VISIOMODVisioMod Vento — Adjustable Louvre Fence
Formerly known as Vento Adjustable Louvre Fence
Adjustable aerofoil aluminium louvres pivot 0–90° in fixed positions — air through when you want breeze, solid when you want privacy. Manual lever or RTS-motorised. Concealed side rails.
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Engineering overview
Where it fits
Hospitality terrace
A four-star hotel restaurant occupies a stone terrace overlooking a public promenade. Guests need visual privacy during dinner service, but the chef wants the space to read as open and breezy at lunchtime. Three Vento runs of four coupled panels each enclose the south and west edges, rotated to 0° in the evening and opened to 60° during the day.
Stepless RTS control lets one staff scene change the entire perimeter in seconds, while the aerofoil profile keeps coastal wind quiet behind the louvres.
Pool deck privacy
A private villa pool deck sits one metre below an adjacent neighbour's first-floor window. The owner wants total privacy when bathing but full sky exposure when sunbathing. A 12 metre Vento run anchored to the deck slab via M12 chemical anchors gives them louvre-by-louvre control.
Concealed side rails and no visible fixings keep the pool aesthetic clean, and the 1.2 kN/m² wind rating handles inland gusts without panel flutter.
Smart-home residential garden
A new-build family house in a tightly zoned suburb integrates Vento into a Matter-based home automation system. Morning routines open the louvres to 45° at sunrise, evening scenes close them at dusk, and a wind sensor on the roof drops the angle to 0° when gusts exceed 50 km/h.
The 24 V DC RTS motor and Zigbee/Matter bridge make Vento a first-class scene actor; Qualicoat Class 2 keeps the finish stable through years of automated cycling.
Coastal terrace shelter
A holiday apartment block on a windward Atlantic cliff needs balcony screens that survive salt spray and 1.4 kN/m² gust loads while still allowing controlled cross-ventilation. Vento panels in the coastal-rated 1.5 kN/m² configuration line each balcony edge.
Coastal wind rating, 6063-T5 marine-suitable alloy and Qualicoat Class 2 powder coat together give a defensible 25-year exposure profile in salt-laden air.
Restaurant outdoor dining boundary
An urban bistro spills onto a pavement terrace where municipal rules demand a defined boundary at least 1.6 m high. Vento panels at 2000 mm height create that boundary while leaving the louvres open during opening hours.
Operational flexibility from a single hardware specification, plus the option to colour-match to a VisioMod pergola overhead, simplifies the architect's package.
How it compares
Fixed-louvre aluminium fence▾
Pros
- +Lower upfront cost with no motorisation
- +Simpler structural calculation
- +No electrical conduit required
Cons
- −Privacy and airflow locked at specification
- −Compromises summer ventilation or winter screening
- −No ability to shed wind load by opening louvres
Why VisioMod
Vento delivers the same clean louvre aesthetic but adds 0-90° articulation, so the same fence reads as a privacy wall in February and a ventilated screen in August.
Sliding screen panel system▾
Pros
- +Fully open or fully closed dramatic states
- +Can disappear into a pocket wall
Cons
- −Floor or ceiling tracks collect debris
- −All-or-nothing operation, no intermediate setting
- −Track hardware exposed to weather
Why VisioMod
Vento gives finer-grained environmental control than a binary slide-open/slide-shut panel, with no floor tracks to clean and no parked-panel storage volume to plan around.
Manual blind / awning roll-down▾
Pros
- +Inexpensive and familiar
- +Compact when stowed
Cons
- −Fabric ages, fades and tears (5-8 year service)
- −Limited wind tolerance
- −Cannot provide secure perimeter
Why VisioMod
Vento is a permanent architectural element rather than a soft-good consumable, holding wind to 1.5 kN/m² and reading as integral to the building envelope.
