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Translucent Gems for India
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schmidt hammer lassen archi tects.Aarhus
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Res tau r an t Extension in Olot

Residence in Hiroshima
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Transparency. Translucence- Developments in Construction Materials

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Editorial
"We delight 1n the mere s1ght of the delicate glow of fading rays
clinging to the surface of a dusky wall, there to live out what little lite
rema1ns to them. We never tire of the sight, for to us this pale glow
and these dim shadows tar surpass any ornament." This is how Ta
nizakl Jun'1chiro- in his essay "In Praise of Shadows"-describes
the effect that comes about when, in a traditional Japanese house,
light filtered by rice paper windows is cast on the ochre walls. This
fractured transparency that the diaphanous surfaces- which allow
no view inward or ou1ward - bestow, has a long tradition in Japan.
So it comes as no surprise that this nation in the Far East continues
to put forth unconventional, translucent architectural solutions. Ken
go Kuma, for example, developed a double-skin exterior envelope
made or translucent membranes - be1ween which air circulates-for

an experimental house on Hokkaido (seepp. 134ft.). A residence in
Hiroshima, on the other hand, has a wall of glass block- threaded
on stainless steel rods-to shield it from the busy boulevard. The
cluding variegated colours (seepp. 157ff.). A small office building in

wall makes possible a tasc1nating play of light and shadow, even In
the SpaniSh crty of Le6n wears its curved expanded metal shell like
an 1tem of cloth1ng that not only protects, but also 'dresses" rt.
Thanks to the superimpositions, differing degrees of transparency
are ach1eved. Aside from functioning as sun shading, the metal skin
also Incorporates an enlarged vers1on of the firm's logo (seep
p.
56ff.). These three examples- and the five others- in this edition
of matenats or measures, but also, that the transition from "seeing
demonstrate how translucence can be attained using a large palette
through" to "shining through" 1s often seamless.

Corresponding to its theme "Transparent and Translucent this edi
hon conta1ns other projects-such as a library in Washington D.C. that attain th81r d1stinct1ve character above all through the use of ex
pansive glazing. In our Technology section, Frank Kaltenbach and
Roland Pawlitschko report on the products that currently supply the
greatest poss1ble transparency and the most increments of translu
cence. They also provide a survey of current research projects
Christian Schittich
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Translucent Gems for India -
A n Interview with Markus Heinsdorff
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Pavi lion Type 5
Rendering ol different pavilion types
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The events celebrating the 60th anniversary

of diplomatic relations between India and
Germany were brought to a close in January
20t 3. The theme, "Germany and India - Infi
nite Opportunities, encompassed all areas
of the countries' bi-lateral cooperation: cul
ture and the arts, the sciences, education,
commerce and politics. A collection of six
teen elaborate pavilions, as mobile spaces
that glow like lampions at night, has just
completed its tour of India's five largest cit
ies, winding down "The Year of Germany in
India" . These pavilions were the centre
piece of the "Indo-German Urban Mela"
("mela" is Hindi for festival), and this festi
val's overarching theme is "StadtRaume City Spaces. The different events have
shone a light on the impact and challenges
of rapid urbanisation occuring in cities in
both countries.
The lightweight pavilions, which can be
readily taken apart and set up again and are
largely free of columns, were designed by
Munich-based artist Markus Heinsdorff.
They function both as exhibition space and
as venues tor conferences and cultural
events. Their facades possess the crystal
line forms of polished gems and celebrate
textiles, both representing India's important
traditions. In addition to the festival's cullural
programme, which was curated by the Goe
the Institute, by putting on a number of exhi
bitions in the pavilions, different manufactur
ers from Germany sought to underscore its
reputation as "Land of Ideas. Following
stops in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, and
Delhi, the pavilions made their final appear
ance in Pune. In the following interview
Markus Heinsdortf explains his design con
cept and discusses topics such as choice
of materials, sustainability, and physical
presence and translucency.
Detail: Please tell us
about your concept for
t h e pavilions.
Markus Heinsdortf: Following the design

competition I was commissioned to develop
my concept, which deals with a variety of
different aspects. One important motif is
fabric - woven textiles - because this has a
long tradition in India, which, to this day,

next to China, plays a leading role world
wide in developing and producing fabric. At
the same time, I am fascinated by how the
people of India use tents in all sorts of cere
monies - and particularly for weddings. But
the surfaces of these present-day tents are
usually flat and, therefore, monotonous. That
is why I selected gems as the theme for my
pavilions- a theme that is derived from the
overarching motto: nature. This led to the
multi-faceted forms and also symbolises In
dia's rich heritage - its splendid costumes,
colours, jewels, and above all, its haute cou
ture. Sustainability also plays a leading role
in my concept.
Detail: How did you decide which colours
to use?
Heinsdorff: It quickly became clear that the

colour scheme should be muted, because
India itself is a riot ot colour. I wanted to cre
ate something of a stage, a setting animated
by the colour and actors inhabning it. The
pavilions' colours are related to the gems. I
chose mostly metallic tones - gold, silver
and copper - in other words, the materials
in which stones are set. We tested the effect
in renderings at a quite early stage, and it is
fascinating to see that the pavilions do now
resemble precious stones (ill. 3).
Detail: In your earlier work in China you used
bamboo for structural purposes. Why did you
here?
Heinsdorft: First of all, there had to be a
clear distinction between how the two coun
tries present themselves. A central concept
in India was to utilise the country's possibili
ties - so it would have been risky to use
bamboo, because the firms no longer have
experience with it. Using bamboo was diffi
cult in China, but some technically savvy
firms can be found that know how to work
with it.
Because we had a relatively small amount of
time - just six months - to prepare the de
sign for realisation, we resisted the tempta
tion to try high-tech solutions and instead
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structures that can be implemented with
simple means. In the end, we didn't even
have a bona fide steelwork contractor here;
some of the work was done by unskilled
workers or welders. As a result, some as
pects of our ptanning could not be imple
mented. However, the steelwork turned out
to be reasonably precise.
By using steel - nothing more than cables
and slender steel tubing - we were able to
achieve incredibly lightweight yet expansive
structures. Nearly all of the interiors are col
umn-free, a plus for flexible usage. And this
was possible despite the fact that the struc
tures were, in some cases, exposed to se
vere winds caused by tropical storms. For a
few special surfaces - for example, by
weaving cables in the roof of the large con
ference pavilion - we were atso able to use
steel to refer to our fabric theme. By the
way, I find that this roof brings to mind a
wheel, the symbol that appears on the tndi
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contrast to China, construction with bamboo
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used in the simplest imaginable scaffolding.
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of the pavilions would be produced in India.
Then we went to work to develop a structure
that would make it possible to hold mechan
ical cooling to an absolute minimum. That is
why we developed types, for example,
whose double skins keep the air moving
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loosely woven, and in this manner, a variety

of openings are created that, for example,
ventilate the pavilion and provide shade. We
tested this type in advance -it served as
our construction office. We had no air condi
tioning, just two fans, and were able to keep
cool at an outdoor temperature that ranged
from 40 to 45 Celsius.
the sun's rays. But the durability of the mem

brane after the event is also very important
to me. The intention is that they be installed
somewhere permanently, for example at a
university, or as a display pavilion. The Chi
nese pavilions have, for example, found a
new home in France.
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is made of PVC. How can that be reconciled
role does translucence play in the pavilions,
with the principles of sustainability?
for example,
over the course of a day?

Heinsdorff: First of all, with these mobile
structures I hope to call attention to the prin
ciples of environmentally sound construction
methods. We used membranes with 1 0%
permeability. This material has the advan
tage that the interiors, which are used for
exhibitions, conferences, presentations, and
other events, require no electric lighting
whatsoever during the day.
But the interior atmosphere is also much
better than in standard tent structures en
countered in Asia, which are typically imper
vious to light and are, generally speaking,
spaces in which one does not feel at ease.
The translucence gives the space a warm
toned light - an effect that is reinforced by
our choice of an off-white inner membrane.
And the play of shadows inside the double
skin pavilions is incredibly alluring. This was
also the case in our earlier bamboo struc
tures as well: there I worked with metal
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Detail: The membrane used for the outer skin
Heinsdorft: Our concept foresaw, of course,

the use of natural materials. And, needless
to say, there are fabulous products availa
ble. But the costs were prohibitive. Our
choices became even more limited by the
fact that we needed a relatively small
amount of material, and by our decision to
use material made within the country's bor
ders. And we wanted a membrane that
could be obtained in different colours. Fire
resistance standards also had to be met
and, by the way, we were under obligation
to adhere to both the Indian and the Ger
man building codes. So, in the end PVC was
the only option for the outer skin.
The good thing about the material is that it
can be employed well in India. And it has
withstood the strains of transport between
the different locations surprisingly well - on
flatbed trucks that have passed through
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mesh and, by overlapping it, achieved silky

effects. But the trees also cast shadows on
the membrane and at times create a specta
cle that is reminiscent of Japanese ink-wash
painting.
Detail: And seen from outside...
Heinsdorff: ...there is the daytime look and

the nighttime look. I am, by training, a sculp
tor. For this reason, the play of light and
shadow over the course of a day is very im
portant to me. Consequently, the outer en
velope is articulated three-dimensionally:
the surfaces are animated regardless of the
colour that has been employed. At night, in
contrast, they glow like lampions, which
similar to in China - have a long tradition
there. At the same time, it has the wonderful
effect that we did not need any exterior
lighting. We saved a great amount of elec
tricity, and there were no cables or other ob
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as a model for these princi
ples?
Heinsdorff: Of course I would like to encour
age the use of textiles in buildings, because
India has a long tradition of this, although
there is not much evidence of it in today's
cities. There are, as I mentioned, the wed
ding tents, but these are standardised, and
there is no further development of them. The
growing population, however, is creating a
need for flexible housing. Some commuters
spend up to five hours a day on the train;
others build temporary housing from dis
carded material - a phenomenon involving
recycling, not to be confused with slum
building - and reside there a few weeks be
fore returning to their permanent homes.
The idea of being able to transport a house
on my back - but in a different sense from
camping - inspires me to develop flexible
systems, ideally using natural materials.
Bamboo is predestined for such applica

tions. It grows around the globe in a specific
climate zone and is usually accessible to
the general public - and this is particularly
the case in India. It can be harvested after
just three years, for example following earth
quakes or flooding - which are frequent oc
currences in India. On the other hand, a
membrane produced with the simplest of
means is ideal. But the people of India and elsewhere in Asia, as well -tend to look
down on the use of bamboo and textiles in
buildings. I hope to turn these attitudes
around by developing a high-tech structure
that might, for example, bring to mind a
small spacecraft that has just landed on
Earth. But this does not apply to India alone:
I view the topic "mobile space" as an excit
ing vision for the future of architecture.
Christian Schit1ich conducted the
interview in Delhi.
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SO -IL's Kukje Gallery in Seoul:

Permeable building skin of steel rings
Roland Pawlitschko
Architects:
Solid O bjectives- ldenburg Uu (SO-IL), New York
JongGa Architects. Seoul
Mesh System Design Consultant:
Front Inc., New York
Since its establishment 30 years ago, Kukje

Gallery has become one of Seoul's most im
portant art venues. In April 2012, its third
gallery building opened in SOgyeok-dong a neighbourhood north of the central busi
ness district characterized by small-scale
homes, cafes and boutiques. In accordance
with the master plan of the art campus, the
new six-metre-high cube is situated next to
the two older galleries. Its concrete shell en
closes an art space, illuminated via the roof,
for exhibitions, performances and events. To
retain the pure geometry of this White Cube
inside the gallety, portions of the building
were attached to the four outer walls: a ves
tibule, a lift, a building-services enclosure,
and two staircases. Curved stairs connect
the art space to the two lower floors, where
the lecture hall and administrative, retail and
storage spaces are located. An exterior
steel staircase leads to the exposed roof ter
race. To counteract the appearance of rigid
ity in the resulting building form, the archi
tects developed a second skin that was to
envelop the structure like fog. They built a
number of models experimenting with elas
tic fabrics, arriving at a custom-tailored,
chain-mail skin of stainless steel rings that
covers the building smoothly from roofline to
ground without wrinkles. The result is a
building at once orthogonal and amorphous,
whose hazy exterior lets it retreat into the
heterogeneous surroundings.
The 510,000 interlocking rings were first cut
from 3.5-millimetre-thick wire coils and then
manually linked, welded shut and smoothed.
There were two main challenges: first, to de
velop a computer model to define the pre
cise position of each ring (a task taken on
by architects and consultants Front Inc.);
and second, to prevent the mesh from sag
ging. Following a number of tests, 15 sepa
rate segments - fabricated by craftsmen in
China and delivered to Seoul - were in
stalled with great precision, making their
seams invisible. Rigid points of connection
located in the ground and above the glaz
ing, as well as spring-loaded connections at
the roof parapet, ensure that the fit ot the
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Renzo Piano's "Shard":

A new London icon?
Peter Davey
Architects:
Renzo Piano Building WorkShop, Paris
Adamson Associates, London
Structural Engineers:
Arup, London
WSP Cantor Seinuk, London
I approached Renzo Piano's "Shard" with

some trepidation. After all, his last building
complex in London, Central St. Giles, is a
rather garish confection in which strident
facade colours, among them lime green,
bright yellow and a shade of cerise, are
used in an effort to relate the scale of the
huge complex to the jumble of the surround
ing city. London is not a colourful place in
the li1eral sense; its main hues are the grey
of slate and concrete and the dusky yellows
and reds of traditional brickwork.
The Shard's tapering silhouette and sheer
glass cladding dominate the southern sky
line of the city. From a distance, the tower's
appearance changes constantly as the sun
and clouds move, letting different faces of

the enormous crystal catch the light. Mostly
grey and silver, the tower's colours give it an
immediate advantage over St. Giles. Its pro
digious height - its antenna tops out at
3og.6 metres - makes it much higher than
anything else in London.
The building touches down in Southwark,
one of the most heterogeneous areas of the
capital. The place was largely dominated
until now by the many buildings of Guy's
Hospital, all of different ages and qualities.
Winding Victorian streets knit the whole to
gether; as in much of the rest of the middle
of London, they are lined mainly with four
and five-storey office blocks, flats and small
factories. Guy's is now constructing a tower
next to the Shard that it claims will be the
tallest hospital building in Europe - a boast
of questionable relevance, it would seem, as
it implies some sort of connection between
height and recuperative effect.
Piano's tower is intended to preserve some
thing of Southwark's mixed-use texture which is a bit ironic, given the fact that its
popular name goes back to the claim by
English Heritage (the body set up to safe
guard England's built history) that the build
ing would constitute ''a shard of glass [driv
en! through the heart of historic London".
Nevetiheless, after much negotiation and
bureaucratic dawdling, including an unusual
submission to the Deputy Prime Minister,
Piano's project received planning permis
sion in November of 2003.
Since then, building work has proceeded
apace. Though the structure is far from fin
ished, the exterior look is now evident. It is
awesome, with huge inclined sheets of
glass sweeping down from the pinnacle.
The area round the entrance is a great
porch protected from the elements by a
gently sloping roof of glass laid over cantile
vered beams. It is difficult not to imagine
rainwater from a storm cascading down the
glass slopes on to the porch, turning it into a
sort of man-made Niagara Falls. Still, being
an ingenious fellow, Piano will doubtless
come up with ways to prevent visitors from
being soaked.
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striking appearance, how little visual impact
it seems to have on its neighbourhood at
ground level. Looking up from the surround
ing streets, it is difficult to bend one's neck
far enough backwards to glimpse the apex
(even when it is not shrouded in clouds).
The concrete core will support not only a
large number of offices but also an 1 8-floor
luxury hotel, shops, three restaurants, a spa
and, near the top, t 2 storeys of apartments
that are expected to sell for 50 million
apiece. Even in London, the El Dorado of
property developers, these are dizzying
prices. Merely visiting the observation plat
form on the 72nd floor to enjoy the incompa
rable view costs nearly 25.
Thus far, no office occupants have been se
lected, but the developers optimistically ex
pect full occupancy by the end of 201 4.
Notwithstanding the prices, the owners say
that, rather than letting to a single giant cli
ent, they are committed to propagating the
area's mix of uses, with demand coming
mainly from media and finance companies.
The Southwark bank of the river is being re
developed at London Bridge Station, which
takes its name from its location on the sup
posed site of the first bridge across the
Thames, built by Vespasian's soldiers dur
ing the Roman invasion of Britain in the first
century AD. The confused and complex tex
ture of the city grew up over the area's an
cient foundations over the ensuing two mil
lennia. Now a degree of clarity is to be im
posed at London Bridge, where Grimshaw
is expanding the railway station to feature
the biggest concourse in the capital. It will
lock into the lower floors of the Shard - a
necessary measure in view of the large
numbers of office workers who will be surg
ing into the tower's lifts every weekday.
As this article was being written, the news
arrived that the Shard is no longer the tallest
building in Europe: Moscow's Mercury City
tower is to be 29 metres taller. These days,
the record for tallest building is continually
being surpassed. What matters are the ar
chitectural and human values embodied in
the tower, which will reveal themselves only
after it has been in use for some time.
Piano and Irvine Sellar, the developer whose
idea it was originally to build, and who inde
fatigably advanced the proposal despite op
position, changes in ownership (the project
is now largely owned by a Qatari fund) and
an economic slump, must be awaiting the
outcome with bated breath, for the Shard is
not just a financial and urban experiment,
but a human one as well.
When the criticism becomes increasingly
sharp, as it surely will, they should remem
ber that the Eiffel Tower was initially at
tacked by the Paris haut ton as a gross and
barbaric intrusion on the sacred city, but
that it now stands as a proud symbol of an
entire epoch, a city and even a nation.
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Library in Washington
Architects:
Adjaye Associates, New York
David Adjaye
Wiencek + Associates, Washington D.C.
Team:
Russell Crader, Austin Harris, Edward Yung
(Adjaye Associates)
Hal Zaslow, Paul Zook
(Wiencek + Associates)
Structural engineers:
ReStl Designers, Washington D.C.
Others involved in the project: see page 216
Adjaye Associates won an open competi

