Designer Mesh Adds Refinement to Lush Rooftop Garden

A high-rise condominium in downtown Chicago has a garden of a different variety. A 4,000+ square foot section of a rooftop holds a unique retreat. It includes plants, decking, furniture, and a number of strikingly beautiful Mesh panels along pathways and the rooftop perimeter. The Wire Mesh panels are a combination of patterns selected from the McNICHOLS® Designer Mesh product line.

Designers assembled the garden panels artistically with two goals. The first goal - to help conceal the roof's unsightly mechanical equipment and exhaust vents. Additionally, they wanted to create a contemporary sculpture with an "unexpected twist".

The Stainless Steel Designer Mesh panels were fabricated in varying heights, widths, and textures. Carefully and cleverly designed to replicate the skyline the roof overlooks, which was Chicago’s urban scene.

McNICHOLS® Designer Mesh patterns, CHATEAU™ 3105, CHATEAU™ 3110, and AURA™ 8155, provided sufficient openings to circulate exhaust. Yet they were solid enough to obscure the equipment. The material diffused the desirable amount of air and light and provided security, sustainability, and high-end aesthetics.

The Stainless Steel Designer Mesh has the added value of being lightweight, which enables fabrication off-site. But it is also sturdy enough to withstand Chicago’s wind and climate extremes.