)

• 100% sight cut-off• 54% free area• .081" blades

• 25% free area• .081" thickness

• 8" deep blades .100" thickness

• VAC 6000 has 6" blades

3 1/2" (88.9 mm)

4" (101.6 mm)

• .020" thickness roll formed blades

• 10% free area

3 1/2" (88.9 mm)

4" O.C. (101.6 mm)

• .020" thickness roll formed blades

• 10% free area

• Available in 12' lengths• .040"

thickness

• Available in 12' lengths• .040"

thickness

Varies based on wind loading requirements.

2 1/2" (63.50 mm)

• El-240 2 3/8"

• El-160 1 5/8"

• Econo-line El-160 offers 59% free area

• El-240 offers 65% free area

For the nearest C/S representative, or literature and samples, call toll free 800-631-7379 in U.S.A. and 888-895-8955 in Canada, or visit www.c-sgroup.com

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