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BUILDING FUTURE SINCE 1886

BUILDING FUTURE SINCE 1886
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BUILDING FUTURE SINCE 1886

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Introduction
ESCOFET is a company that integrates design, architecture, and urban landscape into its core business activities. Established over 125 years ago, it has maintained a focus on quality, innovation, and collaboration with professionals to mediate between project design and product manufacturing.
Company History
Founded in 1886, ESCOFET initially produced hydraulic tiles and quickly became associated with renowned architects like Antoni Gaudí. The company has played a significant role in Barcelona's urban development, contributing to major events and projects such as the Universal Exposition of 1888 and the 1992 Olympic Games.
Core Values and Innovation
ESCOFET is recognized for its pioneering strategies in material research, particularly concrete, and its collaboration with designers to create unique urban elements. The company emphasizes tailor-made technology and quality, offering flexibility in materials and finishes to suit diverse projects.
Creative Process
The company collaborates closely with designers from concept to production, ensuring competitive project management and standardization of unique items. ESCOFET's engineering department plays a crucial role in the technical development and prototyping of new products.
Materials and Production
ESCOFET uses a variety of materials, including concrete, steel, aluminum, wood, and glass, to create high-quality urban furniture and architectural elements. The production process involves advanced technology and craftsmanship, with a focus on innovative concrete formulations like Slimconcrete.
Product Range
ESCOFET offers a wide range of products for urban life, lighting, and building, including benches, planters, street lighting, pavements, and facades. The company continuously expands its offerings with new collections and technologies to enhance urban environments.
Conclusion
ESCOFET's commitment to quality, innovation, and collaboration has solidified its position as a leader in the architecture and urban design sector, contributing significantly to the development of cities worldwide.
Overview
The document provides an overview of ESCOFET, a company specializing in urban furniture and architectural elements. It highlights their product lines, design philosophy, and international presence.
Product Lines
ESCOFET offers a range of products including street furniture, lighting, pavements, and architectural facades. Their products are designed to enhance urban environments and are used in various settings such as parks, residential areas, and public spaces.
Design and Innovation
The company emphasizes design as a core feature of its innovation process, collaborating with architects and designers to create products that blend tradition with modernity. Notable collaborations include works with renowned architects like Antoni Gaudí and Toyo Ito.
Materials and Technology
ESCOFET utilizes advanced materials like Stonita®, known for its versatility and mechanical strength, suitable for a wide range of applications.
Projects and Scenarios
The document lists various projects where ESCOFET products have been implemented, showcasing their adaptability to different environments and architectural styles.
Awards and Recognition
ESCOFET has received numerous awards for its design excellence, including the National Design Award and multiple ADI-FAD Delta Awards, reflecting its commitment to quality and innovation.
International Presence
Initially focused on Spain and France, ESCOFET has expanded its market to over 40 countries, becoming a reference in public space design worldwide.
Contact Information
The document provides contact details for ESCOFET's head office in Barcelona, Spain, and its Mexican branch, highlighting their global reach.
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BUILDING FUTURE SINCE 1886-2

Building future since 1886

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BUILDING FUTURE SINCE 1886-3

ESCOFET is not only Industry and Product. It is also Design, Architecture and Urban Landscape. From the outset more than 125 years ago, ESCOFET has understood the importance of quality as the core of its business activity. The relevance of value added qualities and differentiation to its products and services, its congruent application of the design concept and its pioneering strategy of synergies between design, architecture and industry are the features that have allowed Escofet to remain at the forefront over the MARINA PORT VELL. BARCELONA.SERGI CARULLA AND OSCAR BLASCO (SCOB ARQUITECTOS)....

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More than 125 years leave a mark OUR HISTORY ESCOFET was founded in 1886 to manufacture hydraulic tiles at the height of modernism. Architects like Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner designed models for ESCOFET which quickly became a symbol of the best architecture of the time for its beauty, functionality and innovation. 1979 … First street furniture. ESCOFET begins its famous line of street furniture with the MODULAR bench, designed by Ramón Benedito and Josep Lluscà, inspired by the shape of the perimeter benches around the square in Gaudí’s Güell Park. Two core aspects marked the...

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Pioneers Passion for Innovation ESCOFET is a market leader thanks to its long experience, its audacity and its future vision. Our company is an interface between high-tech industry and contemporary architecture. LUNGO MARE. EMBT ARQUITECTES. PASEO DE LA BARCELONETA. BARCELONA. PHOTO ROGER CASAS Our pioneering strategy of anticipating demand in interaction with our designers, our leadership in research into materials, particularly concrete, our creation of a universal vocabulary of urban elements and our accurate logistics are the key points of ESCOFET’s growth and international expansion. Singularity...

