I’ve spent the better part of today working with a great mate of mine here in my office, who is helping me set up a new computer and contact manager system. We were shooting the breeze earlier over a chai tea and he asked me what I thought was the best thing you could do to create a “sexy” looking shade sail structure. Clearly, the computer work was boring us a little…..
Anyway, from a design perspective, the answer is simple – create vast differences in the heights of your fixings, and the sail will look totally unreal. Typically we work on diagonally opposite high and low points, which effect an architectural “twist” in the shade sail, and of course the greater the difference in height from high point to low point, the greater the visual aesthetic (or “sex” as my mate would put it!!).
When you have the opportunity to create multiple sails in a single structure, effecting nice variations in height helps build a sensational overall look. This is a pretty good example:
Shade Sail Structure, Adelaide