tion to design two new neighbourhood li
braries for the District of Columbia. The brief
called for the new buildings to be flexible,
accessible, welcoming and inviting. Recall
ing the firm's Idea Stores in London's Tower
Hamlets, the designs for the libraries chal
lenge the traditional closed typology, intro
ducing a social element that establishes a
strong urban and cultural remit.
The sketch-like quality of the Francis Grego
ry Library suggests a wood land folly - a
building that is a pavilion within Fort Davis
Park. Views of the park are framed from
within, while the exterior of the building both
reflects and complements the dense com-
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position of trees and the striking natural en

vironment. Viewed from the street, the build
ing appears to flicker with the changing
light, providing, so to speak, a lens through
which to see into the park. The two-storey
library provides space tor three categories
of users: adults, teenagers and children. In
addition there are conference rooms and a
public meeting room.
The concept incorporates sustainable prin
ciples, including taking advantage of the
natural vegetation surrounding the building,
maximising the winter sun exposure, and
controlling the summer sun with a large can
opy over the pavilion. The canopy welcomes
the public inside, providing a transitional
space from the street. The lightweight struc

tural system underscores the pavilion theme
and is articulated in the reflective geometric
facade, a framework consisting of steel pro
files that supports the curtain wall and roof.
Moreover, the network ot quadrilateral
openings continues inside, where it frames
views of the park.
A number of windows are deep set to ena
ble seating within the aperture itself and en
couraging visitors toward the perimeter of
the building to contemplate what they have
just read and to enjoy the views. The materi
al palette inside the building is largely tim
ber - again, resonating with the library's
woodland setting.
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5 16 mm plasterboard, waterproofed
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with PVB lnterlayer in cavity
2x 254/73 mm steel angle,
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structural frame of 254/73 mm steel angles
8 double glazing: 25 mm laminated safety glass,
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140 mm thermal Insulation
9 double glazing, transparent:
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10 16 mm plasterboard, waterproofed
90 mm thermal insulation between
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Exhi bitions, Books
The Banality of Good:
Pedestrian Bridges -
Six Decades of New Towns, Architects,
Ramps, Walkways, Structures
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Money and Politics
What connects King Abdullah Economic

City in Saudi Arabia to Stevenage in Eng
land, or Songjiang, China, to Tema, Ghana?
They are all new towns - planned places in
spired by an agenda and a set of ideals.
Using six cities built after the Second World
War as examples, the exhibition, first shown
at the Venice Architecture Biennale, exam
ines the architecture, socio-economic driv
ers and comp laxities of city-making.
25 March to 10 May 2013, RIBA, London,
www.architecture.com
Venice Ta keaway:
Ideas to Change British Architecture
Henri Labrouste:
Structure Brought to Light
This impressive exhibition, first shown in

Paris, includes over 200 works ranging from
original drawings to vintage and modern
photographs, films, architectural models
and fragments. Labrouste made an invalua
ble impact on t 9th-century architecture by
exploring new paradigms of space and lu
minosity, and by introducing new materials
and technologies such as exposed metal
frameworks and lightweight walls.
His two magisterial glass-and-iron reading
rooms in Paris, the Bibliotheque Sainte
Genevieve (1 843-50) and the Bibliotheque
Nationale (t 860-67), gave form to the idea
of the modern library as a temple of knowl
edge and a space for contemplation.
1 0 March to 24 June 2013, The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, www.moma.org
Palaces for the People: Guastavino and
America's Great Public Spaces
The Guastavino family's soaring tile vaults

grace many of the most iconic structures in
the US, including Grand Central Terminal,
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the
Boston Public Library, the Supreme Court,
and the Nebraska State Capitol. Their light
weight but strong, fireproof, self-supporting
arches were exceptionally economical and
highly flexible. The construction system,
based on a centuries-old Spanish method,
interlocked and layered thin clay tiles and
quick-setting mortar in decorative patterns.
t 6 March to 2 September 201 3, National
Building Museum, Washington, DC,
www.nbm.org
This exhibition, launched at the 201 2 Venice

Architecture Biennale, shows the work of ten
teams that travelled the world for inspiration.
Until 27 April 20t 3, RIBA, London,
www.architecture.com
RIAl Irish Architecture Awards 2012
Until 20 March 2013, Florence Hall,
RIBA, London, www.architecture.com
Designs of the Year 2013
20 March to 7 July 2013, Design Museum,

London, www.designmuseum.org
Junya lshigami
Until 1 6 June 2013, deSingel, Antwerp,

www.desingel.be
Louis Kahn - The Power of Architecture
First shown at the NAI Rotterdam.

Until 1 1 August 2013, Vitra Design Museum,
Weil am Rhein, www.design-museum.de
Making Room:
New Models for Housing New Yorkers
Until t 5 September 20t 3, Museum of the

City of New York, New York, www.mcny.org
Outside In:
The Architecture of Smith and Williams
Pragmatic modernism in postwar California.

From 1 3 April to 1 6 June 2013, Art, Design
& Archttecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara,
www.museum.ucsb.edu
Gas Station DeSign:
Andreas Keil, DETAIL Practice, lnstitut fUr

internationale Architektur-Dokumentation,
Munich 2013, 1 1 2 pp., softcover,
ISBN 978-3-920034-91-1 , US$55; 32;
39.90, www.detajl.de
Few construction tasks require as close a
collaboration between engineer and archi
tect as the planning of pedestrian bridges.
The construction demands involved in
bridging, and the need for direct experience
and understanding of structure and load
flow, assign the leading role in this coopera
tive design effort to the structural engineer.
Pedestrian Bridges pulls the reader in with tts
wealth of information. The author is Andreas
Keil from schlaich bergermann und partner,
which has created a number of progressive
pedestrian bridges that are remarkable for
their technical sophistication and clear
structural expression. Although his firm's
body of work alone would easily fill several
volumes, Keil also gives due consideration
to examples from other firms.
The introductory chapters address the func
tional demands, the relevant effects and the
dynamic performance of pedestrian bridg
es, as well as the most important construc
tion materials and their characteristics.
Complex issues such as the dynamics of
bridge structures are clearly presented.
The bulk of the volume, titled ''Design and
Construction, discusses the principal struc
tural typologies. Following a historical intro
duction, the author describes the design pa
rameters of arched, truss, stressed-ribbon
and many other types of bridges. The com
prehensive presentation continues in a
chapter on finishing, which gives valuable
advice on surfaces, banisters, handrails and
lighting. A table comparing the construction
costs per square metre for recent projects
reveals the staggeringly high cost of many a
high-profile structure.
The volume is rounded out by a detailed ex
position of nine projects showcasing the
broad spectrum of recently completed
structures. The accompanying illustrations,
ranging from John Pawson's minimalist foot
bridge in Kew Gardens to the delicate, al
most immaterial-seeming bridge at the
Swiss Tritt Glacier to the expressive ex
posed concrete sculpture by marte.marte in
Vorarlberg, Austria, make one eager to meet
this construction challenge.
Matthias Beckh
Translucent Building Skins:
Green Schools
A Tour through the Collection
Material Innovations in Modern and

Contemporary Architecture
From 3 March 2013 to 5 January 2014, Na

tional Building Museum, Washington, DC,
www.nbm.org
Until 1 2 May 2013, Art, Design & Architec

ture Museum, UC Santa Barbara,
www.museum.ucsb.edu
Scott Murray, Routledge, Oxford 2012, soft

cover, 200 pp., ISBN 978-0-4t5-6893t-t,
US$49.95; 29.99; 37.99
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Architects:
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Tokyo
Kengo Kuma, Takumi Saikawa
Yashushi Moribe, Tokyo
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tects have developed an experimental
house prototype to study environmentally
sound architecture. Meme has a surface ar
ea of about 80 m2; the residence is located
on the grounds of a research institute focus
ing on environmental design for colder cli
mates on southern Hokkaido, the northern
most of Japan's tour largest islands, where it
is being tested under extreme weather con
ditions. The architects' design was informed
by their studies of the chise" dwellings of
the Ainu, a people that has traditionally in
habited norihern Japan, Sakhalin and the
Kuril lslands. Their traditional dwelling was
in contrast to the raised timber frame struc
tures common on Honshu, the main island
to the south - a grass house in close con
tact with the ground; its roof and walls are
cloaked in a layer of sedge or bamboo,
which serves as thermal insulation. The

chise were placed directly on the ground,
and had a lire pi1 at the centre; the lire was
kept burning continuously to take advantage
of the radiant heat of the heated ground.
The experimental house's load-bearing
structure consists of a Japanese larch tim
ber frame. A moisture-diffusing synthetic
membrane covers the frame; the interior is
sheathed entirely in removable glass-fibre
fabric. Between these two layers there is
transparent polyester-fibre insulation made
of recycled PET bottles. This supple assem
bly was developed based on the concept
that the air convection in the space between
the membranes contributes to a pleasant in
door climate. The goal is to go beyond the
conventional static layers of them1al insula
tion: to comprehend and take into consider
ation the dynamic processes taking place
within the building envelope.
But there was another reason to work with

the membrane skin: Kuma was interested in
the concept of a day-to-day life immersed in
the ample light of a meadow landscape. A
visitor to Meme awakens at the break of
dawn and winds down his or her day at sun
set - in this way the membrane skin encour
ages a life in harmony with nature's cycles.
The entrance area is protected from the
cold by thermally insulated sliding sashes:
when the researchers want to study assem
bly options, the sashes are slid in front of
the wall. Furthermore, to facilitate making al
terations to the assembly, all segments of
the inner membrane are removable. Sensors
integrated in the walls, roof and floors col
lect information on the seismic roads and
the heat transmission of the materials and
the building components. This construction
method arso makes it possible to assemble
and disassemble the entire building.
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Dogern
Architects:
ludloff + ludloff Architekten, Berlin
Project team:
Jens Ludloff, Laura Fogarasi-Ludloff
Dennis Hawner, Sven Holzgreve
Andrea B6hm, Gabriella Looke
Structural engineers::
Sobek lngenieure, Stut1gart
fact that the structure houses workshops

and laboratories for experimentation. The
upper level, in contrast, was executed as
lightweight timber construction. Windows
wrap around the entire building and provide
ample daylight to the office workspaces;
they also provide views of the Rhine Valley.
Inside, the many folds of the roof are visible,
contributing to the loftiness and transparen
cy of the space. The greyish blue ceiling ap
pears to float above the red floor. The roof is
supported by a central core, whose textile
covered concrete walls are not just part of
the visual concept. but also function acous
tically. Illuminated from behind, this inner fa
cade nearly dematerialises. In this core, the
7-metre-high, tent-like project room plays
the leading role. light enters the space
through the milk-glass facade of the con
templative "think space above it. The archi
tects also demonstrated their feel for materi
al and light in their mastery of the design of
the textile skin. The glass-fibre textile is held

in place by a steeltube frame that, at its tall
est, measures 1 2 metres. Specially devel
oped adapters made of aluminium hold the
glass-fibre fabric in place. Springs in the fix
ing profiles compensate for changes in
length of the structural membranes caused
by temperature fluctuation and thereby keep
the membranes in a uniform state of tension.
The translucent material provides protection
from the sun and rain, is resistant to soiling,
and furnishes an ideal ventilation cavity. Fur
thermore, it fulfils the highest aesthetic de
mands: suspended in two layers in front of
the facade and complemented with solar
blinds, it has different degrees of transpar
ency and, depending on the quality of light
present, allows the building to appear to be
perceived in a highly nuanced fashion,
ranging from a concrete, physical presence
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seat in Waldshut to the neighbouring town of
Dogern. In 2003, a high-bay warehouse in
the form of a colourful cube designed by
SauerbruchHutton was completed. Seven
years later a it received a confident counter
part: the building massing and geometry of
the white, introverted monolith with shallow
pitched roof mediate between the 30-metre
tall storage structure and the surrounding
residential fabric. The combination of a roof
ridge running from corner to corner and a
parapet of varying height creates spaces
rife with dramatic perspectives. Thanks to
the textile skin, its impression is that of a
lightweight pavilion, but one's perception
changes upon entering the three-storey
structure: exposed concrete walls set the
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raised floor: 33-40 mm anhydrite screed
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Kim Holst Jensen (project architect}
Team:
Peter Voldstedlund (project manager},
Christian T. Saevecke, Kim Thorsell,
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architects referred to this project as the
Crystal - an apt name that has stayed with
this extension of a financial institution in Co
penhagen. Completed in 2011, the sculpted
solitaire is situated at the threshold between
the historic centre and the port. It dominates
the trapezoidal square it inhabits, yet is well
integrated in the setting because it pays
heed to the height of the existing buildings
as well as to visual relationships.
The impression made by the sharp-edged,
prismatic building massing changes to a
surprising degree depending on the observ
er's standpoint. The double-folded under
side - its surface clad in reflective metal
shingles - disengages the structure from the
plaza's surface, and, in combination with the
roof, which runs parallel to the lower edge,
defines the six vertical facade surfaces.
There are three apexes and three nadirs
where the planes intersect: only at one point
and one line does the form meet the ground.
Two circulation cores are incorporated in
the abstract figure: they penetrate the build
ing envelope and connect the upper levels
to the square. One enters the building
through a glazed triangular vestibule lodged
in the building's underside. From the vesti
bule a generously scaled stair leads to the
lobby level and continues up to the office
levels. The open office spaces flow into the
atria. Because the cores and entrance are
set back from the plane of the outer enve
lope, the original concept envisioning a vol
ume that almost seems to hover above the
squre remains legible.
The structural system consists of criss
crossing steel sections that run diagonally
and are supplemented by horizontal beams
edging the ceiling decks. Together they
fom1, directly behind the facade surface, a
vertical lattice that acts as a diaphragm and
directs the loads down to just three sup
ports. In combination with the two cores it
supports the floor slabs and the roof struc
ture. The latter consists of steel trusses posi
tioned radially: they are nearly storey-high,
tapering toward the building's outer edges.
The edges of the two triangular atria are
supported by tension cables suspended

from the roof structure. The levels are col
umn-free, allowing for a variety of floor plans
and uses. The elaborate facade has two dis
tinct layers: the triple glazing, employing
large panes of glass, faces the interior,
while the staggered elements in slender
frames - incorporating laminated safety
glass and a variety of silk-screened, ceram
ic dot-matrix frits as solar protection - face
outward. The 70 em interstitial space pro
tects the accordion shades from wind, rain
and snow, and is subdivided climatological
ly into two-storey segments. Thanks to the
horizontally arranged, narrow ventilation ele
ments with fixed louvers, the offices have
both natural ventilation and favourable
acoustics. Special apertures in the roof al
low the heat to dissipate via the atria, cool
ing the building at night. Further compo
nents of the comprehensive conse1vation
concept are: photovoltaic elements on the
roof, rainwater collection for use in toilets,
and a building cooling system that extracts
energy from seawater. The building's ener
gy consumption is 70 kWh per annum - a
low amount for a fully glazed building.
But the facade's multiple layers also play an
important role at the conceptual level. The
staggered arrangement of the different ele
ments blurs the number of storeys and be
stows a sense of volume, enhancing the
sculptural effect.
Transparency is a recurrent theme in the
overall design. The client considers open
ness the guiding principle for its corporate
architecture, as a way to gain the trust of its
customers. Employees benefit from ample
sunlight inside the building, lines of sight ex
tending its entire length, and unimpeded
views of the surrounding city. For pedestri
ans, the open ground floor provides views
through - and chances to pass beneath the Crystal in different directions. Depend
ing on the time of day and the season, when
viewed from the exterior, the facades supply
a large variety of reflections and views into
and through the structure - the overall im
pression coming quite close to its name
sake, the original source of inspiration.
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2 laminated safely glass of
2x 5 mm toughened glass, glued,
outer surface ceramic silk-screened with
dffferenl matrices, while fril
3 prefabricated aluminium facade element
edge prolile split, with integrated guide rails
for solar protection
4 vent: fixed louvers in aluminium frame
5 accordion shades, aluminium, perforated
6 grating: steel, hoi-dip galvanised
7 3 mm aluminium sheet
8 triple glazing: 8 mm float glass with
solar protection coating
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2x 3 mm float glass with
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opaque coaling at ceiling deck
9 joint, prefabricated aluminium facade element,
storey-high, edge profile split
1 0 aluminium bracket
1 t tilling sash
12 IPE 500 steel edge beam with calcium silicate
board fire-proleclion cladding, painted
1 3 300/350 mm RHS steel beam at ceiling deck
with calcium silicate board fire-protection
cladding, painted
1 4 steel angle support at ceiling
1 5 pholovoltalc module on aluminium supporting
structure
with clamp connections
1 mm standing-seam sheet-steel roofing, galv.
bituminous sheeting
90 mm foam-glass insulation system
150 rnrn corrugated metal/ thermal insulation
500-2500 mm load-bearing steel roof members,
dimensioning and type as specified by engineer
40 mm mineral-wool acoustic panel/
supporting structure
30/40mm suspended aluminium-sheet louvers
1 6 undertloor convector
1 7 10/150 rnrn wood block parquet, ash, oiled
600/600/36mm calcium suate panel raised floor
220 mm precast unit
installations zone
40 mm mineral-wool acoustic panel/
30/40mm suspended aluminium-sheet profiles
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Restaurant Extension in Olot
Architects:
RCR Arquitectes, Olot
R. Aranda, C. Pigem, R. Vilalta
Team:
M. Subiras, M. Venflncio, A. Lippmann,
V. Vitoriano, M. 01iega, M. Rodriguez,
A. Moura, D. Breathnach, D. Aubert,
F. Fluvia, J. Choi
Blazquez-Guanter arquitectes, Girona
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east Catalonia. It is here that, years ago,
their working relationship with Les Cols - a
restaurant renowned throughout the region
began. In the first phase, an old fam1stead
was converted into a modern dining estab
lishment; later pavilions -that are at once
minimal and sensual - offering overnight ac
commodations were added (see DETAIL
German Edition 6/2006). The notion of a bu
colic picnic served as inspiration for this
most recent extension: irregularly spaced
steel tubing spans a hollow on the east of
the site and is the ordering device for the
new "tent". The translucent roof membranes
and transparent partitions serve more as
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3 Pavilions (2005)
4 "Tent (2011)
protection from the elements than as spatial