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From project to design CREATIVE PROCESS ESCOFET’s experienced team of technicians works with the designer from the concept to the technical production stage, situated as an interface between architect, project and product. This encounter provides an optimum competitive edge to manage projects and standardize unique items into products for widespread use, regardless of their complexity. GRASSHOPPER. MAKOTO FUKUDA. CAVES LLOPART. SANT SADURNI D’ANOIA. PHOTO JORDI AZATEGUI ESCOFET captures and adds the talents of its creators to the company’s production and publishing activities. TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT...

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PRODUCTION AND FINISHES Water, aggregate and cement: course of 125 years, ESCOFET research into its production in a dual thrust of advanced with this basic recipe and the skills developed in the 1886 manufactures its products under the constants of process and extending the potential of the materials technology and craftsmanship. ESCOFET’s Master Craftsmen combine experience, talent and technological innovation from the initial production of high quality moulds to the specific formulation of raw materials and final finishes, where each item follows a specific process. OUR MOULDS We use steel,...

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In search of excellence MATERIALS: CONCRETE SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE (HAC) SLIMCONCRETE (UHPC-ESCOFET) BOOMERANG. ARRIOLA&FIOL , AQUITECTOS. CIVIC CENTER “ELS VIENESOS”. EL MASNOU. PHOTO MARC VIDAL Concrete with a self-compacting consistency. Cement content: 350-400kg/m3. This historic base material has been analysed and innovated on by ESCOFET to produce new formulations, colours and textures. We currently have a basic range of 17 concrete finishes to choose from. Concrete with a fluid/liquid consistency. Minimum cement content: 700kg/m3, with organic fibres. New UHPC technology has allowed...

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In search of excellence MULTIMATERIAL ESCOFET is aware that every context needs a unique approach. We therefore also work with a wide range of materials (cast aluminium, stainless steel, Cor-Ten steel, painted steel, wood, glass, plastics...), in permanent research and innovation to ensure the best quality in textures, colours and high value-added technological finishes. TRAMET TABLE, BENCH and STOOL. GARROFERS GARDENS. BARCELONA. PHOTO ANNA PERICAS STEEL CUT. STAINLESS STEEL. CAST STEEL. CAST ALUMINUM WOOD. GLASS. PLASTIC

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ESCOFET PRODUCTS ESCOFET URBAN LIFE ESCOFET LIGHTING ESCOFET WALK ESCOFET BUILDINGS STREET LIGHTING AND LAMPS DRINKING FOUNTAINS PATHWAY LIGHTS TREE SURROUNDS LITTER BINS SPECIAL PROJECTS FEATURED ELEMENTS Enjoying our everyday environs City light Architecture in full view Streetscapes are a “home for all”, open areas where we share and enjoy our common environment. At ESCOFET Urban Life, we design elements that facilitate relaxation, and also nurture and beautify our cities: ESCOFET benches, seats, tables, planters, bubblers and litter bins are part of our collective imagination. Cities do not...

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ESCOFET URBAN LIFE Street furniture designed for the use and enjoyment of urban environment by citizens. HEBI BENCH. ELIES TORRES & J.A. MARTÍNEZ LAPEÑA. FÒRUM PARK. BARCELONA. PHOTO RAMON MUNTADES DRINKING FOUNTAINS LITTER BINS

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ESCOFET LIGHTING Elements that illuminate and highlight urban settings. PATHWAY LIGHTS KANYA LIGHTING. PORT OF FÒRUM. BARCELONA. PHOTO RAMÓN MUNTADAS STREET LIGHTING AND LAMPS

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ESCOFET WALK Constructive, identifying pavements and elements that facilitate pedestrian mobility and comfort. POBLE NOU PAVEMENT. GLÒRIES SHOPPING CENTER. BARCELONA. PHOTO ANNA PERICAS TREE SURROUNDS

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ESCOFET BUILDINGS Architectural elements and enveloping facades at the service of architecture. SLIMCONCRETE FACADE. GUINEUETA MARKET EXTENSION. BARCELONA. DANIEL MÒDUL, ARCHITECT. PHOTO ANNA PERICAS SPECIAL PROJECTS

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DAE COLLECTION A collection of urban elements that complements the ESCOFET range with products at the crossroads between innovation and tradition. MONTSENY CHAIR DAE COLLECTION. LEOPOLDO MILÁ. PHOTO GERARD ARQUÉ URBAN FURNITURE

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All Escofet catalogs and technical brochures

  1. ECO_CONCRETE

    13  Pages

  2. PLASTIC

    14  Pages

Archived catalogs

  1. SLIMCONCRETE

    29  Pages

  2. DAE

    41  Pages

  3. 1 URBAN LIFE /4

    130  Pages

  4. 2 WALKING /4

    92  Pages

  5. 3 BUILDING /4

    65  Pages

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