Novotel, Christchurch Airport

To achieve this one-of-a-kind rendering, five Piterak Slim modules, 8 cm wide by 56 cm for the largest format, were specially made to order. “The architect had a very precise idea and we did everything possible to stick closely to their design and their creative goals,” explains Thomas Logeais, a Technical Support Manager at Terreal. What are the specific features of this custom-designed model? A smooth, flat appearance, deliberately livened up with a convex effect on one side of the piece. “We called it “Organic” because there’s something intrinsically alive about it”. Selected in an ebony-coloured solid finish and assembled in a vertical layout, Organic Piterak Slim adds support to the building’s graphic composition with agility and originality. An approach combining steel and glass, with a play on intersecting lines that is slightly reminiscent of the works of Mondrian. Admittedly with fewer colours, but with a rarely equalled simplicity and elegance. Just sublime.