After years of consumer and industry research on spaces and well-being, Marvin has released two products, Marvin Skycove and the Marvin Awaken Skylight. Both deliver on the company’s purpose to imagine and create better ways of living, giving building owners additional ways to connect and experience light, air and their environments.
Marvin Skycove is a fully constructed glass pop-out structure that expands interior space and provides a place to gather. The digitally connected Marvin Awaken Skylight offers the comfort of tunable light anytime, automated ventilation to help improve indoor air quality, and a design-forward profile in large sizes that creates a seamless view to the outdoors.
Marvin Skycove and Marvin Awaken were developed in the company’s Design Lab following extensive research generating insights from professionals in the industry, homeowners, and unexpected sources like astronauts, sleep scientists and Danish hygge experts. The Marvin Design Lab is charged with understanding people’s desires based on insights and creating innovative products that meet those needs.
Both products will be available in select areas starting in mid-2020. Additionally, Marvin will launch a virtual reality experience later this year to engage professionals, allowing them to explore how Marvin Skycove and Awaken complete their vision.
Marvin Skycove
Marvin Skycove creates a space for light, comfort and connection through a fully constructed, projected-glass box structure that can seat one or more people to extend functional living space. The product is available fully constructed and suitable for a range of projects. Key features of Marvin Skycove:
- Connection: Sightlines under 3 inches, including vertical posts, create a seamless connection to the outdoors. The cantilevered structure provides elevated vantage points and the top glass opens the view to the sky above.
- Valuable space: Carefully selected sizing makes the space comfortable for one or more. The integrated bench offers 16 to 20 square feet of usable space, extending the footprint of a building.
- Modern aesthetic: A geometric aesthetic and glass on all sides offers panoramic views.
- Flexible design: An aluminum interior provides a clean aesthetic, and its seating bench can be finished to suit any building style. The frame includes a built-in recess for shade solutions if more privacy is desired.
- Comfort: Carefully chosen and tested materials, bottom insulation, proprietary high-density fiberglass exterior and dual or optional triple-pane glass. Low E3 glass is standard to reduce solar heat gain.
- Performance: A patent-pending steel structure is independently certified and designed to hold a heavier load than the average outdoor deck without additional structural support. A 4-degree sloped, flush-glazed roof with waterproofing flange protects the structure from water infiltration. The product is also certified and warrantied by Marvin.
- Worry-free installation: Arrives on the job site fully assembled. Installation takes less than a day and no additional pieces or parts are required.
Marvin Awaken Skylight
Marvin Awaken is an automated and customizable skylight that maximizes access to light, air and unobstructed views. Key features of the Marvin Awaken Skylight:
- Extended sunlight: Tunable LED lighting mimics the soft glow of daylight long after the sun has set.
- Smart venting: Help regulate indoor temperatures and air quality automatically with intelligent rain and environmental sensors that determine the best times to be open and when to close.
- Automatic operation: Owners can operate the skylight and indicate preferences through a Marvin app, voice control through smart home systems like Alexa, Google Home and SmartThings, or a wall switch that eliminates manual operation.
- Screen and shades: Keep bugs and debris out with a hidden perimeter screen that doesn’t interfere with outdoor views. Control the sun with built-in blackout or light filtering shades with the tap of a finger.
- Sleek aesthetics: A narrow frame design creates a clean look with minimal interruption to the glass.
- Design flexibility: Sizes up to 48 inches wide and 90 inches tall are the largest on the market, and optional features for ventilation, supplemental lighting and shading, curb- or deck-mounting provide all of the options professionals need to meet project needs.
Additionally, the company is introducing the Marvin Skylight, a fixed unit that brings more natural light into buildings with the craftsmanship professionals and building owners expect from Marvin.
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