definition. As guests approach the hollow
and get a glimpse through the entire length
of the restaurant, they spot the slope on the
other end. Perpendicular to that vista, run
ning parallel to the structural tubing, the
suspended PVC-membrane partitions zone
the space and define the narrow atria that
extend into the dining space and are inhab
ited by trees. In the years to come, the pic
nics will take place beneath the trees' cano
py. Even the bespoke acrylic-glass furniture
conforms to the architects' quest for dema
terialised space. In contrast, the earthbound
vessel" - the floor and walls - is character
ised by basalt collected nearby. Cobble-
stones in a mortar bed serve as paving and

cloak the steep west berm, while larger for
mats are strewn in the atria and upon the
east slope.
All components of the technical and service
infrastructure are either concealed or are
positioned unobtrusively. Linear LED lamps
with cone reflectors positioned on top of the
steel cables make the "tent" glow at night.
The sound system and building services
ducts are tucked away underground. Also
concealed beneath the sculpted terrain are
the kitchen and restrooms: the narrow
glazed atria and a gentle upward slope pro
vide these spaces with a link to the world
beyond.
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Dining hall
Washrooms
Cloakroom
Storage
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9 Freight elevator
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Kitchen
Employee cafeteria
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steel-plate bearing surface welded to structural
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basalt cobblestones in mortar bed
0 70 or 90 or 1 1 1 mm steel CHS (load-bearing).
26-30 rn long (shorter segments welded
together)
root edge profile: steel angle
100/20 mm and 90/8 mm steel flats
0.25 mm upper ETFE roof membrane, Imprinted
with 0 4.2 mrn dot matrix. colour: aluminium
0.25 mm lower ETFE roof membrane, transparent
basalt filling
ETFE membrane anchor: edge profile, all sides
extruded aluminium
96120 rnm steel flat
dlstancer/0 1 6 mm steel rod, partially threaded
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0 20 mm steel distancer
60/30/3 rnrn steel RHS
2.5 mm washer
2 mm silicone washer
cone retlector
LED linear White, In extruded aluminium profile
1.5 mm stainless-steel profile,
rotatable connection at centre
3 mrn PVC membrane, transparent
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3 mm flashing, gatvanised
guilde rail of glass sliding door
90/50 mm steel RHS
40/40 mm steel angle
1 5 mm plasterboard cladding
sliding door:
2x 6 mm laminated safety glass,
transparent
fix glazing: 2x 6 mm lam. safety glass,
transparent
atrium floor: basaH filling
flooring: basalt stones in mortar bed
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Architects:
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Tokyo
Team:
Atsushi lkawa (project manager)
Structural engineer:
Yasushi Moribe, Tokyo
Others involved in the project: see page 21 7
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Hiroshima's centre straddles the delta ofthe

6ta River, and this three-storey townhouse is
located near one of its many regulated dis
tributaries. The busy street the residence in
habits is host to buildings of widely diverg
ing heights. The ground floor consists of a
two-car garage and a one-bedroom apart
ment; the latter receives daylight from a
small rear courtyard. A wall of solid glass
blocks creates a sunny oasis of calm she!
tered from the noise of the street, yet dream
ily aware of tts animated hustle and bustle.
The play of light and shadow that character
ises this building was brought about through
the use of translucent materials; this begins
with the skylight glazing directly above the
entrance area. This glazing doubles as the

transparent bottom of a reflecting pool di
rectly above, and rippling light reflections
are cast on the floor and walls. The sliding
doors flanking the living room on the first
storey allow the space to be opened up
completely to the garden courtyard. A light
metal-mesh curtain provides spatial defini
tion - transparent and sensual - as desired
and contributes to an intimate living atmos
phere. The 6000 blocks of cast borosilicate
glass were threaded from below on seventy
five stainless-steel rods that are steadied by
a steel beam. Once the glass facade, which
weighs about 1 3 tonnes, was in place, the
beam - which was inttialty cambered - was
encased in concrete. This served two pur

poses: first, it was part of the design scheme
and improved the structure's fire resistance;
and second, to divert horizontal loads away
from the glass blocks, the rods were con
nected by means of continuous horizontal
ribbons of steel flats situated in the horizon
tal joints. In addition, via Tshaped sheet
steel inserts made to fit into recesses in the
g tass blocks, the glazed skin is connected
to the two vertical steel fins that serve as
wind bracing. The joints between the glass
blocks are a mere 6 mm wide; thanks to
these unusually narrow dimensions, the fa
cade appears, both from the courtyard and
the street, to be a continuous glazed skin.
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4 40/4 mm steelflat ribbons
5 5 mm sheetsteel insert
6 2 mm sleel seclion
7 28/230 mm s1ee1 fin
8 4 mm silicone seam sealer and polythone sealant
9 1 .5 mm stainless-steel planter
1 0 400/600/15 mm Slone, reinforced mortar bed
4.5 mm sheetsteel substrate. gaiVanised
100/100/6/8 mm sleel Hbeam, galvanised
6 mm sleelchannel graling, galvanised
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Architects:
bogevischs buero architekten & stadtplaner,
Munich
Team:
Thomas Bensch, Katrin Hauth, Ulrike
Kreher, Sebastian Seyboth, Marc Sikeler,
Juliane Zopfy (project manager)
Sailer Stepan und Partner, Munich
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This new commercial building situated on a
narrow strip between a busy thoroughfare
and the train tracks connecting Munich to
Augsburg offers rental space in a variety of
sizes to different types of small and mid
sized businesses. From a distance, the
bright facade of white-frosted profiled glass
attracts attention - particularly due to the in
terplay of horizontal and vertical recesses.
When these recesses reflect sunlight, they
generate a pattern reminiscent of a bar
code. Then, on second glance, the stark re
inforced-concrete grid behind the glazed
skin becomes visible. At ground level, the
recessed plinth zone is clad in grey fibrat
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ery bay - the two other entrances in the east
and west are only accessible from the court
yard. To reach the upper levels, tenants and
customers may go up one of the three
pared-down, exposed-concrete stairwells.
These cores' ceilings are open to the sky,
and in combination with the extensive glaz
ing between the cores and the long, double
loaded hallways, this ensures that the spac
es have ample daylight, and that orientation
is easily had. In these hallways the different
colours of the walls designate the individual
functions - sky blue denotes auxiliary spac
es and restrooms, and grass green signals
rental units. Because the partition walls can
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alternate, as do horizontal and vertical re
cesses. In addition to its aesthetic appeal,
the rhythmic articulation of the double-skin
facade has immediate functional advantag
es. It facilitates direct ventilation (protected
behind the profiled glass from the ambient
noise), directs daylight deep into the interi
ors and ensures glare-free workspaces.
With relatively simple means the architects
have arrived at a building that meets high
standards, both economically and aestheti
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25 rnm drainage element
5 mm protection and storage mat
12 mm polymer-modffied bituminous
membrane, Mto layers
300 mm polystyrene rigid-foam insulation
to falls (2%)
6 mm bituminous vapour control layer with
composite core
300 mm reinforced concrete
2 300/300/50 mm concrete slab
30-50 mm high-grade chippings, lime-free
3 3 mm aluminium sheet with
sound-absorptive coating
4 45/83/3 mm aluminium channel
5 262/60/7 mm profiled glass

0.75 mm polyacrylic facade membrane,
moisture-diffusing
100 mm mineral-fibre thermal Insulation
6 thermal glazing with acoustic insulation
8 mm float glass + 16 mm cavity + 4 mm float
glass. Ug 1.1 W/m>K, R'W 37 db
in aluminium frame
7 262/60/7 mm profiled glass
8 3 mm aluminium sheet
9 floor covering: tenant's choice
1 1 4 rnrn reinforced-concrete Slab, floating
2 mm potythene separating layer
8 mm potyurethane impact-sound insulation
1 0 vertical awning: fabric
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Pharmaceutical Plant in Leon
Architects:
estudioSIC, Madrid
Esau Acosta, Mauro Gii-Fournier,
Miguel Jaenicke
Team:
Alfredo Borgui, Nieves Valle, Matteo Ferrari
FHECOR lngenieure, Madrid
Others involved in the project: see page217
Simple means were employed to great effect

for this building on a site close to one of
Spain's high-speed rail corridors. The five
different nondescript, cubical volumes each serving a different function - located in
a technology park have been consolidated
in a square figure. There is the potential for
inward expansion: future additions can be
situated in the spaces between the separate
structures. On the north side of the grounds.
the architects introduced a cu1iain-wall fa
cade that unifies the administration building
- the work of estudioSIC - and a laboratory
that was built at an earlier date. The curtain
wall on the upper level cloaks three of the fa
cades and is made of expanded-metal
sheets that have been curved into semicir
cular segments. The bays follow a one-me
tre grid, and these segments were installed
by clamping them to steel channels. This
system marches across the different compo
nents of the facade - whether glazed, solid,
or void - as a vertical ordering device. The
diaphanous material provides solar protec
tion without blocking views out to the sur
rounding landscape and also serves to blur
the distinction between the elements it en
closes. The company's name appears in
bold letters in three shades of green. These
letters were applied to the segments of the
curved metal in such fashion that when
viewed from different angles, the impression
is akin to a playful typographical game. A
broad stairway legible from the exterior
leads from the lobby - situated in the re
cessed ground level - to an open office
zone. Two conference rooms - which can
be used independently or as one - separate
the open zone trom the individual offices.
Translucent materials also play a role inside
the building: the surfaces of the individual
offices facing the corridor are glazed. The
white dot matrix on these panes is gradated,
becoming dense enough at eye level to
block views into the respective offices, and
less dense toward the top and bottom; at the
transition to floor and ceiling, the glass is
fully transparent, and space flows from one
zone to the next. At the same time, the offic
es have the desired measure of privacy.
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Transparency, Translucence Developments in Construction Materials
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Roland Pawlitschko
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a Glass powder fused to the gtass layer
b Coating or Imprinting
c Inlays in laminated safety glass
d Textiles, louvers, etc. in the glass unit's cavity
e Curtain in the buffer of a boxtype window
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manufacturer: Schon
Curtain wilhin a CCF eloment,
Allianz Headquarters ZOrich;
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manufacturer: Glassolutions Saint Gobain and

Nya Nordlska
Laminated safety glass with precision drillholes in
individual panes made during production

manufacturer: seele sedak
Anti-reflective glass
manufacturer: Glas Trosch
Glass tubing, Caja de Arquiteclos de Bilbao,
architects: No. Mad Arquitectos:

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To this day, traditional Japanese sliding par

titions made of rice paper have retained
their enigmatic charm. In Western cultures.
since the beg inning of the twentieth century
the quest to maximise transparency - and,
with it, the need to provide a screen to the
world beyond - has been inextricably linked
to the notioo of flowing open spaces. In
Friedrich Kiesler's Space House (t933), for
example, a curtain running along one of the
building's corners serves as the physical
enclosure. At the Johnson Wax Building
(t944), Frank Lloyd Wright had already be
gun to experiment with horizontal glass
tubes in the partition walls and strip win
dows. Philip Johnson received international
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shaped stickers - is barely perceptible to
those inside the building, yet consti1utes an
effective means of protection. In past years,
applications of structural glazing - including
all-glass facades, stairs and even bridges
have demons1rated what glass is capable
of. And the size in which laminated safety
glass can now be produced is astonishing.
For the new branch of the Louvre in Lens,
for example, Sanaa determined the glass
skin's proportions based on the largest for
mat available when the project was in the
design development phase. However, by
20t2, the year the building was completed,
much larger formats - 17.0 x 4.5 m - had
acclaim for his Glass House (1949): the ex

terior walls were all executed in single
panes of glass. But despite our fascination
with these buildings, in many cases they do
not meet today's safety standards, or are
susceptible to soiling or damage. In addi
tion, the building physics and assemblies
are often problematic.
Engineers and materials science experts
are in perpetual competition to develop new
materials and building components. But an
important change has occurred: the strict
separation of different types of glass, plas
tics, metal and even concrete or wood has
been abandoned. The classic functional
distinction between the part of the window
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the sun out is increasingly being replaced
by integrated solutions, or upgraded with
additional functions that improve the indoor
acoustics. extract electricity or thermal ener
gy, or serve as information carrier or media
facade.
Curtains are no longer hung in front of win
dows. They are now laminated within glass
assemblies; or, when fibre--reinforced plastic
is employed, are cast as a matrix in synthet
ic resin; or are incorporated in a facade unit
with an air-conditioned, dust-free cavity
(ill. 3). But not only fabrics can be woven
and rolled: metal thread, or glass fibre
dipped in resin, as a composite with carbon
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fibre, opens up a new world of lightweight,
translucent structural solutions.
Transparent glass
Thanks to its high degree of transparency,

durability and versatility, glass continues to
be the first choice when a view through a
material is required. Yet the standard trans
parency value of 92% can be increased to
98% by drastically reducing the reflectivity.
Anti-reflective coatings are employed to in
crease the efficiency of a photovoltaic pan
el's covering, eliminate reflections in store
front displays, and ensure that glass does
not cause unwanted effects that would dis
turb a sensitive setting, e.g. a crty's historic
centre. To prevent birds from colliding with
glass, a translucent, patterned coating has
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become available. This leap in scale was

made possible by the incredible demand for
large formats: this made it appear feasible
to a manufacturer to acquire the world's
largest laminating machine - an autoglaph in which toughened glass is made into lami
nated safety glass. This also requires adapt
ing the entire process chain to these dimen
sions: the oven in which float glass is heated
to 650C, then quickly chilled, resulting in
pre-stressed, toughened glass; the cham
ber in which the subsequent heat soak test
is administered; and the entire transporta
tion logistics.
Screens for t 7-metre-long imprints are not
yet available, but the degree of translu-
cence can be customised by employing

coatings or frosted interlayers. Curves can
be achieved through cold-forming or by
laminating pre-curved panes of toughened
glass. Metres and metres of translucent or
transparent railings - tree of distracting
posts or caps - can be produced, as can
10-metre-long units, for example, for the fa
cade and roof of the trendy Apple glass
cube in New York City. The latter were just
recently installed as replacements for the
much smaller formats used in the original
design.
A number of years ago the introduction of
SentryGiass interlayers - replacing, for ex
ample, PVB interlayers - resulted in glass
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whose structural performance was much en

hanced. However, in January 2012, a new
laminated product - Glascobond - in which
the bonding can also be exploited structur
ally, and which is receiving acceptance
by the building authorities, became availa
ble: now pane thicknesses up to 120 mm
are available (the previous maximum was
20mm).
Thin sheet glass
But glass panes are not just becoming

thicker - they are also becoming thinner.
High-strength, chemically hardened thin
sheet glass can be produced with a thick-
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applying ceramic enamel colours on a light table
manufacturer:
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"Linde Partitur, Carlvon-Linde-Haus, Munich
artist: Joachim Jung
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design: Marty Archlieklur
manufacturer: lasenkopf
CNC ballnose cutting ot the serrated pattern
Without backlighting the counter appears to
be opaque.
The areas where the material has less depth
glow when lit from behind.
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ness as lrttle as 0.5 mm, but it has, to date,