Reading on the facade
Vento reads differently against different elevations and the louvre angle itself becomes a compositional tool. Against a smooth rendered facade in warm white, RAL 7016 anthracite louvres set at a shallow 15° throw soft horizontal shadow lines that animate the elevation through the day. Against board-marked concrete, RAL 9005 jet black at 0° closes the perimeter into a precise dark plane. RAL 8019 grey-brown bridges to timber decks and weathered stone, while RAL 9016 traffic white reads as a fresh garden wall against Mediterranean planting. The real specification advantage emerges when Vento is paired upstream with a VisioMod pergola roof and downstream with Cristallo glass at the terrace edge: a single RAL number propagates across overhead structure, vertical privacy fence and frameless glass framing, producing tonal continuity that previously required custom anodising. Articulating the louvres becomes a daily design gesture, where the building's outer face changes texture between solid and porous on a schedule the architect can pre-program.
Foundation & site notes
Foundation strategy follows the substrate. On an existing reinforced concrete slab, M12 stainless chemical anchors specified to ETAG 001 carry the post base plates with edge distances of at least 100 mm. On soil, posts are concrete-set 500-700 mm deep depending on the DIN EN 1997 frost zone, with depth increased to 800 mm in zones 3 and harder. Motor wiring runs through a 20 mm conduit cast or chased into the post and emerging at a weatherproof junction box at panel head height; the 24 V DC supply terminates at a low-voltage transformer inside the building envelope. The Zigbee or Matter smart-home bridge is paired during commissioning with each motor's RTS address logged in the project handover. For long runs, panels couple shoulder-to-shoulder via a hidden spline that aligns the louvre rotation across modules so the entire run articulates as one.
Care schedule
| Frequency | Task | Duration | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twice yearly | Rinse louvres and rails with clean water, soft brush; remove leaves and pollen from pivot zones | 30-45 min per 10 m run | Garden hose, soft brush, microfibre cloth |
| Annual | Inspect Qualicoat surface for chips or scratches, touch up with matched RAL repair pen | 20 min per panel | RAL touch-up pen, isopropyl wipe |
| Annual | Motor/RTS check + grease pivot bearings | 15 min per panel | PTFE grease, 4 mm hex key, RTS programmer |
| Every 2 years | Recalibrate 0° and 90° end stops on motorised panels and verify torque draw is within 1.5 Nm spec | 10 min per panel | RTS programmer, multimeter |
| Every 5 years | Inspect anchor bolts and post base plates for corrosion, re-torque to specification | 20 min per post | Torque wrench, stainless inspection mirror |
| Every 10 years | Replace motor capacitor and weather seals on motorised panels; full system re-commissioning | 1-2 hours per panel | Replacement seals, OEM motor service kit, RTS programmer |
Specified in real projects
Boutique hotel poolside terrace, Mallorca
An 18-suite boutique hotel renovated a sea-facing pool terrace where afternoon thermal winds and overlooking neighbours both compromised guest comfort.
Specification: Vento 2000×2000 panels, RTS-motorised, RAL 7022 umbra grey, paired with a VisioMod pergola roof in the same RAL and Cristallo glass to seaward.
Outcome: Three preset scenes (morning, service, evening) drive the entire terrace from a single tablet, and zero panel flutter through two summer storm seasons.
Smart-home villa, southern Germany
A new-build villa near Munich integrated outdoor architecture into a whole-house Matter automation strategy from day one.
Specification: Vento 1800×2000 panels, RTS-motorised with Matter bridge, RAL 7016 anthracite, paired with a VisioMod pergola roof and a roof-mounted weather sensor.
Outcome: Wind-driven auto-close has triggered seven times in the first year without owner intervention; the unified RAL 7016 envelope reads as a single architectural gesture.
Restaurant rooftop, Lisbon
A rooftop restaurant in the Príncipe Real district needed a perimeter that satisfied municipal balustrade height rules, screened neighbouring rooftops during dinner service, and opened for the lunch crowd to enjoy the Tagus view.
Specification: Vento 2000×1800 panels, RTS-motorised, RAL 9005 jet black, paired with a VisioMod pergola roof and lateral Cristallo glass infill at corner zones.
Outcome: The black-on-black louvre and pergola assembly disappears against the night sky, while the ability to flatten the louvres at lunch preserved the protected city view central to planning approval.
Frequently asked questions
A four-star hotel restaurant occupies a stone terrace overlooking a public promenade. Guests need visual privacy during dinner service, but the chef wants the space to read as open and breezy at lunchtime. Three Vento runs of four coupled panels each enclose the south and west edges, rotated to 0° in the evening and opened to 60° during the day.
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