SWISSPEARL ARCHITECTURE 5
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Croatia Health Centre Hvar, Jelsa Museum Narona, Vid Titus Brezovacki Primary School, Zagreb International Edition – High Profile Buildings Slovenia Business Commercial Centre Tus Polzela ˇ, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Maribor Hotel Bellevue, Pohorje Social Housing in Ljubljana and Maribor University of Primorska Headquarters and Faculty of Humanities of Koper Velux/Kalcer Business and Warehouse Building, Trzin Spain Centro Esplai, El Prat de Llobregat USA Federal Building, San Francisco, California

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Publisher Eternit (Schweiz) AG, CH-8867 Niederurnen, Switzerland phone +41 (0)55 617 13 07, fax +41 (0)55 617 12 71 liliane.blin@eternit.ch, www.swisspearl-architecture.com Editor Michael Hanak, Zurich, Switzerland Advisory Board Stefan Cadosch, Zurich Detail plans Deck4, Sandra Eichmann, Zurich Translations Maureen Oberli-Turner, Vitznau, Switzerland Design Bernet & Schönenberger, Zurich Proofreading Jacqueline Dougoud, Zurich Printed by Südostschweiz Print AG, Chur, Switzerland Theme Action mindful of the environment Centro Esplai, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain Carlos Ferrater and Nuria...

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ARCHITECTURE AND GLOBAL WARMING A widening hole in the ozone layer, the ill One such solution is the Swisspearl ventilated façade system effects of greenhouse gases, a shrinking ice with its state-of-the-art low-energy technology and high thermal pack, receding glaciers and growing insulation. This intelligent strategy, so far mostly implemented desertification: with entire ecosystems rap- in European countries with harsh winters, has proved to be idly disappearing and the list of endangered energy-efficient and cost-effective over the past 30 years both in species getting longer, climate...

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Today, action is taken in many countries around the world to protect the environment and to reduce energy consumption. In Switzerland, a national programme for the efficient use of energy has been launched. Its aim over the medium and long term is to cut energy consumption down to one third of today’s figure: an average target of 2000 watts per person and per annum would be compatible with concerns about a changing world climate. In the area of ecology, Switzerland plays an important pioneering role in international comparison. Since the 1970s, much has been – and continues to be – done in...

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often from a local source to avoid long-distance transport. Some cellulose comes from elsewhere in Europe. Only the high-quality artificial fibre produced in Asia must be imported. Colourfast pigments and solvent-free surface treatments are used in the colouring process. Cement composite panels can be recycled to produce cement again. In other words, the quality composite material is produced with due consideration to environmental considerations. Cement composite is produced almost exclusively from natural, harmless substances. The manufacturing process requires comparatively little...

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The Centre Esplai near Barcelona is in every way distinguished by architecture dedicated to sustainability. In this context, the design of the façade plays an important role. Centro Esplai, El Prat de Llobregat, Spain SOCIALLY AND ECOLOGICALLY WORTHWHILE

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“ECONOMY IN THE USE OF POWER RESOURCES HAS BEEN A FUNDAMENTAL GUIDE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPOSAL. THE BUILDING IS ON A HIGH LEVEL OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE THANKS TO ITS ORIENTATION, ITS THERMAL COVER AND THE REST OF THE MATERIALS AND FACILITIES”. CARLOS FERRATER AND NURIA AYALA

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In May 2007, the Centro Esplai was inaugurated in Barrio Sant Cosme near Barcelona. It’s a huge complex with different functions: on the one hand, it accommodates a youth hostel that, with 344 bedrooms, is the largest in the whole of Catalonia. On the other, the building contains numerous offices used by the client, the Fundacio Cata´ lana de l’Esplai, as well as various school and communal rooms. The delta of the Llobregat, which is an ecologically valuable natural landscape although socially problematic, is located in the immediate vicinity. This location was prudently chosen: the Centro...

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10 Swisspearl® cement composite panel Profile UPN 270 Thermal insulation Plaster plate Tube profile 40 ✕ 40 ✕ 30 mm support structure L-profile 40 ✕ 40 mm façade support Frame perimeter with stainless steel matt plate Glass window, stainless steel matt Mechanical window Bend, stainless steel matt plate Insulation plate, extruded polysirene Concrete plate to protect waterproof membrane, waterproof membrane 13 Concrete 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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OFFICE WING: A HIGH AIR SPACE ILLUMINATED BY A SKYLIGHT OPENS UP BEHIND THE SLANTING FAÇADE. Section 1: 200 SWISSPEARL ARCHITECTURE 5

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and the youth hostel dining room. This simple ground geometry of the angled areas into account. The façades plan is countered by a complex system of lighting and are either closed or interspersed with punched windows shading elements. The façade was developed from the sec- depending on the arrangement of the panels. tional drawing under consideration of the orientation. It is On the other side of the wing with the bedrooms, the completely closed on the side of the access corridor in the building has quite a different appearance. The façade con- wing accommodating the bedrooms, but since it...

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YOUTH HOSTEL BEDROOM WING: COLOURFUL CEMENT COMPOSITE PANELS SERVE AS PARAPETS AND SUN PROTECTION AND REFLECT THE VARIETY OF THE YOUNG GUESTS.

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Social Housing in Ljubljana and Maribor, Slovenia Two recently completed housing developments by the Slovenian architects Bevk & Perovic once again prove that ´ quality does not have to be expensive. The façades of both groups of buildings consist of corrugated composite panels, and like softly draped curtains they evoke a homely atmosphere.

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THE CORRUGATIONS FINE DOWN THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS, SET THE ENVELOPE VIBRATING AND LEND THE FAÇADE A TEXTILE APPEARANCE. The housing development in Polje near Ljubljana, which Cesta v Gorice, Ljubljana, Slovenia was completed in 2005, set the seal on the international success of architects Matija Bevk and Vasa Perovic (see ´ Swisspearl Architecture 3). In particular, the façades of the six buildings – reddish-brown cement composite Building period envelopes rhythmised by conspicuous fastenings, an inter- General contractor pretation of Gottfried Semper’s cladding theory – gave rise to...

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