been used primarily as covers for smart
phones, tablets, or photovoltaic modules. In
contrast to conventional, thermally hardened
glass, thin sheet glass is not heated, but is
instead dipped in a salt bath in which an ion
exchange process hardens the layer on the
surface. The result is unusually resistant to
breakage and scratching, and, on top of
that, can be shaped in curves with small ra
dii. Currently, the largest available format of
thin sheet glass is a mere 2.0 x 1 .0 metres,
due simply to the fact that the main applica
tion - electronic products - does not require
larger panes.
There are no real obstacles, however, to
larger formats for future architectural appli
cations. The advantages of thin sheet glass
- which, like other types of glass, can be
processed, coated, laminated, and cold
and hot-formed - lie above all in the lower
weight per unit surface area. In this context,
with triple glazing in mind, when one takes
into account the considerable weight of con
ventional 4 mm panes, the future prospects
of thin sheet glass look good. This not only
causes problems tor load-bearing systems,
but also with regard to transpotiation and in
stallation procedure.
Thin sheet glass could also help reduce the
thickness of assemblies for highly insulated
windows and facade units used in the refur
bishment of older buildings. For the inner or
outer panes, a glass laminate that consists depending on wind and impact loads - of
2 x 0.7 or 2 x 1.0 mm sheets, which thereby
possess the characteristics of composite
glass. The middle layer, which is subject
neither to horizontal loads nor to direct wear
and tear, can also be a single pane of thin
sheet glass.
Glass tubing
Glass tubing also holds potential for new

applications. It is made of borosilicate glass
and is produced in a wide range of symmet
rical or asymmetrical cross-sections (ills. 2,
7). A tube's outer surface can be either
smooth or textured, with a diameter of up to
150 mm, and a length of up to t 0 m. Glass
tubing lends itself primarily to use in interi

ors, where, when employed for example as
partition wall, can produce unexpected ef
fects. The curves in the corners of the com
pletely transparent material cause the back
ground to appear blurred.
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t hable Glass
Glass is normally either transparent or trans
lucent. But a number of years ago, materials
scientists developed switchable glass that
alternates between these two states. Liquid
crystals are embedded in a laminate; when
no voltage is applied, the crystals are ran
domly arranged and diffuse the light. When
the electricity is switched on, the crystals
align themselves, and the pane suddenly
becomes transparent. One new way to con
trol this transparency: self-regulating ther
motropic solar glazing that makes solar
controlled opacification possible. Depend
ing on the composition of the glass - which
has a special resin laminate - the degree of
Artistic techniques for glass
Colourful glass surfaces can be attained by

applying coats of ceramic enamel colours.
A colour powder consisting of ground glass
and colour pigments is mixed with screen
printing oil or gum arabic and then applied
to the surface manually with a brush or air
brush, or in a silk-screen process (ill. 8). A
vulnerable, "dusty" colour layer forms as the
solvent evaporates: this is baked in an oven
at 620'C, bonding the layer to the glass.
This process can be repeated as many as
three times to apply colours in multiple sep
arate layers atop one another - but more
than four fires will cause a noticeable deteri
oration of the glass's stability. Not until all of
the layers of colour have been applied and
the finishing - for example, drilling, sanding,
or sandblasting - has been completed is the
glass fired to attain toughened glass. It is
then ready to be installed. This type of col
ourful transparent glazing may be employed
as bespoke glass design and in buildings in
which colourful, transparent or translucent
surfaces or effects are desired. Although
enamel colours are lig htfast, they are not
acid-resistant, which is why, when used in
facades, they should be positioned on the
side facing the interior.
The main challenge for companies that spe
cialise in such processes is to translate the
design into the corresponding enamel col
ours (ill. 9). For example, even with precisely
stipulated digital primary colours, transfer
ring computer-generated colour concepts
requires a significant amount of work. Unlike
the control of colour gradation calibrated in
percentage points and requiring only the
click of a mouse, finding the correct mix ra
tio of ground glass to pigments is undertak
en manually for each specific shade of col
our - a process consisting of elaborate trials
both tor the mix and the baking.
transparency changes automatically; no out

side energy is required. It is simply a func
tion of the outdoor temperature. When the
sun shines. i.e. when the temperature of the
outer pane's surface is high, the glass be
comes cloudy and light-diffusing; when tem
peratures fall below the switching point, it
becomes transparent again. Both the inten
sity of the opacification and the switching
temperature can be customised during
glass fabrication.
Translucent glass
In glass assemblies with multiple layers,

there are a number of options regarding the
positioning of the translucent layer (ill. 1).
With high-quality laminating techniques - in

stead of merely applying coatings and im
prints to the glass surface- sensual textiles.
metal meshes, perforated metal, or interlay
ers can be bonded between two glass
panes (ill. 4). To achieve bubble-free results,
an autoglaph is essential: in it the layers are
heated - at a temperature of up to 140c under high pressure for twenty-four hours.
By incorporating LED lamps with transpar
ent electrical wiring not visible to the human
eye, laminated safety glass can be trans
formed into a luminaire or a media panel. If
organic inlays such as reeds or wood ve
neer are employed for long-term solutions, it
is of course inevitable that the appearance
will change. In double glazed units, the cav
ity between the panes may contain mini
blinds or perforated interlayers; such prod
ucts have been on the market for many
years. Particularly in administrative buildings
and high-rises, box-type windows with baffle
plates that shield the solar protection com
ponents from the wind are increasingly be
ing implemented. In closed cavity facades
(CCF), the facade cavity is sealed, keeping
exterior air out: dried air circulates in the
cavity so that the inner faces of the glass
panes and the integrated louvers cannot soil
or become dusty. Advantages are not only
the low maintenance costs for cleaning, but
also the constant high degree of transparen
cy. A sensual version is currently under con
struction tor the Allianz Headquarters Zurich
in the Richti Quarters. Instead of using the
high-precision mini-blinds, Wiel Arets's de
sign foresees a sheer white curtain situated
in the facade's cavity. In combination with
the black-and-white dot imprint on the edg
es of the baffle plate, this gives the building
a poetic, inviting note.
Acrylic solid surface material
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glass, has a lattice structure that, at the mo
lecular level, retracts rays of light and is
therefore not transparent. Not until the fus
ing process - when this lattice is deformed has been carried out can light pass through
the material. The situation is similar tor trans-
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Customisable board made of GRP;
fire rating: 81 manu'acturer: Hahlbrock
Micro-perforated acoustic panel prototype of
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ITKE University of Stuttgart
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ITKE. Proessor Jan Knippers;
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parent plastics with an irregular arrange

ment of long macromolecule chains. If they
are tangled like a piece of felt, they are re
!erred to as amorphous: they are glass-like,
transparent, and usually brittle. Acrylic solid
surface material is a composite material
containing aluminium-based minerals not
penetrable to light (Gippsit, about 70%},
and PMMA, a transparent plastic (about
30%). On the market it is referred to by its
trade names, such as Corian and LG
Himacs. The design team at the Swiss firm
Marty Architektur took advantage of its
special characteristics for a counter at a
branch of the bank Stadtsparkasse Schwyz
(ills. 10-12}. CNCmilling (using a ball-nose
milling head) was employed to give the
boards - which are in a special shade of
white with enhanced translucence - a ser
rated surface. The curves were then thermo
formed and, in the final step, bonded to
gether, giving the bank counter a monolithic
appearance. Thanks to the different thick
nesses attained by structuring the surface,
the glowing effect that comes about when
the counter is backlit is gradated, and, cor
respondingly, soft and subtly differentiated.
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Thin sheets of different types of plastics are
available in cases in which a material with
low weight and a high degree of translu
cence is needed. PMMA's sparkle and
translucence most closely approaches that
of mineral glass; polycarbonate, on the oth
er hand, is a better choice when impact re
sistance is a requirement. Both materials are
thermoplastics, which means that they can
be formed and bonded through application
of heat. PMMA and potycarbonate's differ
ent characteristics can be combined in a
honeycomb composite panel with a delicate
appearance; these panels are characterised
by high bending stiffness. The panel's hon
eycomb core is of extruded transparent
polycarbonate, creating 19 mm honeycomb
holes. These holes make the material's
depth perceptible to the observer. The
cores are then laminated using a flatbed
laminating machine with different layers of
polycarbonate or PMMA (ill. 13). One of the

most unusual permanent building envelopes
made of acrylic glass is currently under con
struction in Weil am Rhein: the distribution
warehouse for Vitra is a circular structure,
12 metres high and has a diametre of 150
metres. Like the irregular folds of a glossy
white curtain, a mysterious veil cloaks the
warehouse - and one sees neither butt
joints nor fastenings. The 6.5-mm-thick pan
els of white acrylic glass possess noble
charm - even close up: a clear PMMA coat
ing was melted onto the surface by means
of co-extrusion during the manufacturing
process. A special thermo-forming process
made the irregular undulations possible. In
an elaborate process (including materials
testing) the engineers at Imagine Structure
calculated the Silicone joints and mounting
brackets adhered to the rear face. In this
way they arrived at a curtain that meets San
aa's expectations for their design: the cur
tain appears to float.
In open offices, room dividers of micro-per
!orated translucent plastic panels can im
prove acoustics without taking much light
away from the occupants, and wtlhout elimi
nating visual contact. The materials in such
panels are, as is the case for most plastics,
typically petroleum based. But a prototype
developed by Carmen Kohler for her disser
tation at the ITKE Stuttgart demonstrates
that translucent acoustic panels can also be
made of bio-plastics such as polylactide;
the product even fulfils rigorous fire-resist
ance standards. Longer-term test results are
not yet available (ill. 14).
Innovative construction materials employing
fibre-reinforced plastics have also continued
to evolve. For the Kunsthaus in Graz (com
pleted in 2003), the material chosen for the
5000 double-curved translucent panels for
the building envelope was a slightly milky
PMMA, and although a great deal of time
and energy was invested in the develop
ment of this customised solution, while the
panels were in storage it became clear that
they are highly susceptible to damage, and
due to the fire-safety regulations, the build
ing authority required the installation of a
sprinkler system. In the meantime, the much

more robust option employing high-strength
fibre-reinforced plastic (the material had
been considered and rejected for Graz) has
been further developed. Today products are
available with a variety of weather-resistant
surfaces. with a homogeneous fibre pattern,
and with 81 admissibility (ill. 15).
Membranes
As demonstrated during the light show of
the International Song Contest, the Crystal
Hall, a multi-functional sports and entertain
ment complex in Baku, is a convincing ex
ample of the implementation of a coarse
meshed translucent building envelope
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made of flat surfaces with integrated LED

lamps. A total of 180 rhombus-shaped and
triangular membrane panels of dark-grey,
silvery shimmering PVC-PES fabric mesh
and pebble grey PVC-coated polyester tab
ric are employed in the 20000 m2 facade.
With their Textile Hybrid M1 project, archi
tects and engineers of the University at the
University of Stuttgart's lCD and ITKE have
demonstrated that membrane surfaces can
also be employed as translucent, free
standing, load-bearing structural members
and a new formal vocabulary can come into
being (ills. 18-20} The design is based on
studies of the integration of bending-active
elements and multi-dimensional membranes
(deep surface). In these studies, the aim is

to create systems of equilibrium by interlink
ing elastically deformed GRP rods and
membrane surfaces. In addition to function
ing as an envelope, it optimally diffuses and
manages light and sound. Beginning at the
upper edge of the foundation. only textile
materials were used. The connections were
executed in traditional tying techniques us
ing UV-stable polyester rope.
Translucent energy generation
Solar collectors and photovoltaic modules

are increasingly being used not only to gen
erate energy, but also as shading devices
and as solar protection for transparent roofs
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Functional scheme of dye-sensitised solar cells;
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Thin-film solar module of amorphous silicon on
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Organic photovol1aic film OPV;
manufacturer: Konarka
Dye-sensitised solar module, close-up ot a
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architects: SO-IL
manufacturer: VIA LLC

Stainless-steel woven wire cloth with paper-like
spunbond'NOVen rn
manu'acturer: GKD- Gebr. Kufferath
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cloth v.;th 6 LED/pixel
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cloth with SMD Outdoor System
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and facades. First-generation PV modules

are made of brittle mono- or polycrystalline
silicon. are square in shape, have standard
ised dimensions. and are laminated be
tween - but at a distance to- glass panes.
The second generation is, in contrast, flexi
ble. As laminates on a plastic backing film
basis, thin-film solar modules of amorphous
silicon can be encapsulated in 8/A, and
then laminated from below to the structurally
effective membrane of ETFE roofing. In
comparison to glazed units, the reduced
weight is significantly reduced - a major ad
vantage (ill. 23). And now the third genera
tion is in the works. From the designer's
viewpoint, OPV organic solar cells - a thin
colourful foil - offer the most options. When
integrated in handbags. umbrellas or tents,
they can provide energy "on the road"
(ills. 24, 25). OPV are still in the develop
ment phase and will soon be economically
mass-produced. The intention is to push the
efficiency above 1 o%. and extend the life
span to five to ten years; at the same time,
the cost of materials must be reduced sig
nificantly.
Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC) have na
no-crystalline electrodes of titanium dioxide
in which a layer of organic dyes - on a ru
thenium basis- are embedded (ills. 22, 25).
In this way, the light production is ehanced;
the electron transfer from light absorber to
electrode is improved, as well. They are
semi-transparent and available in different
colours and are more economical in prod uc
tion than panels using silicon technology
because greatly simplified processes (silk
screen techniques) are employed. Further
advantages are: high efficiency (even when
the light is diffuse, e.g. when the energy is
required indoors for smartphones and tab
lets). At EPFL's Swiss Tech Convention
Center in Lausanne, a 350 m2 DSSC facade,
made up of 30 x 40 em modules. will begin
operation in 20t3. Last year, the Fraunhofer
ISE and its research partners introduced a
prototype of a larger module: 100 x 60 em.
Metal meshes
Metal nets, curtains or latticework offer a rei-
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atively simple way to achieve different de

out interiors - e.g. as partition wall or as ve
neer for ceilings or walls.
grees of transparency - they serve as tem
porary visual partitions indoors and as clad
ding for entire facades. Generally speaking,
Translucent concrete
In contrast to glass, plastic and metal mesh,
there are a number of natural materials to
concrete does not, at first glance, appear to
which colour coatings can be durably ap
plied (e.g. stainless steel, aluminium, brass.
be a material that is suited to translucent
copper and bronze) for planar or single or
construction (ill. 31). The material has first
been employed on a broader basis at the
double-axis curved surfaces. These may be
nets, woven wire cloth, or ring or shingle
beginning of the twenty-first century - once
meshes (ill. 26, see page1221. Metal mesh
the appropriate concrete mix, economical
es offer considerable advantages for fa
glass fibre, and optimised production pro
cades, not least of all because they are
cesses developed. Because it has no rein
lightweight, do not significantly increase the
forcement, translucent concrete is not suit
ed to structural applications, and at present
thickness of the facade assembly, and can
be installed independently of other facade
its main areas of application are in designer
components. Woven wire cloth is receiving
increased attention: it can be used to con
trol views in or out of a space, as solar pro
tection, or as multi-media screen (woven
wire cloth requires only one sixth of the elec
tricity of conventional displays for this pur
pose).
For such media facades, tubes with a varying number of LED lamps are incorporated
in place of the horizontal weft wires (ill. 28).
Recent innovations in this area have more to
do with optimising technology - e.g. energy
consumption, light intensity or image resolu
tion -than with the mesh itself. Another in
novation is the exterior use of RGB-SMDLED lamps. These enable not only optimal
legibility when viewed from the side and col- 26
ourfastness for images and videos. but also
make it possible to reduce the pixel grid to
40 x 40 mm- and thereby decrease the
necessary distance from the image.
However, for metal meshes, the pixel resolu
tion cannot be increased at will, because its
net-like qualtty is then lost. A great variety of
materials can be woven into the wire cloth,
for example bamboo or translucent strips of
a particularly durable, paper-like spunbond
that is also used in protective clothing and
in envelopes. This material is largely ripand scrub-resistant, permeable to water va
pour yet water-repellent, and is woven - in
place of the weft wire - into stainless steel
wire (ill. 27). Because it has a fire-rating of
Bt, this woven paper can also be used to fit 28
products and interiors, for example, as

backlit wall cladding. The reason this mate
rial, with its paradoxical aura as a translu
cent heavyweight building material, has not
been used more extensively is probably re
lated to its cost. On the one hand, the opti
cal fibres are relatively expensive. On the
other hand, individual panels must always
be cut out of larger blocks, which consist of
multiple layers of glass fibres and concrete.
Initially these steps were executed manual
ly. In the meantime the process has been
automated, and correspondingly, simplified
and expedited. And the costs have been re
duced . as well: the price per square metre
is now roughly equivalent to that of stone.
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manufacturer: Lucem
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architects: Carpus & Partner
manufacturer: Lucem
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This type of production furnishes architects

with a wide range of new options, both with
respect to concrete mix and pigmentation.
as well as the position and diameter of the
light-conducting fibre. Cross-sections rang
ing from 0.1 to 3 mm are possible, as are
high degrees of transparency wtlh a glass fi
bre content of up to 20%. Furthermore,
when combined with transparent insulation
(contained within the concrete) it can also
be employed as exterior envelope.
The media facade with active ventilated
cavity at the recently completed Department
of Textile Technology at RWTH Aachen by
Carpus & Partner (ill. 32) demonstrates con
crete's possibilities with regard to lighting
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design of facades. All 136 of its translucent

concrete slabs - each with 3 to 4 % fibre
content- have individually operable RGB
LED panels on their rear surfaces. During
the day, when not illuminated, the translu
cent concrete facade resembles dark grey
stone, while at twilight and at night it begins
to glow as illuminated object, or as a screen
transmitting moving pictures that seemingly
come from within. Comparable effects can
also be produced inside with translucent
wood composite boards: thin layers of wood
are joined in a high-strength bond incorpo
rating optical fibres (ill. 30). As with the
concrete, there are a great number of sur
face treatments and colours, as well as
glass-fibre thicknesses to choose from.

