The Pin-Mount system also helps save time and labor during the KINETICWALL system’s long lifespan. Leslie elaborated, “Pin-Mount has become our default suspension system because it allows for a continuous unbroken ‘surface’ of flappers that minimizes the supporting structure, it accommodates a 90-degree range of motion, and it provides a more economical price point than rod-mount suspensions.” Finished in black anodize, the framework fades into the background to emphasize the dynamic flappers and their movement. EXTECH’s KINETICWALL Pin-Mount suspension system allows the flapper elements to seemingly float in front of the support rungs and side rails as a veil. Within the wall’s structural framework, more than 4,500 clear anodized, 6-by-6-inch, aluminum flappers are horizontally suspended on a pin-mount system. Viewed from the side, the walls undulate from concave to convex, and across the top the heights rise and dip to accentuate the waveform. Each wall spans approximately 60 feet, ranges up to 15 feet high and curves in two directions. “Our KINETICWALL system responds to wind currents, creating the look of rolling waves across the flapper-panel wall system,” described Jim Leslie, EXTECH’s general manager. Photo credit: Justin Cesler, courtesy of MediaWorks and EXTECH Helping bring this sensory experience to reality for Morongo Casino, EXTECH designed, engineered and fabricated the KINETICWALL system in collaboration with MediaWorks’ installation team. Revealed in September 2020 as part of Morongo’s renovation and expansion, the new, dramatic entry elements combine color, light, sound and motion.

A landscape architectural firm specializing in destination resorts, Lifescapes’ concept included multiple freestanding columns of LED screens displaying changing visual patterns set in front of a dynamic curtain of flapper-panel walls. Owned by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the AAA Four Diamond resort and casino’s grand entry was envisioned by Lifescapes International. These sculptural feature walls showcase more than 4,500 metal flappers within EXTECH/Exterior Technologies, Inc.’s KINETICWALL ® façade system.

Arriving at California’s Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, wind-driven, flapper-panel walls line the drive to the main entrance and greet guests with movement and illumination.

Construction at the morongo casino