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METAL MESH FOR ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN COLOURS + SURFACES COATED, VARNISHED, BLASTED, ANODISED AND PRINTED METALLIC MESH

AGAINST DRABNESS The Bauhaus school inspired a purism that made white the was discovered as a colourful and functional design element ubiquitous colour in architecture. Here it was highly common in architecture around twenty years ago. The project of the to work with white surfaces; if any additional colour was nee- Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris in the 1990s was ded, only grey would be considered. However, modern ar- the first of its kind. Together with GKD – GEBR. KUFFERATH chitecture is an altogether more colourful affair – in order to AG, Dominique Perrault developed...

04|05 COATED METALLIC MESH 06|07 VARNISHED + BLASTED METALLIC MESH 08|09 ANODISED ALUMINIUM MESH 10|11 ANODISED ALUMINIUM MESH Title: mesh: ALU 6010, anodised in colour C33, project: Luna Apartments*, Australia, architect: Elenberg Fraser / 1st: mesh: Kiwi with digital print / 2nd: mesh: Escale 5x1 anodised in gold, project: Court de Justice*, Luxembourg, architect: Dominique Perrault Architectes 3rd: mesh: Omega 1520 with blasted surface, project: Male & Female Student Housing, Qatar, architect: Treanor Architects / 4th: mesh: Special Escale 50x50 in bronze, project: Synagogue, Munich,...

Mesh: Escale 7x1 painted green, project: St. Pölten orientation system, architect: Zieser COATED METALLIC MESH Coloured metallic meshes open up a wide range of colourful architectural textures for planners. GKD uses a special continuous process for colour-coating both flat and round wires.During this continuous process, high-grade special varnishes are applied and heated to create a powerful bond. The continuity of the process allows any quantity of wires to be permanently colour-coated and, depending on the mesh, enables dimensions weavable by GKD of up to 8 metres and virtually any length...

TYPES OF MESH: Cable mesh: Baltic, Lamelle, Lago, Omega, Sambesi, Tigris (only wire is coated, cables remain uncoated); spiral mesh: Escale 5x1, Escale 7x1 (only spirals are coated, connecting wires remain uncoated); PC mesh: PC Omega (all wires are coated). The maximum diameter of stainless steel wires that can be coated is 3 mm. The maximum diameter of aluminium wires that can be coated is 4 mm (for Escale 5x1 in aluminium). DIMENSIONS: All weavable dimensions POSSIBLE COLOURS: See left-hand flap (slight colour variations are possible) SUITABLE MATERIALS: Stainless steel and aluminium...

TYPES OF MESH: PC mesh, aluminium mesh DIMENSIONS: 6.00 x 2.50 m POSSIBLE COLOURS: All NCS colours possible. Customer colour samples can also be analysed and duplicated. A special coding procedure allows the same colour to be reproduced at any time. APPLICATIONS: Suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications Mesh: Omega 1540 with coated logo, project: RAIKA Bruck, architect: Architekturbüro Tschom PAINTED METALLIC MESH WET COATING PROCESS In wet coating, ready-cut meshes are subsequently coated using a paint spraying process. Primarily PC mesh with a size of up to 6 x 2.50 m can be...

TYPES OF MESH: Relatively dense mesh types are best suited, for example Omega 1510 or Omega 1520 DIMENSIONS: All weavable dimensions up to 7.80 m wide APPLICATIONS: Suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications Mesh: Omega 1520 with blasted surface, project: Male & Female Student Housing, Qatar, architect: Treanor Architects ETCHING ABLATION PROCESS Etching is a process that transfers graphic elements onto a metal surface. Because the graphic elements are etched directly in to the surface, it is weather-resistant, durable, and fade-resistant. The result is stunningly attractive and...

Mesh: Escale Alu 150x20 golden anodised, project: Grand Théâtre d‘Albi, Albi, architect: DPA Dominique Perrault ANODISED ALUMINIUM MESH CONTINUOUS PROCESS Aluminium is the ideal material for designing facades. The lightweight metal has a low, specific weight while at the same time offering high strength and good corrosion resistance properties. When exposed to air, aluminium gradually forms a natural protective layer that protects it from corrosion and gives it a matt-grey appearance. However, aluminium profiles or plates in facades are usually anodised to protect them from environmental...

TYPES OF MESH: Escale 5x1, Escale 7x1, Omega (only the aluminium wires can be anodised), Tigris (only the aluminium wires can be anodised, 4 mm wire diameter required for reasons of stability) DIMENSIONS: All weavable dimensions POSSIBLE COLOURS: Only in the colour „Gold Sanodal 4N“ for indoor and outdoor applications. Variations in colour are unavoidable due to production processes. APPLICATIONS *1: Suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications Mesh: Tigris special, gold anodised weft wires, project: Oper Peking, China, architect: Paul Andreu, Paris MESH TYPE: Omega 1520 MESH TYPE:...

EV1*1 Mesh: ALU 6010, anodised in colour C33, project: Luna Apartments, Australia, architect: Elenberg Fraser ANODISED ALUMINIUM MESH BATCH PROCESS Similarly to the continuous procedure, the batch process is also an electrochemical process for creating a protective layer on the aluminium wires. However, this method differs in that it is only suitable for comparably rigid mesh types. The interwoven material is divided into mesh sections and immersed in individual tanks, where the divided and preassembled panels undergo various coating stages in a static tank system. As is the case in the...

TYPES OF MESH: Escale 5x1, Escale 7x1, ALU 6010, ALU 3540, Omega (only the aluminium wires can be anodised), Tigris (only the aluminium wires can be anodised, 4 mm wire diameter required for reasons of stability) DIMENSIONS: In accordance with the maximum tank size: 6.50 x 1.45 m POSSIBLE COLOURS: See left page, Variations in colour are unavoidable due to production processes. Applications*1: Suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications Mesh: ALU 6020, anodised in gold, project: Cour de Justice, Luxembourg, architect: Dominique Perrault Architectes MESH TYPE: PC Omega 1520 MESH TYPE:...