Conclusion
The boundaries between transparent, trans

lucent and opaque are becoming increas
ingly blurred, and the bandwidth of possibil
i1ies ever greater. We now have non-mirror
ing glass - an almost completely demateri
alised material - and, on the other hand,
seemingly solid materials which utlilise light
to surprising, sensual effect. The desire for
surfaces that can be both a mutli-media
screen and have authentic, non-high-tech
presence, in combination with the diverse
new manufacturing techniques, all add up
to a number of surprises in the future.
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The North Extension Building of the historic
Maximilianeum fits in elegantly with the sur
rounding buildings and has a discreet gen
erosity. The construction task was not an
easy one. The new building was also ex
pected to meet the passive house standard
- a requirement that up until now very few
public buildings have satisfied. The design
drew up by Berlin-based archttects Leon
Wohlhage Wernik met all these require
ments.
first time to extend northwards into the park

land surrounding it, without disturbing its
symmetrical axis. This has primarily been
achieved by cantilevering the conference
floor, says Professor Hilde Leon, explaining
the planning approach. A closer look, how
ever, reveals that the seemingly straightfor
ward cube is partly sculptural at the point
where the health centre with its sauna and
gym projects outwards in the basement
floor.
Solid and restrained, compact and spacious

- these are the attributes displayed by the
new extension building. The building, which
from Maximilianstral3e is completely ob
scured by the right wing of the Maximilia
neum, only reveals itself at second glance.
"The new building had to fit into the existing
historical ensemble in terms of its design,
but at the same time strike its own tone with
its cubicity. The Maximilianeum was for the
The profiled, terracotta-coloured tiles have

contributed significantly to the harmonious
overall impression. Prof. Hilde Leon: "This
facade enables light and shadow to inter
play wonderfully. Depending on the time of
day and the season it changes colour, with
the horizontal relief in the tiles reinforcing
this impression. The facade becomes vivid
and alive. Also, the horizontal tile joints are
covered, while the vertical joints are empha-
sized. This means the tile size is no longer

easily recognizable." Window heights and
opening depths are based on those of the
existing buildings in order to ensure a
smooth transition and a viable and sustaina
ble interaction. The facade displays a bal
anced proportion of windows to closed,
highly insulated facade surfaces. The de
sign of the facade reflects both the creative
idea and its pertinence within the historical
context, but also takes into account the
commercial, technical and here in particular
the sustainable energy needs.
The eight-storey extension is accessed via
an own entrance as well as via the existing
building. On the lower floors, 65 offices are
grouped around a central core. Visitors and
users on entering are confronted by a warm
red, similar to the "BOrklein red" used else
where. The cubic building is concluded with
the projecting chamber, which has a sweep
ing view of the banks of the lsar, thereby
connecting it with nature and the country
side. A balanced distribution of ceramic and
transparent facade areas ensures the of
fices are well lit with natural light, and pre
vents the building from overheating. 22 em
thick insulation beneath the facade ensures
that it complies with the prescribed passive
house standard.
The most recent addition, the northern ex
tension, became necessary when, after the
state elections, the number of parliamentary
groups in the State Parliament increased
from three to five. The design drawn up by
Berlin architects Leon Wohlhage Wernik for
the new extension impressed the jury as
well as the Presidium and Building Commit
tee of the Bavarian Parliament, who de
clared themselves in favour of the winning
design in 2009.
Crucial to the attainment of a coveted BREEAM rating for Ronald McDonald House,
Manchester are insulated aluminium fa<;ade, window and door systems from Schueco UK.
Designed by AEW Architects for Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Manchester
House provides free 'home-away-from-home' accommodation for parents with children
in hospital. Specified with a Schueco FW sosG structurally glazed fa<;ade, AWS 60 windows
and ADS 65.HD doors. all delivering high levels of energy-efficiency and low u, values,
the building will act as the template for a series of other Ronald McDonald Houses across
the UK. It's another example of Schueco's sustainable Energy3 concept in practice.
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Music school buildings a blend of ancient and modern

A radical 36 million overhaul and extension
to Chatham's School of Music in Manchester
has created a contemporary environment for
its 300 students, whilst still in keeping with
Colours reflect landscape
was made more difficult by the need to in

corporate a deep 900 mm piano key-like
brickwork soft to the underside of the floor
vated and now features a facade of pre
stab as part of the storey-height panel.
painted 2 mm thick aluminium ff2& from
Sandton City Shopping Mall in Johannes

burg has recently been extensively reno
Novetis. Sandton is an important business
its heritage - the oldest parts of the school
itself is expressed via
and ftnancial district and this popular mall
date back to the 1420s. The new buildtng
The music school
features precast brick-clad panels from
small, punctuated windows that emphasise
became generally known as Sandton City
Thorp Precast.
the acoustic treatment needed for these

specialist spaces. Highly intricate formwork
due to its vast size, with over 300 shops and
Designed by Manchester-based Roger Ste
was required within moulds to allow slender
amongst other attractions.
phenson Architects, the new butlding pro
white reconstituted stone cills, brick-faced
vides 3,000 m1 of mus1c school accommo
copings, deep soffits and reveals, soldter
dation and 2.000 m2 of academic school
boutiques, a cinema and restaurants,

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courses and splayed wall panels to be in
two previous renovations, helping to mam
corporated into individual panels, and was
tam rts popularity as a shopping and enter
recital hall, mus1c leaching rooms and aca
largely responsible for the success of the fa
demic classrooms. Among the many fea
cade. Curved comers reflect the site's fluid
and extens1on was completed at a cost of
it and vehicles circulating the island site.
even more shops, offices and apartments.
accommodatton, as well as a concert hall,
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struction of an innovative means of support.

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nature, with culverted rivers flowing beneath
tainment destinatton. This latest renovation

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The carved, highly sculpted structure re
The new facade, destgned to blend with ex
quired half a million 327 x 50 mm modular
ISting structures, was insptred by the geo
tions of the upper level music school refers
York hand-made,
to the stave of a music score. Although th1s
spectal shapes created to complement the
South Africa. To reflect the earth-related col
was originally designed for traditiOnal brick
facing Victorian railway buildings and pro
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specified in four copper colours. The coat
eval administrative building
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work,
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convince
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buff-coloured bricks, wrth
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McAlpine and the architect to use precast
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highly sculptured form of the facade.
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also manufactured from Novelis aluminium,
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Golden facade for modern structure in historic city
PV modules integrated into rainscreen cladding
Ruby-coloured fibre cement Natura from

Marley Eterntl has given a dramatic new
look to the Abraham Moss High School in
Manchester, which recently underwent a
t7.5 million rebuild and refurbishment.
Chosen for both the new build and smaller
overclad sections, it creates a visual link be
tween old and new. The main four-storey,
steel-framed building has a cantilevered
section over the entrance, so lightweight,
strong building components were a critical
consideration, along with the environmental
aspects of the project.
An exhibition in Munster, Germany entitled

Golden Splendour: Medieval Treasures in
Westphalia had an external focal point in the
form of a temporary pavilion of gold-col
oured metal, manufactured by KME. This set
a contrast of modernity against the city cen
tre, connecting the exhibition venues in the
museum and the Cathedral Art Chamber.
The StoVentec ARTiine ventilated rainscreen

facade system from Sto integrates environ
mentally friendly energy generation into the
facade of a building by means of photovol
taic (PV) modules, which convert the fa
cades into high-yield power sources. Devel
oped in collaboration with WOrth Solar, there
are two versions - non-visible and rail-fixing
-and both can be combined with other fa
cade surfaces, such as glass, natural stone,
render, metal and ceramics.
The pavilion's main function was hosting ed

ucational workshops on art held parallel to
the exhibition by the LWL State Museum for
Art and Art History in conjunction with the
Diocese of Munster and Wilhelm University.
Ellis Williams
Architects specified the prod

uct as rainscreen cladding on the new build
elements and as an overclad solu1ion on the
existing buildings where walls had been ex
posed as a result of removing some bridge
links between the first and second floor lev
els. A lightweight steel frame was sheathed
externally with cement particle board.
In a move aimed at simplifying product se
lection for specifiers, Natura and other Mar
ley Eternit products Tectiva (formally Eter
Color), Textura and Pictura have been
brought together under the Equitone name
a new international umbrella brand for the
company's high-end architectural fibre ce
ment facade materials. New colours have
also been added to the range.
An Equitone fibre cement facade contrib
utes to the sustainability of a project as it
can achieve an A+ rating as defined in the
BRE's Green Guide to Specification based
on the generic rating for autoclaved fibre
cement single sheet, it is stated. With fire
classifications A2-st , dO to EN 1350t-t ,
other benefits include: an installed life ex
pectancy of at least 50 years; no routine
maintenance required; and resistance to rot
and fungi.
The pavilion was the result of collaboration

between the MOnster School of Architecture
and the firm Modulorbeat. Headed by archi
tects Marc GOnnewig and Jan Kampshoff, a
walls that created the second visual axis

contained the entrance door facing the main
square in front of the city's Cathedral and
opposite, the emergency door.
The facade material, TECU Gold, is a cop
per-aluminium alloy, whose claimed benefits
include ease of processing and recyclabil
ity. The wave structure was created by MN
Metallverarbeitung; its patented weiiTEC*
process enables the creation of tailor-made
profiles in every kind of metal construction.

Seen through the glazed end surfaces into
the interior, the unadorned design showed
the load-bearing structure, of solid wood
and cross-laminated timber, was completely
bare save for the work tables assembled by

the project participants themselves from de
team of students developed various outline
signs by Marc Gi.innewig. Each table pro
A jury decided in favour of a

building in the shape of a star that in its top
view was reminiscent of a stylised cross,
vided basic equipment and individual light

ing in black, to contrast with the light
wooden surfaces.
draft designs.
and with upright verticals and the exterior
clad all round, except on the end walls, with

the gold-colour copper alloy.
The two end walls providing one visual line
were made of seamlessly fitted glazing. The
structure featured a windbreak on one end
and a loggia set into the other, and the end
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The PV modules in the Invisible system are

bonded with an expanded glass carrier
board to form a sandwich element. The
dead weight of the 20 mm thick board is just
1 0 kg fm2, as expanded glass has a high air
void content. Retainers on the rear side of
the carrier plate allow concealed fixing of
the 1 ,200 x 600 mm modules, thereby cre
ating a homogeneous facade surface.
The Inlay (rail-fixing) system works with
framed elements set inside black rails fixed
to the sub-construction. They measure
1 ,205 x 605 mm. Wrth both systems, mod
and are available in six colours: blue, red,

yellow, green, black and white. Black has
proved to be the most effective choice
where energy yield is concerned. Coloured
glass comes at the price of a reduction in
efficiency due to higher light reflection.
It is stated that comprehensive tests have
proven the cost-effectiveness of the PV fa
cade even with a deviation of 30 to the
south-facing alignment: the only conse
quence being a reduction in power loss
(max. 3 % at an angle of 90). Even south
east or south-west facing facades (deviation
of +I- 60) are said to have produced posi
tive resutts in sunny locations in southern
Germany.
An annual electricity yield of 55 to 80 kWh/m2
of PV module can be achieved depending
on the colour scheme. In purely mathemati
cal terms, the average annual power con
sumption of a family of four in Central Eu
rope of 4,500 kWh/year could therefore be
generated by an integrated PV facade
measuring 57 to 82 sq.m.
ules can be replaced individually for mainte

nance and repair work.
The facade panels are based on thin-layer

CIS (copper indium selenide) technology,
Ventilated rainscreen cladding facades are

enjoying increasing popularity, says Sto.
The structural separation of thermal protec
Homes on the lake

Two unusual floating holiday homes with de
manding requirements for the facades are
currently anchored just off the sou1h bank of
Geierswalde Lake in Germany. A key chal
lenge for siblings Kerstin Wilde and Thomas
Wilde, property developers and architects,
was to find a facade material that would be
able to withstand the low pH of the water.
Along with the rest of the waterways in the
Lusatia lakeland in Brandenburg and Sax
ony, this lake was artificially constructed in
former opencast mines, and the acidic, 3.8
pH of the water can cause corrosion of
building materials.
A suitable facade solution was found in the
form of Prefalz aluminium from Prefa, which
also offered the high material and process
ing flexibility needed for the shaping and as
sembly of the curved structure. Part of the
design of the holiday homes takes the

shape of a large awning or sail, forming the
roof and facade of the structure, which is
otherwise glazed throughout.
Specified in the metallic silver colour, the al
uminium material also complements the
overall appearance of the modem steel and
glass design.
tion and weather protection makes them
very durable, and long maintenance inter

vals help maximise cost-effectiveness. Cus
tomised insulant thicknesses enable energy
savings in new buildings and refurbishment

projects said to be comparable to the sav
ings generated by passive houses.
The air cushion between insulation and
cladding discharges moisture as the air
rises, thereby improving sound protection.
When PV panels are integrated, the air gap
allows for easy electrical connection solu
tions that remain invisible.
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To achieve the shape of the roof element of

the facades, it was decided that a double
standing seam technique/mirror covering
with a normal subsurface formwork should
be used. By arranging the tacks accord
ingly, it was also possible to achieve a very
high level of wind load safety.
The structures were each installed on a ran
domly-oriented fibre core /drainage mat, de
signed to ensure effective removal of addi
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Guide to the planning of glass constructions
Glass in buildings provides designers with fascinating

creative options. It has long been used as a transparent
room partition, but it can of course be so much more:
Glass safeguards against crashes, protects against
explosions, repels armed attacks, creates accessible
areas on roofs, in stairwells and galleries, and even carries
the system load within a structure. In combination with
numerous finishing methods and coatings, glass also
fulfils high structural requirements.
This volume provides a compact, clear and descriptive
overview ot the basic principles governing the appropriate
structural use of this ambivalent building material. The
limits to its design uses are set by physics and the law:
This book therefore also addresses the characteristic
values of the base and finishing products as well as the
building regulations. The theoretical section is completed
with a selection of superbly executed projects.
High-tech leisure complex is centrepiece of regeneration programme in Bristol

Large spans of curtain walling have helped
create 'invisible walls' for a new state-of-the
art leisure centre in Bristol. Designed by LA
Architects, it features extensive use of
Technal 's aluminium curtain walling to help
create a vibrant facility and encourage more
people to take part in physical activity. The
privately financed project is said to be one
of the first in the UK with a 50-m swimming
pool to achieve a BREEAI\/1 'excellent' rating.
Operated by Parkwood Leisure for Bristol
City Council, the 35-million Hengrove Park
Leisure Centre was built by Kier Construc
tion on the site of a former airport. Its facili
ties include an international-standard swim
ming pool, teaching pool, sports hall, climb
ing wall, a !50-station fitness gym, two
group exercise studios, a healthy living cen
tre, sauna, steam room, cafe and creche.
The architectural design with its large areas
of cu1tain walling allows unobstructed views
from the interior, looking out on to the land
scaped central plaza, and greater visibility
from the outside to the pool and activities in
side the centre. The glazed facades also
provide high levels of natural light.
Technal worked closely with the architects
and specialist fabricator G lassolutions In-
stallation to develop the specification tor the

curtain walling. The slim, 50-mm profile of
the Geode-IVlX Visible Grid system met the
requirements tor thin sections which were
sufficiently robust to carry the heavy glass
units, some of which are laminated and
toughened and span up to 2.75 by 2.2 m.
project architect Manolis Datseris com
mented, "We wanted to achieve a crisp,
sharp edge to the curtain walling here and
to create a building that is filled with light.
Our aim was to bring the landscaped plaza
inside the centre by having perimeter walls
that are almost transparent, giving a greater
feeling of space. We are very happy with the
finished effect and the glazing systems are
performing well."
LA
The curtain walling was specified tor the

three elevations that enclose the double
height reception and foyer space, the swim
ming pools and the fitness suite, where it al
lows high-level views out on to the plaza.
The system has been used to construct an
internal glazed screen with impact-resistant
and acoustic glass between the two swim
ming pools, and as full-height glazing to a
recessed space in the building envelope
that provides courtyard views trom the cir-
culation area. offices and creche. Finished

in light grey, it is complemented by the com
pany's double-pivot commercial doors
around the building and FXi65 top-hung ac
tuated casement windows inserted into the
system for natural ventilation. Sloped glaz
ing was used above the main circulation
stairwell to allow light deep into the centre of
the building.
The building envelope also features copper
cladding in the central plaza and on the
north elevation between the main pool and
the teaching pool, to striking effect.
Hengrove Park is the centrepiece of a major
regeneration programme to transform South
Bristol. It was designed to be sustainable,
with its use of grey water, reduced flow
rates to conserve water, high standards ot
air tightness throughout, and use of building
materials such as aluminium, which have
low embodied energy. The building is set to
make a significant contribution to the quality
ot sports facilities in the area and will be a
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New entrance building open for business

Brunei University's new entrance building
features the entire range of architectural
aluminium systems from Kawneer. The strik
ing Eastern Gateway Building is now home
to the previously disparate elements of
Brunei's Business School for 2,000 students
but also features an art gallery and cafe as
part of its additional role as the main en
trance and reception area for the university
campus in Uxbridge, Middlesex.
For the 32 million flagship entrance, the
supplier's AA00100 curtain walling was used
as a mullion-drained picture-frame system
at either end of the atrium and the main en
trance as well as the stair cores, while the
same system, but capped, was used as
rooflights on either side of the top of the
atrium. The curtain wall system provides a
dry-jointed facade solution that has been
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system. There is a range of mullion, transom
and facecap options, with 50 mm sightlines.
tects for the main contractor. The 4-tloor,

7,000 m2 building was built in 20 months.
The main office areas are precast concrete
frame, walls and plank flooring, finished with
a render system on insulation. The aud ito
rium is zinc-faced on a structural framed
system retained in place by a steel frame.
Architeknic's Chris Tebbutt said: "The
glazed Kawneer elements helped to create
the aesthetic. The windows are punched
through the render system while the main
entrance is one imposing glazed wall, which
emphasises the centre of the building. The
walls separate visually the rendered office
and teaching spaces from the auditorium.
"The main contractor introduced DFMA
[Design For Manufacturing and Assembly)
into the project, which allowed for the off
site manufacturing ot many elements of the
building in factory-controlled environments."
The building achieves a BREEAM 'Excellent'
rating, with heating provided by a wood pel
leting boiler and much ot the building using
natural ventilation.
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The exterior of a building is largely the visible mark

of a structure
It links outer and inner spaces, protects against the effects
of weather, and certainly promotes lowering of a building's
energy needs. More than ever, the exterior is becoming the
testing ground for novel applications of new materials especially aesthetic surfaces. These days, the diversity of
demands placed on the exterior by tar surpasses the
requirements covering other building elements. The design
of an exterior has become a complex challenge.
We addressed this challenge in the second enlarged edition
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exteriors to intelligently optimized facades, a catalogue of
materials lists current products and their applications, and
technical experts clearly describe and illustrate the potential
of energy-efficient exteriors.
Packed with information indispensable for designers and
architects alike, this new edition is sure to become the
reference book on building exteriors.
Ready-to-install skylight
Velux has launched its Modular Skylight in
close co-operation with leading architects
Foster + Partners. Designed to fill a gap in
the commercial skylight market for an aes
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ergy-efficient solution, the skylight signifies
the roof window manufacturer's first move
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The modular design means the skylight is
delivered to site ready to install, complete
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"Our partnership wtlh Foster + Partners
means that the new skylight will provide
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buildings' occupants stand to reap the re
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building. Our innovative approach to our
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The curtain walling was complemented by

AA<IS541 top-hung casement windows and
series 190 heavy-duty and 350 severe-duty
commercial entrance doors. The 190 Nar
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guard option, which safeguards against in
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the hinge stile and frame. The 350 door pro
vides extra width stiles for accommodation
of varying lock options. In addition, AA05
low/medium-duty swing doors were fitted.
This latest partnership forms part of the

company's continued investment in re
search and development. David Nelson,
senior partner and head of design at Foster
+ Partners, commented: "The benefit of
collaboration between an organisation like
ourselves and the Velux Group is enormous.
Combining knowledge and components in
the way that we have with Velux is a very
good thing for design in the future."
Initially designed by YRM Architects, the

building was taken from the detailed design
stage by Architeknic Architects as archi-
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The stations on the new route are Sunalta,

Shaganappi Point, Westbrook, 45th Street,
Sirocco and 69th Street. GEC Architecture
undertook the conceptual design, giving
each its own unique identity, but with a com
mon design format. Accounting for climatic
changes, each station is equipped with fea
tures to optimise the passenger experience.
This included the external treatment of
south-facing facades with solar shading, to
counter the risk of solar heat gain through
out the summer.
Flynn Canada, a leading building envelope
contractor, was tasked with selecting prod
ucts and with detailing the curtain walling
and glazing arrangements. They opted for
Levolux's proposed solution as offering the
most compatible arrangement of louvres to
meet specific structural requirements dic
tated by the curtain walling mullions. While
the application of external solar shading on
new buildings with large, glazed openings is
usually required to comply with building
codes or regulations, it can also be used to
enhance a building's external aesthetic.
The company was invited to develop be
spoke solutions for the six buildings com
prising its lnfiniti Fin System and Aerofoil
Fins, formed from extruded aluminium com
ponents. In total, it supplied 227 aerofoil
shaped fins, applied against vertical, in
clined and curved elevations.
The fins, measuring 300 and 400 mm in
width, provide effective passive solar control
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Solar shading helps commuters keep cool in transit

Following almost 30 years of planning, the
Canadian city of Calgary recently opened a
new light Rail Transit (LRT) route serving its
southwest communities with six new sta
tions, and featuring energy-efficient compo
nents including Levolux Solar Shading. The
West LRT route extends 8.2 km to the west
of Calgary, doubling its LRT network, and
represents a big step towards making it a
more sustainable city.
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to glazed openings in ticket halls and plat

form enclosures. By adopting this system
the optimum form, composition and fixing
method for external projections could be
achieved, which helps to maintain comforta
ble temperatures naturally, without the need
for mechanical cooling and air conditioning,
it is stated.
The company has extensive experience in
the design, project management, manufac
ture, installation and maintenance of solar
shading systems and can provide standard
or bespoke solutions to existing and new
buildings, for both interior and exterior appli
cations. These are designed to allow archi
tects and specifiers to maximise the appli
cations of glass, while employing the most
energy-efficient solutions to control light,
glare and solar heat gain.
In order to satisfy the client's challenging
brief, custom brackets and support arms
were engineered to integrate with the cur
tain walling and cladding arrangements.
The risk of cold bridging, interstitial conden
sation and noise transmission has been sig
nificantly reduced with the use of the Trinitr
Bracket. The company says this is proven to
outperlom1 standard curtain walling brack
ets by as much as 70%, in ten11s of reduc
ing structural heat loss.
More light for flat roofs
Rhomboids in Victoria
Acid-etched designs can be functional and decorative
Eurocell has launched a range of rooflights

that are designed to be compatible with all
common flat-roof waterproofing systems
and can be used on new or refurbishment
projects as an energy-efficient way to max
imise natural light. They are fully compliant
with Building Regulations Part L.
Lindner Facades has supplied the unitised

curtain walling for a landmark new building
at 62 Buckingham Gate - a mixed-use de
velopment in the heart of London's Victoria.
The previous, outdated building on Victoria
Street has been replaced with a 13-storey
prism-like structure conceived by architects
Pelli Clarke Pelli, with architectural details
developed by Swanke Hayden & Connell.
Pattern is very much to the forefront with

Opaletch, a new range of high-end, design
etched glass that offers high light transmis
sion together with varying levels of privacy
to suit a wide range of functions. The com
pany states that, by offering different de
grees of transparency, the designs can
heighten the movement of light through
glass to transform an area, bringing a new
and innovative approach to the use of
etched glass.
ing a density that ensures privacy as well as

functionality."
The product is manufactured using high

quality translucent float glass and is suitable
for domestic and commercial interior and
exterior glass applications - from cladding
and facades, as shown below, to doors and
windows, partitioning and balustrading
(above). Decorative uses include kitchen
cabinets and splash backs, shower screens,
shelving and glass furniture.
Offering low reflectance and natural light dif

fusion, the smooth, durable surlace is
claimed to be fingerprint-resistant, scratch
resistant and to provide a guaranteed uni
form finish, as well as being stored and pro
cessed like ordinary float glass and main
taining its quality of finish throughout the
toughening process.
Rooflights are increasingly being used on

flat-roof extensions and in hallways as an
additional feature to increase comfort. The
company comments that the DIE Building
Bulletin 90: Lighting Design for Schools of
fers specific guidance on natural lighting
and rooflights, and recommends that during
daylight hours natural lighting should be the
main source of illumination.
Other applications include communal
spaces in corridors, atriums and reception
areas within both the public and private sec
tor. Rooflights are commonly used in build
ings with IT equipment as the glare from
windows can make it difficult to read the
monitor screens.
Formed from enhanced UV-protected poly
carbonate with vented air spaces that help
achieve a U value of 1.8 W/m2K, to satisfy
Part L, the rooflights are offered with fixed,
worm-gear or hit-and-miss openings. The
four-part, tamper-resistant fixings are de
signed for safe, secure installation.
The City of Calgary Council has invested in

the region of $t .4 billion to develop this
West LRT route, which is designed to fulfil
the region's transit requirements for the next
20 years. By using energy-efficient and sus
tainable building components including so
lar shading, it is intended that the new trans
port infrastructure will provide a cost-effec
tive and comfortable service for Calgary's
commuters.
Benefits claimed for the 'all-thermoplastic'

construction are a high resistance to impact
and weathering (with a weather seal on all
opening rooflights), and long-term, low
maintenance properties. The robust wall
thickness is designed to ensure overall
strength, and the extruded white PVC-U
kerb can be fitted directly to the roof deck
for ease of installation.
D Levolux
United Kingdom
a +44 (0)20 8863 9 1 1 1
www.levolux.com
D Eurocell
United Kingdom
a +44 (0)300 333 6525
www.eurocell.co.uk/roofli
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The new building represents a huge leap

forward in the regeneration of the area, as it
is the first significant development here for
around five years. The project is now near
ing completion and will help to transform
Victoria with facilities that include 252,400
sq.ft of prime office space, coupled with
high-profile retail units at ground level.
A canopied pedestrian area will connect the
structure with Westminster City Hall, provid
ing space for pavement cafes and outdoor
public seating alongside a green wall. Lind
ner's sister company Prater has supplied
the structural waterproofing and the green
roof finishes for this project.
The bespoke unitised curtain wall system
features rhomboidal bronze anodised ele
ments in 1 1 'facets' of variously inward-in
clined, outward-inclined and vertical areas
of cladding. The differently inclined facets
are connected along feature junctions
called 1old lines'. The facade to levels 1 1
and 1 2 is supported by inclined steel wind
posts up to 8 m high.
Externally, the building incorporates 800 m2
of bolted glass canopy using multi-coloured,
artist-designed, screen-printed glass panels
and stainless steel 'spider' glass retaining
brackets supported on 250 x 50 mm steel
rafters and columns.
Lindner Facades
United Kingdom
a +44 (0)20 8246 6300
www.lindnergroup.com
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The range of designs allows for different

light and privacy requirements and can be
used to create both practical and appealing
environments. Said Opaletch director Peter
Joseph, "We know that every space has a
different need. We also know that quality,
modernity and innovation can produce sub
tle but impactful results. Opaletch designs
create maximum levels of light whilst offer-
The etched glass is the latest innovation

from the family stable of designers that in
cludes the Joseph Joseph brand. The idea
came when Peter Joseph identified a re
quirement for a more modern variant of dec
orative glass. The acid-etched designs were
created in partnership with interior architec
ture design specialists Spring & Mercer.
The designs offer a choice of either one or

both surlaces etched. The full range is avail
able in 4 mm, with other thicknesses on re
quest. Standard sizes are 2,140 x 1,320 mm
and 3,210 x 2,250 mm.
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Hardwood replacements add to modern-day elegance of original facades

Replacement windows by Mumford & Wood
were specified in the refurbishment of Col
bert in London's Sloane Square. This Paris
ian-style cafe on the Cadogan Estate, at the
point where Chelsea, Knightsbridge and
Belgravia meet. is open from breakfast until
late, seven days a week.
High-petiormance hardwood box sash win
dows from the ConservationTM range have
been specially adapted to replicate the fine
feature detail of the frames. This bespoke
detail matches the original frames exactly
and is in keeping with the existing double
doors, which have remained. The factory
finished double-glazed windows have been
stained to order.
Restaurant owners Rex Restaurant Associ
ates, whose other establishments include
The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Brasserie
Zedel, have created an ali-day, typical
French boulevard cafe tailored to the Chel
sea neighbourhood.
Commented Chris Brunsdon, Mumford &
Wood's sales and marketing director, "The
versatility of our manufacturing methods al
lows us to work closely with our customers
to achieve the most intricate and bespoke
window and door designs in any architec-
tural style. Most of our specialist work

means that 'one size fits all' is far from real
ity, but this is what we do best and it has
proved to be our strength.
"We were briefed to match the finish and the
sightline detail and it is generally acknowl
edged that the new replacements are ind is
cernible to those of the orig ina! windows."
The box sash windows are Kitemark and En
ergy Saving Trust accredited, and are de
signed to offer the traditional aesthetic at
tributes of period styling combined with all
the benefits of modern timber window tech
nology, providing a high thermal and acous
tic performance with improved security,
claims the company. Conservation range
products carry BSI Energy Ratings 'A-C',
depending on the specification, with an
overall frame u value of 1.4 W/m2K, ex
ceeding current Part L Building Regulations.
Manufactured from premium grade, knot
free, laminated timber that is claimed not to
warp, stick or twist, these bespoke windows
and doors have been specified for many
beautiful, historical and challenging build
ings, states the company, including a mid1600s country hall in rural Nottinghamshire.
Grade II listed and within a conservation
area in Sherwood Forest, the three-storey

property, shown below, has been subject to
extensive restoration work by principal con
tractor Palmers of Oakham, Rutland - known
for its use of traditional skills and materials
to achieve English Heritage standards in
renovation, conversion and construction
projects throughout the region.
The box sash windows have been manufac
tured as single-glazed frames, with hand
faced external putty, just as the originals
would have been. They feature 4-mm float
glass to lend a more authentic, uneven fin
ish. (Alternatively, Heritage-style glass can
also be specified.)
Multi-purpose entrance arrangement does double duty at contemporary arts centre

An unusual, all-glass dual entrance has
been created for the new building that is
home to firstsite, a contemporary visual arts
organisation in Colchester, Essex. Designed
by Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoly, it has
an imposing front portico that rises to 11 m
high and uses full-height glazing. Door and
window control systems maker GEZE UK,
together with glazing specialists FA Firman,
created a set of automatic sliding doors
within a set of much larger manual swing
doors. The entrance had to be big enough

for large sculptures and art exhibits to pass
through and offer easy access for visitors,
with minimal heat loss. Two giant pivoted
glass door leaves were installed, each with
a smaller door leaf cut out within it Single
Slimdrive SL operators were fixed through
the glass on to each smaller leaf: these were
interfaced to work as a pair, so the small
doors automatically slide apart as visitors
approach. When the large doors are
needed, the power is quickly disconnected

with the automatic doors open, and each gi
ant door leaf is then swung open manually.
The Slimdrive SL can be mounted discreetly
and is designed to meet the requirements of
all relevant standards and regulations.
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United Kingdom
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A suitable option for listed buildings where

there is no requirement to meet current
Building Regulations, the windows operate
using pre-stretched nylon cords, brass pul
leys and weights, and traditional catches
and pull handles.
The distinctive deep moulded internal pro
files are available in a choice of ovolo,
lamb's tongue and fine lamb's tongue, while
elegant glazing bars achieve traditional
sightlines. For retrofit projects double
glazed Conservation box sash windows are
designed to fit directly in place of original
box sashes in older properties, or to create
a traditional appearance in new builds.
The central doorway of the hall has a trad i
tional glazing bar entrance door, also from
this range, with a decorative fanlight over.
Wedge lintels and keystones have been re
tained and ashlar-effect render has been
machine-applied to the exterior walls, which,
together with extensive internal refurbish
ment, has helped return this dwelling to its
former glory.
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spruce interior finishes. Additional features

include Fix-0-Round technology, an all
round fixing providing a continuous connec
tion for the glazing with the window frame,
thus offering benefits of improved stability,
thermal insulation and soundproofing, bur
glary protection and greater durability of the
window unit for its lifespan.
long glass facade looks over the harbour

and each folding door can be opened by
hand over its entire width of 8 m to give a
view of the Rhine from the hotel and patio,
and access to the promenade.
Local architects JSK focused closely on the
design of this facade. The door systems,
which each comprise eight panels, were fin
ished in black with black hinges to achieve
a harmonious appearance. At the architects'
request, the folding doors were glazed on
site and the sun protection glass all had to
come from the same batch for the entire
building in order to avoid possible differ
ences in colour.
Opening up the view over Dusseldorf's harbour

A new building housing a 19-storey, 5-star
hotel located at the tip of a headland in Dus
seldorf's Media Harbour features folding
glass doors from Solarlux. The Hyatt Re
gency Hotel has 303 rooms, along with con
ference and seminar facilities, restaurants
and a spa and fitness area.
Hotel guests enter the building via the main
entrance which has a projecting roof. Lots of
daylight, maximum transparency, natural
materials, such as reeds, marble and gran

ite, and the interplay with water and reflec
tive surfaces are the main features that
shape the appearance of the hotel.
The SL 81 folding glass doors were installed
on the ground floor as a solution to the ex
treme architectural demands with regard to
the building's shell and the issue of energy
efficiency. Five of the doors were used for
the restaurant and lounge area.The 80 m
SOLAR+ glass, a specialist thermal coating,

is available on all triple-glazed windows as
standard, while accessories include inte
grated blinds such as !-tee Shading, a self
powered solar blind.
Feature windows come with additional benefits
The high thermal efficiency of the SL 81 alu

minium system offers ultra-slim profile
widths for maximum transparency. The
tracks were let into the floor to ensure bar
rier-free access to the outside area, while
the gears, locking and fitting mechanisms
are discreetly integrated without projections
into the flush-mounted construction.
lnternorm's wide selection of windows, in

cluding those from the Studio range shown
here, are available in UPVC and UPVC/alu
minium, in addition to timber/aluminium,
with the doors offered in both aluminium and
timber/aluminium.
Solarlux Systems Ltd

United Kingdom
a +44 (0) t 707 339970
www.solarlux.co.uk
For a modern appearance giving the maxi

mum glass area, Studio's large surface-flush
KF 220 system can be integrated into the
brickwork so that only the glass pane re-
Royde & Tucker has raised the standard for aesthetics in
H I -LOAD H inges
architedural ironmongery with the launch of a new range
mains visible. The company's UPVC and

UPVC/aluminium products are claimed to
offer excellent thermal performance with Uw
values up to 0.74 W/m2K and a wide choice
of designs and colour options. The timber/
aluminium designs benefit from further envi
ronmental credentials, with Uw values of up
to 0.63 W/m2K, in addition to the aesthetic
qualities timber provides, making them suit
able for both traditional and contemporary
projects. There is a choice of larch or
The company has recently launched its first

AlBA-approved CPO, which provides archi
tects with an insight into building low-energy
and Passivhaus-standard properties, in ad
dition to how windows and doors play a sig
nificant role. It states that it is the only win
dow manufacturer in Europe with nine Pas
sivhaus-certified components, said to give
exceptional technical qualities, along with
superior energy and acoustic performance.
lnternorm
United Kingdom
a +44 (0)208 205 9991
www.internorm .co.uk
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of decorative hinge cover plates used with the HI-LOAD

H207-400 hinges. Completely unique in the marketplace
they conceal the often unsightly screws and can now
feature intricate custom designs laserscribed into them.
This opens up a new realm of bespoke possibilities for
specifiers seeking the utmost attention to detail. Both
hinges and cover plates are available in a wide range of
finishes or can be matched to specific requirements.
HI-LOAD hinges are designed for longevity as a
'fit-and-forget' solution and are maintenance free. In
addition, HI-LOAD's construction creates exceptionally
low resistance to door opening/closing and importantly,
hinge's lifetime. HI-LOAD hinges have a 25 year
ensures a high level of performance throughout the
performance guarantee.
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High-security hardware
Automated interior door for tight spaces
Brio has achieved PAS24 for its Weatherfold

4s door and window furntlure, designed to
offer a robust, high-security solution for ex
terior folding doors. The hardware can han
dle panels up to 150 kg, creating openings
up to 4 m high and 19.6 m wide. Up to eight
equal size panels can fold in each direction
and it is suitable for timber, aluminium and
PVC doors.
PC Henderson,
The Weathertold 4s also passed BS EN

1026 air permeability and BS EN 12210
wind loading tests with a full door system
built to tight specification by an existing cus
tomer, using the product as a critical com
ponent of the system.
There are four choices of finish on this range
of products, to allow specifiers and archi
tects to produce a consistent aesthetically
pleasing result, says the company. As well
as the stainless steel option, a polished
stainless finish is offered.
This has become an increasingly popular
choice for handles in recent years, and now
they are complemented with polished stain
less hinges, hangers and flush bolts to give
a complete suite of hardware.
Also available are PVD (Physical Vapour
Deposition) finishes in brass and black.
"Black has been very popular for the cus
tomer who wants something different to the
norm," explained David Newton ot Brio UK.
"Again, as with the stainless and polished
steel options, all of the hardware is suited so
whichever colour you order you get match
ing colours on all hardware."
David added, "As far as we are aware, no
other company offers this much choice on
these types of product."
D Brio UK
United Kingdom
m +44 (0)191 229 1224
www.briouk.com
maker of sliding and folding

door hardware systems, has announced its
move into the automated market with the
new Evolve range ot systems including the
Evolve 60 Pocket Door system, for use on
interior doors up to 60 kg, in applications
where space is at a premium.
Described as easy to fit and programme,
the system is available with wired or wire
less sensors and a choice ot tascia options
on soffit and face-fix installations. It func
tions using only low voltage and incorpo
rates obstacle detection tor smooth and
convenient operation.
The door kit comes complete with track,
hanger, floor guide, track stop, drive unit
and remote control as standard. The com
pany states that a high degree ot safety is
ensured due to its decoupling action, a fea
ture allowing manual operation if required.
The doors can be completely concealed
within the cavity tor a neat and uncluttered
appearance.
gage or be tampered with; three points of

locking; enhanced security screws, which
prevent tampering with the hardware or dis
engagement from the door when it is closed;
and flush bolts manufactured from extruded
aluminium incorporating a 10 mm diameter
316 stainless steel bolt capable of with
standing pressure from both sides of the
door.
The design of this door system has also
taken the extremes of weather into consider
ation, with corrosion resistance to maintain
performance in the harshest ot environ
ments. When coupled with quality door pan
els, states the company, the system fits to
gether to create a superior weatherproof
seal, protecting the interior of the home.
PC Henderson, United Kingdom
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''Architecture cannot be divided, as manifest construction and

eco-logical efficiency have the same importance as functionality
and design standards in all buildings." In the spirit of this maxim
by Jorg Schlaich, the Stuttgart-based engineering office,
schlaich bergermann und partner, has been working success
fully with various architects on the international level and on a
very wide range of building projects for over 30 years. Innovative
and comprehensible buildings are the focus. also following the
shift to a new generation, as are integrated thinking,
constructing and acting.
This first volume of the new series, DETAIL engineering, will
present the philosophy, working methods and interdisciplinary
approach used by the engineers at schlaich bergermann und
partner. The presentation of current projects in all of their major
aspects, as well as specialist articles by a large number of
authors, will show clearly why this engineering office operates
successfully as one of the most renowned firms of its type in
the world, without losing any authenticity in its work.
ISBN 978-3-920034-58-4
With articles by Annette BOgle, Christian
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128 pages with numerous drawings
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Interdisciplinary processes and strategies from design to

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Paths to appropriate material solutions and development
of new material qualities
Overview of basic construction principles
Synergies between the sun and construction departments
Many explanatory interviews with architects, clients and
project partners
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The automated components include drive

unit, tension wheel, drive belt, clutch, power
unit and manual transmitter. Specification
for individual door sizes starts at 1 ,980 mm
high x 662 mm wide up to 2,316 mm high x
930 mm wide. The Pocket Door uses the
Husky sliding door hardware system with al
uminium track and tully-adjustable floor
guide. Overall wall thickness with 12.5 mm
wallboards is 1 1 5 mm. This automated
range is aimed at the residential and light
commercial markets.
A high level of security is claimed for the
company's Securefold Ultra door hardware
system for folding exterior doors, right, with
this having recently achieved European BS
EN 1627, PAS24 and Secured by Design
accreditations.
Features include: interlocking, attack-re
sistant hinges, making it difficult to disen-
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Majestic refurbishment for city centre building

Refurbished to preserve tls Grade II listed
features, the Majestic in City Square, Leeds
has recently been fitted with a series of new
steel windows from Clement Windows. While
originally constructed in 1921 as a cinema
and restaurant, the building had more re
cently been used as a nightclub, but has
been closed for the last several years. The
refurbishment will enable the provision of lei
sure accommodation in the city centre.
Planning and listed building consents
granted for the scheme enable a minimum
of one and potentially two self-contained
venues within the building, and a window
solution needed to be found that would en
hance the aesthetics whilst replicating its
original fenestration.
For the refurbishment works, which saw the
replacement of all windows on the first and
second floors, W20 steel windows were
specified. To ensure the windows met the

needs of the project to the letter, the com
pany was tasked with incorporating original
features, such as T-bars with fenestra joints,
in addition to a series of curved heads and
bull's eyes. To complete the look, the steel
frames were finished in a grey-brown, pow
der-coated satin finish, helping to bring an
added level of visual interest to the original
facade of the building.
Peter Martin, site manager from Quarmby
Construction of llkley, commented: "The de
sign objective was to replicate the original
windows - this was achieved to the satisfac
tion of the client, the architect and the plan
ners. Furthermore, Clement Windows suc
ceeded in delivering both on quality and the
building programme."
The window company was involved at every
step of the project, from the initial design
and manufacture of the windows through to
the removal of the existing and fitting of the
new bespoke windows as well.
Suitable for use on commercial, industrial or
public building projects, the windows are
said to combine traditional styling with a ro
bust, high-strength frame. They are de
signed to deliver efficient opening case
ments and hardwearing fittings, and can be
supplied as either single- or double-glazed
units. From a performance perspective, they
meet the wind resistance, watertightness
and air permeability standards as laid out in
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Bringing the outside in
Like-for-like replacements enhance the appearance of well-known London buildings
The Janisol Lift-and-Slide door from

Schueco Jansen has been introduced to
meet the growing demand for doors with
ever-larger areas of glass, narrow sightlines
and high levels of insulation, and allows in
ternal and external spaces to merge to
gether to create a single living environment,
says the company. With leaf widths up to
4,270 mm and heights up to 3,210 mm, the
new door is available in a wide range ot pol
yester powder-coated colours.
A replacement window scheme has helped

restore the appearance of the Old Building
at the prestigious School of Oriental and Af
rican Studies (SOAS) in London to its former
elegance. The original campus building on
Russell Square was designed in the late
1930s by Charles Henry Holden, who was
perhaps best known for his designs for Lon
don underground stations.
The design of the thermally insulated steel

profiles enables a leaf/frame width of just
1 1 3.5 mm and a meeting stile 95 mm wide.
Depth measurement of the perimeter frame
is 185 mm and leaf 80 mm, and the system
can accommodate double- or triple-glazed
units up to 57 mm thick, delivering Uw val
ues as low as 0.9 W/m2K.
A bottom threshold profile of glass-fibre re
inforced plastic is designed to provide an
easy-access threshold construction while
ensuring optimum thermal insulation. Possi
ble door configurations include two, three
and four leaves with various combinations of
sliding and fixed elements. The maximum
leaf weight is 400 kg, although the option of
an additional roller carriage can increase
this to 600 kg.
Additionally, the company states that the

windows can, due to their very thin profile,
help to reduce the need for artificial lighting,
which in turn may prove to have a positive
impact on associated energy costs.
Handle choice is silver anodised aluminium

or stainless steel. Turning the handle 180,
disengages the multi-point locking system
and raises the door leaf on its rollers ready
tor sliding. When the door is closed and
locked the rollers are retracted, compress
ing the seals and allowing the weight to be
distributed equally along the threshold
length. This is to enhance the weatherseal
ing and remove the weight from the running
gear, for optimum, long-term performance.
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Being Grade II listed, the upgrade specified

like-for-like replacement - and, in this case,
involved the removal of existing Crittall steel
profiles from their decaying timber sub
frames and the installation of new high-per
formance steel Corporate W20 units from
the same company. The scheme is part of
an ongoing upgrade of the SOAS Russell
Square campus, with the new windows serv
ing a dual purpose: maintaining the overall
visual appearance of the architecture and
significantly improving thermal performance.
As the doors and windows span five sto
reys, new double-glazed contemporary win
dows that comply with stringent conserva
tion and environmental requirements should
make a noticeable difference on both heat
gain and maintenance costs.
A selection of side-hung and open-out vents
were installed, together with horizontal and
vertical pivots, louvres and fixed lights, all in
a uniform RAL cream colour to heighten the
visual appeal. Archtlects Kendall Kingscott
were responsible for the project, with Over
bury appointed as main contractors.
Another distinctive London building that has
recently benefited from a replacement win
dow programme is the Science Museum in
Kensington (right) . which needed work to
the exterior of its Exhibition Road entrance.
Having provided the initial elevation and de
tailed drawings for planning purposes, Grit
tall supplied its Corporate 2000 profiles for
the replacement windows. One feature was
the inclusion of Enduroshield transparent
coating to the surface of the glass for the

very large, top-hung fixed lights. The open
ings at the top are supplied with electronic
chain actuators from SE Controls.
Double-glazed, the centre pane of the glaz
ing achieves the required U value of 1 .2 WI
m2K for compliance with Part L of the Build
ing Regulations, with Low E glass on the in
side to control heat gain. The windows have
been finished in matt black polyester pow
der coating.
Logistically, there were numerous chal
lenges on the project, not the least of which
was having a limited time period each day
to strip out, glaze and install the profiles.
With no deliveries allowed before 6 pm, the
timing and attention to detail had to be ex
act in order for the smooth progression of
the installation.
we are delighted with the finished result,"
commented Andrew Haycock of the Estates
Department at the Science Museum. "In ad
dition to brand new windows that meet all
the requirements in terms of aesthetic and
thermal values, the replaced windows were
all recycled, which reduced wastage and
disposal costs and which is a major environ
mental bonus.''
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The window company has a project of tls

own for 201 3: the Crittall Windows Archive,
a joint venture with Braintree District Mu
seum Trust Ltd and Braintree District Coun
cil to create an internationally significant ar
chive of its history, which spans three centu
ries. Architects, specifiers and designers
will have access to the collection of over
2,000 documents, catalogues and photo
graphs charting the evolution from its origins
as a local Braintree ironmonger to a global
window manufacturer.
The company became, and remains, a ma
jor employer in the area, with several gener
ations of local families having been em
ployed there. Anyone in the UK or abroad
who has material or memories relating to the
company is urged to get in touch - the ar
chive is intended to be a developing story
as the company searches out old records,
photos and mementoes of the past 160-plus
years, revealing designs, materials and pro
duction methods which could prove valua
ble in various types of restoration and reno
vation projects.
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United Kingdom
m +44 (0) 1376 530800
www.crittall-windows.c
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Fire Protection
Digital upgrades for country school and London museum
Thermally-tempered glass
Student safety in mind
Screens and doors for stairwells and public spaces
St Mary's independent girls' school in Shaft

asbury, Dorset has updated its fire detection
measures with design help and guidance
from ADT Fire & Security. A modern com
plex of buildings centred around a Victorian
country house, below, includes a sports hall,
music school and library as well as class
rooms and a sixth-form house.
Pyran S fire-resistant glazing from Schott is

described as a unique design consisting of
a monolithic borosilicate glass, manufac
tured in a micro float facility - the only one of
tls kind in the world and refined by thermal
tempering, states the company. The glass
meets the requirements of fire resistance
classes E 30 toE 120, with the integrity be
ing maintained for up to 120 minutes on
large panes, due to the higher softening
temperatures.
Bede Developments has converted a three

storey listed building into 49 studios and five
two-bedroom apartments for those studying
at De Montfort University in Lei cester. This is
an exclusive development said to offer a
premium standard of living to students, and
benefits from the installation of fire-resistant
glazing from CGI International.
The Architectural Glass Division of Komfort

was chosen to supply a sate and stylish fire
solution for a new residential development
near Stratford, East London. The two towers
that make up Pioneer Point provide more
than 250 serviced apartments in the heart of
IIford, with extensive views of the London
skyline, and this development is intended to
deliver modern urban living with state-of
the-art design.
The digital MZX system installed within the

teaching, residential and other areas has
five networked control panels - three in the
main building, wrth a repeater panel near
the Bursar's office, plus further panels in the
sixth-form building and indoor swimming
pool. As well as break-glass alarms, it
makes use of the company's combined heat
and smoke detectors.
This Class L1 system offers automatic
smoke detection across all parts of the
building, and there are also a large number
of carbon monoxide detectors throughout
the accommodation areas. The modularity
and growth potential of the system to incor
porate major new developments was a key
requirement, enabling the school to seam
lessly add planned new facilities.
ADT has also been
upgrading the fire alam1

system at the Royal Airtorce Museum in
London to a digital system. The company's

Generation 6 Technology system is de
signed to provide faster and more advanced
fire alarm technology, which is critical for a
large stle, as well as helping to significantly
reduce maintenance.
Britain's only national museum dedicated
wholly to aviation has a world-class aircraft
collection, integrated with special exhibi
tions, films, interactives, artwork, engines,
missiles, photographs, uniforms, medals
and research and education facilities. It is
situated on what used to be RAF Hendon
and holds over t 00 aircraft in five themed
aircraft halls.
VESDA Aspirating Smoke Detection, which
uses air-sampling technology to detect fires
at a very early stage, has been installed in
several buildings including the Bomber
Command Hall, and is accessed by one
central box. These large buildings have high
roof spaces, some with suspended aircraft,
with no quick or easy way to access individ
ual detectors.
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United Kingdom
a +44 (0) 1932 743333
k
wwwadtcou
These properties make it particularly suita

ble tor applications such as facades, parti
tion walls, skylights, doors, roots, smoke
screens and elevator glazing, and other ar
eas that demand high safety requirements,
without compromising the clean look of
glass on very large expanses.
The range was specified for a high-profile
contract at the Shard, in London Bridge
Quarter, for installation within all the fire
rated doors in the lift lobbies throughout the
building and the luxury apartments.
Specialist door manufacturer Stewart Fraser
was brought on board to design, manufac
ture and install 55 lift lobby screens, com
prising Pyrostyle Integrity fire doors on the
ground floor and the three restaurant floors,
as well as smoke doors and screens on all
the office floors in the development.
Its Pyrog uard products were specified to

provide maximum fire protection, particular
consideration being given to the communal
spaces on each of the floors, which in
cluded a number of glazed areas. Three
dedicated areas include a cinema room,
chill-out lounge and leisure room/gym.
Rather than have these closed off, the aim
was to open up the space with natural light
- but to achieve this required the installation
of windows in the fire containment areas.
Bede commented that, although having ex
ceeded the fire protection levels required
throughout the building, this could poten
tially be compromised with the addition of
windows, so the fire glass products were a
vital consideration.
CGI's technical team also provided guid
ance to ensure the correct timber framing
system was installed. Covering a total area
of approximately 18 mz, nine E130 INT
screens at 2 x 1 m were installed in hard
wood frames. The glazing was supplied as
cut sizes to expedite installation.
With so many residential units across the

towers, fire and evacuation safety was para
mount, and the initial contract was for the
design, manufacture and installation of 50
fully-glazed 60/60 fire-rated screens wrth
single doors installed in the stairwells.
The Komfort 5000 Series thermally broken,
steel-framed system was fined with 29 mm
thick Contraflam fire insulation glass
throughout. The glass has a layer of gel be-
tween the double glazing that provides

60 minutes of structural integrrty and 60 min
utes of insulation, which effectively keeps
the glass cool and the structure in place to
make sure that, in the event of an evacua
tion, residents can exrt safely.
White diffusa laminate was also incorpo
rated within the glass to give a translucent
effect and create a defined space between
the stairwell and residential areas.
Further to this installation, the company ob
tained a contract variation to install addi
tional screens and doors providing the
same level of fire protection performance to
the lower level, common-use floors, in par
ticular the concierge area, which provides
24-hour assistance and security to resi
dents. Other on-site amenities include a
gym, and a number of retail outlets and res
taurants were due to open shortly after com
pletion of the development.
As part of the overall design element, the
company highlighted the need for fire-pro
tection to the curtain wall mullions where
there was an intersection with the fire
screens - and a design solution in the form
of a fire-protected mullion was created to
ensure that the cladding between the fire
screen and the curtain wall was fire-safety
approved.
The original Shard designs for the fire-rated

doors included large frames and stiles with
hinges that had structural fixing issues.
Stewart Fraser was able to offer aestheti
cally-pleasing slim stiles, with no hinges,
and a structural floor-to-floor connection so
lution, so the architects then developed an
angle frame glazing bead, which has added
elegance to the side screens.
Sound insulation was also a major consider

ation. Offering sound reduction of 38 dB, the
screens help reduce the passage of sound
from the communal areas into neighbouring
living spaces and, with a light transmission
of 85%, the glazing provides the students
with a bright and welcoming environment.
Due to the large number of glass panels

used on this project, their substantial size
and on-site restrictions, a team of specialist
glass movers had to manually transport all
300 panes to the appropriate level. The fire
screens were then fined by a second team
of specialist installers across the 33- and
25-storey towers in two phases to suit the
contractor's programme.
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a +44 (0)1942 710720
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
a +44 (0) t 785 223166
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BAU Review
BAU underlines its status as the world's leading gathering of architects
Continuing popularity of wood floors leads to launch of more styles and textures
BAU, the world's leading trade fair tor archi

tecture, materials, and systems has become
more international, classier and professional
than ever before. This at least was the im
pression of the visitors who attended the six
day industry event. Over 235,000 trade visi
tors made the journey to Munich, matching
the record figures of 2011. The number of
visitors from outside Germany exceeded
60,000 for the first time ever.
Wood as a basis for living is more popular

than ever, believes German parquet plank
manufacturer Hamberger, and the company
used the exhibition to premiere its new
range of wood designs for laminate floors
under the Haro brand. Gran Via, a large-size
plank design with bevelled edges on four
sides, is now available in 30 wood styles
with different surfaces at a size of 2,200 x
234 mm. The completely revised Loft range
is an elegant slim board design said to look
Once again around 50,000 of the visitors

came from architectural and planning of
fices. Reinhard Pfeiffer, Managing Director
of Messe Munchen, believes BAU is going
from strength to strength: "The high expec
tations placed upon BAU have been met in
full. Wtlh 50,000 architects and planners,
the event has undoubtedly lived up to its
claim to be the world's most important trade
show for architects. The satisfied exhibitors
were also highly pleased with the fu1iher in
crease in the international spread of the
trade visitors. This growth is largely thanks
to countries outside the EU such as Russia
and China. BAU has very much underlined
its status as the leading international trade
fair."
BAU's reputation as the world's leading
trade fair for the sector is based not least on
the architecturally sophisticated stand de

signs of many of the exhibitors - at BAU
201 3 more evident than ever before. The
companies spared no effort in ensuring that
they made their mark at the six-day-long
event. Spectacular stand designs, packed
exhibition halls, non-stop intensive discus
sions at the stands and well-informed inter
national customers were among the lasting
impressions from this year's show and ex
plain its enduring success. A total of 2,060
exhibitors from 41 countries presented their
products and services on 180,000 square
meters of hall space.
BAU is now also a real magnet for architects
from all over the world - a fact evidenced
very well in the array of star architects who
were guests at this year's BAU. Daniel
Libeskind, who designed the One World
Trade Center currently under construction,
traveled to BAU from New York and met up
here with his no less prominent colleagues
Christoph lngenhoven, Juhani Pallasmaa,
Mario Cucinella, Andrey Bokov and Jean
Michel Jaspers.
One of the highlighls of BAU 2013 was the
panel discussion between these six famous
architects on the subject of sustainability
and other interesting topics.
Also guests at BAU were: Patrik Schu

macher, Hadi Teherani, Ben van Berkel,
Tobias Wallisser, Stefan Behnisch and Wer
ner Sobek. The three BAU forums once
again proved a real hit with the audience,
especially the younger generation. Experts
from the world of design and construction,
among them some really big names in archi
tecture, talked about topics such as Energy
2.0, Parametric Design, En-gineered Materi
als and Urban Mining. When, for example,
Dutchman Bert van Berkel was talking about
the future of design, the forum in Hall C2
resembled a crowded university lecture hall.
The opportunity to listen to top speakers
free of charge and up close, right at the
heart of the fair, is another of BAU 's unique
attractions.
The overriding theme at this year's BAU was
sustainable planning and construction, illus
trated and discussed in all its facets in the
forums and special shows in terms not only
ot technology and function, but also of so
cial and economic impact. The special
shows on this theme were organized by the
Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance,
DGNB Deutsche Gesellschatt fur nach
haltiges Bauen, itt Rosenheim and GGT
Deutsche Gesellschaft fOr Gerontotechnik"".
For many exhibitors green was the dominant
color, in line with the green building" theme
of their product presentations.
The Long Night of Architecture once again
proved a huge attraction at BAU. With over
20,000 participants, it was even more popu
lar than at its already highly successful pre
miere two years ago.
The next BAU will take place !rom January
1 9 to 24, 2015 at the Masse Munchen exhi
bition center.
www.bau-muenchen.com
particularly good in smaller spaces. Of the

13 different surface textures in the Premium
Laminate Floors range, the rustic-looking
floors feature deep and distinctive 'cracks',
along wtlh a special patina due to the inter
play of matt/glossy effects of the surface.
Other developments included: a completely
revised range of Tritty 250, the floor class for
commercial applications; natural oil surface
floors in the naturalin plus range; and long
strip flooring with the attributes of 1-strip
floors. In total there are nearly 70 different

planks, which get their individual appear
ance and colour diversity in processes such
as staining, colour oiling, structuring, scrap
ing, steaming and smoking, in sustainable
and environmentally friendly conditions.
0 Hamberger Flooring
Germany
m +49 (0)8031 700-0
www.haro.com
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Product Information Index

Facades
North Extension Buildingof the Bavarian Parliament - the beauty of

t84
the secondglance (Moeding)
Music school buildings a blend of ancient and modern
t86
(Thorp Precast)
t86
Colours reflect landscape(Novelis)
New look and new name (Marley Eternit)
t88
Golden facade for modern structure in historic city
t88
(KMW, MN Metallverarbeitung)
PV modules integrated into reinscreen cladding(Sto)
t89
Homes on the lake(Prefa)
t89
A room within a room
Site scanning in 30
Efficiency and aesthetics
Italian handle styles
Ventilation and air condi1i0ning equipment

designed for use in the room-within-room
solutions by Strahle Raum-Systeme was
presented by Emco Klima at the exhibition.
The MTS Kubus system can be integrated
into spaces such as open-plan offices for
use as a separate room and think tank for
confidential meetings or concentrated work.
On Faro's stand was the latest generation

laser scanner, demonstrating that 3D plan
ning equipment is becoming ever more
compact and simple to use. The Focus3D is
quick to set up and operate via a user
friendly touch screen, and scan data can be
imported into all commonly used architec
ture software solutions.
At BAU 20t3, Okalux reinforced ns mes

sage that, when it comes to products, the
highest possible user comfort and high cre
ative quality are as important as energy effi
ciency. The use of integrated photovoltaic
(PV) elements is becoming more and more
popular, and this plays an especially impor
tant role in the area of restoration and con
struction in existing concepts, where PV not
only enhances the architecture functionally
but can also be used as an effective ele
ment of design.
Manital presented new designs by architect

and designer Mario Mazzer at the show, in
an ongoing collaboration which this year
sees the launch of a new handle and two
sliding door pulls, and brings the number of
ranges to 60 with the wide variety of finishes
giving a product choice of 600 items.
The cubicle has glass walls at the front and

rear and solid walls at the sides, into which
shelving systems can be integrated, com
bining spacious storage with indirect light
ing and temperature control equipment spe
cially developed for this application, to form
an aesthetic room element. A high level of
sound insulation and a low reverberation
time across the entire frequency range is
claimed for the cubicle.
High air quality is provided by the newly de
veloped Emcovent type ZAH sound-insulat
ing ventilation unit. This active overflow unit
will provide a continuous exchange of air
between the room and the surrounding
open-plan office area according to the set
speed level, says the company.
The sub-assembly, which is equipped with
two energy-efficient EC cross-flow fans, is
designed for a volumetric air flow of up to
220 m3/h, which will enable up to six people
to comfortably occupy the room at the same
time and for the room to be through-venti
lated after longer periods of occupation or
non-use.
The room air is drawn out of the surrounding
open-plan office into the ceiling area of the
cubicle and conducted straight along the
end wall. The waste air is then drawn away
parallel to this in the upper end-wall area of
the cube.
D Emco Klima
Germany
m +49 (0) 59t 9t4Q-0
www.emco.de
On large sites or when scanning several

rooms its portability is an advantage and it
can be remotely controlled via wi-fi - useful
in difficult-to-access places. The integrated
sensors further simplify and accelerate the
reworking of the scan data, so individual
project scans can be converted almost au
tomatically into complete and accurate 3D
building documentation, says the company.
This means the data is already assigned to
an elevation reading during scanning, which
makes the later positioning of the scans
easier when recording several floors, for ex
ample. The built-in electronic compass pro
vides orientation to each scan and supports
the subsequent joining of the data.
Also just launched, a new version of the
Scene scan processing software, the 5.t,
continues the rapid automatic positioning of
individual scans in a project. The automatic
correspondence search, which looks for
natural markers in scans, is said to take
about half the time of the previous version.
A Clipping Box tool means the focus can be
placed specifically on relevant areas in the
scan material. Data can be selected, cut
and highlighted so specific detail views can
be generated, visualised and named, mak
ing them easier to find at a later time. This
also reduces the amount of data when ex
porting to CAD software.
D Faro Europe
United Kingdom
www.taro.com
m
+44 (0)2476 2t 7690
Two projects tor which the company's Oka

cell insulating glass with integrated PV mod
ules energy-optimised the facade and also
set aesthetic accents are the Massachusetts
State House in Boston and the National
Academy of Sciences in Washington DC,
above, where an interplay of light and
shadow occurs when direct sunlight enters
the interior.
The mono crystalline solar cells imbedded
in PVB foil are not only heat insulating but
also afford noise protection. A further plus is
that they reduce the transparency of the
glass to 23%, contributing significantly to
the reduction of heat input into the building.
Another product on display was Okasolar F:
with louvres of coated steel and requiring
just t 6 mm of space in the window cavity,
this daylight control system is designed to
improve the energy balance while also cre
ating a pleasant atmosphere in the interior
and offering a high degree of user comfort.
It is said to be ideally suited for slim cavity
build-ups and triple insulating glazing.
Claimed U values when installed in triple
glazing are between 0.6 and t . t W/m2K,
and in double glazing between t .t and
2.1 Wfm2K.
0 Okalux GmbH
Germany
m +49 (0)93 91 900-Q
www.okalux.com
Door and window handle Clinia has bal

anced proportions with square lines, char
acterised by the grip sloping downwards,
and combined with the square rosette of the
Ultra Slim Innovation range, only 3 mm thick.
Made of forged brass, this handle is availa
ble in polished brass, satin brass, satin
bronze, chrome, satin chrome and satin
nickel finishes.
The sliding door pulls are: Flat, above, with
opening and closing functions combined in
a single plate which envelops the door on
three sides; and Otto, below, a figure-of
eight shape created by the intersection of
two circles; the lower circle encompasses
the thumb-turn locking knob, and the upper
circle the sliding/opening function.
o Manital Sri
Italy
m
+39 (0)365 3307
www.manital.com
Glass
High-tech leisure complex is centrepiece of regeneration
l)
programme in Bristol(Techna
New entrance buildingopen for business(Kawneer)
Ready-to-install skylight(Velux)
Solar shadinghelps commuterskeepcool in transit
(Levolux)
More light for flat roofs (Eurocell)
Rhomboids in Victoria (Lindner Facades)
Acis etched designs can be functional and decorative
(Opaletch)
t90
t92
t92
t94
t94
t95
t95
Windows & Doors
Hardwood replacement add to modern-day elegance

of original facades (Mumford & Wood)
Multi-purpose entrance arrangement does double duty
at contemporary arts centre (Geze)
Openingu
pthe view over Dusseldorf's harbour(Solarlux)
Feature windows come with additional benefits
)
(lnternorm
)
High-securityhardware(Brio
Automated interior door tor ti
ght spaces(PC Henderson)
Majestic refurbishment for citycentre building
(Clement Windows)
Bringingthe outside(Schueco Jansen)
Like-for-like replacements enhance the appearance
of well-known London buildings (Critall Windows)
t96
t97
t98
t99
200
200
202
202
203
Fire Protection
Digital upgrades for countryschool and

London museum(ADT Fire & Security)
Thermally-temperedglass(Schott)
Student safetyin mind (CGI International)
Screens and doors for stairwells and public spaces
(Komfort)
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204
205
205
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BAU underlines its status as the world's leadinggathering

of architecs (www.bau-muenchen.com)
yof wood floors leads to launch of
Continuingpopularit
more stylesand textures(Hamberger Flooring)
)
A room with a room(Emco Klima
Site scanningin 3D(Faro Europe)
Efficiencyand aesthetics (Okalux)
Italian handle styles (Man tlal)
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Review of Architecture and Construction Details Transparent, Translucent Vol. 2013 2

Translucent Gems for India

Chrislian Schiltich (editor-in-chief)

Meme Experimental House in Taiki

Research and Development Centre i n Dogern

Bank Building in Copenhagen

Res tau r an t Extension in Olot

RCR Argu itec tes.Olot

Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.Tokyo

Mixed-use Hall in Munich

Pharmaceu tical Plant in Le6n

Transparency. Translucence- Developments in Construction Materials

Renzo Piano's "Shard": A new London icon?

The French and llalian translallons are

So-IL's Kukje Gallev

Publisher and edllorial office:

An Interview with Markus Heinsdorff

Subscripllon contact and customer service:

Distribution and markellng:

Windows and Doors

Fire Pro t ection

Persons and organizations involved in theplanning Contractors and suppli ers

Photo creds Editoria l and publishing data

made or translucent membranes - be1ween which air circulates-for

cluding variegated colours (seepp. 157ff.). A small office building in

of matenats or measures, but also, that the transition from "seeing

demonstrate how translucence can be attained using a large palette

through" to "shining through" 1s often seamless.

Translucent Gems for India -

A n Interview with Markus Heinsdorff

Pavi lion Type 5

Rendering ol different pavilion types

a Type 1: 130 rn'

Client, design and planning team see Q..2.lfi.

The events celebrating the 60th anniversary

about your concept for

Markus Heinsdortf: Following the design

long tradition in India, which, to this day,

Heinsdorff: It quickly became clear that the

bergermann und partner- lightweight steel

Detail: Did the reservations that

dia have about bamboo as building material

Heinsdorff: Yes, interestingly in India, in

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Detail: You mentioned that sustainability was

important theme in your design Could you

play a role? Do they consider it retrogressive?

Heinsdorff: We decided that, to avoid waste

4.7 Setting up a pavilion (Type 1 )

Sections and floor plans of the pavilions

a Type 1, b Type 2, c Type 4,

loosely woven, and in this manner, a variety

the sun's rays. But the durability of the mem

you selected is,

to a certain degree, permeable to fight. What

is made of PVC. How can that be reconciled

role does translucence play in the pavilions,

with the principles of sustainability?

over the course of a day?

Detail: The membrane used for the outer skin

Heinsdorft: Our concept foresaw, of course,

12 Pavilion types 2 and 3

mesh and, by overlapping it, achieved silky