Swisspearl® Ventilated façade
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Swisspearl® Ventilated façade System and technology

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Competence, Excellence and Innovation Long term experience For almost 40 years, Swisspearl ®‘s Research & Development teams have continuously expanded their unique expertise regarding cement composite material technology, coloration and application of whole systems. These significant technological advances are the backbone of the Swiss quality. Swisspearl ® is the only manufacturer which masters the highly demanding production processes for integrally colored cement composite panels offered in such a wide color variety. Unique with long time proven quality Swisspearl ® cement composite...

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The rear ventilation system 5 One system - Many advantages 2' General information

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JTHUANIA Balsai School, Vilnius ARCH S. Kuncevicius, L Kunceviciute, M. Dagys, Z. Gudelis, A. Kunceviciute, Vilnius PHOTO Raimondas Urbakavicius, Vilnius

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Swisspearl® The rear ventilation system The rear ventilation system Environmentally friendly sustainability Providing considerable energy savings for any building, the environmentally friendly ventilated façade system and Swisspearl ® cement composite panels are not only a good contribution to climate protection, they also offer a great opportunity to enhance the durability, appearance and value of a building. All Swisspearl ® panels are specially designed for rain-screen cladding applications with rear ventilation. Combined with each other, they become the most reliable system from the...

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Swisspearl® The rear ventilation system The Swisspearl ® cladding system is based on natural rear ventilation. It is most reliable, sustainable and provides maximum longevity to exterior cladding. Ventilated façade systems consist of five main components: 1 Support structure 2 Sub frame 3 Thermal insulation layer 4 Ventilated cavity 5 Cladding The exterior wall of a building is mainly made of concrete, CMU blocks, brickwork, steel or timber frame with studs and planked by gypsum boards. Swisspearl ® façade panels are installed on timber or metal supports (please see page no. 12 & 13 for...

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JSA Gilmartin Elementary School, Waterbury ARCH The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury PHOTO Warren Jagger, Providence

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„We first thought of using timber because a natural material fits in well with the surroundings, but the investor didn’t like the idea because timber tends to change its appearance over the years. Metal seemed too glossy and too thin for our purpose; we wanted something thicker. Swisspearl ® is astonishing in that it resembles metal, and isn’t metal, but something in between. A rather modest material – it is just cement after all – but it offers a variety of different effects depending on whether you use REFLEX or CARAT panels. It is high quality and has technical advantages as well, one...

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SOUTH KOREA Doosan Future Trees Nursery, Changwon ARCH Junglim Architecture, Seoul PHOTO Lee Ki-Hwan, Ansancity, Kyunggi-do

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Swisspearl® Appearance of the cladding Appearance of the cladding Face fastened Swisspearl ® façade panels are installed on timber or metal substructures. The fastening method using “visible” screws or rivets allows an efficient attachment to the supporting structures. In fact the fastener heads are available in the same shades of color as the panels, and are hardly visible even a slight distance away as they blend with the overall surface.

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Swisspearl® Appearance of the cladding Metal sub frame (aluminum or galvanized steel) Rivet 1 Sub-framing 2 Bracket 3 Air cavity 4 Thermal insulation 5 Vapour barrier 6 Supporting wall 7 Hole diametres Stainless steel or aluminum. Heads powder coated or both fixed and slipping longer rivets for lapped cladding panels.

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Timber battens EPDM strip 2 Batten 3 Air cavity 4 Thermal insulation 5 Vapour barrier 6 Supporting wall 7 Hole diametres Stainless steel screw, with powder coated or blank head. Standard type 4.8×38 mm,

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Swisspearl® SIGMA Swisspearl ® SIGMA Concealed panel attachment The concealed attachment has been designed for applications with the highest aesthetic standards. This high-end method of use brings out the full attractiveness of the surface finish of the Swisspearl ® panels. SIGMA concealed panel attachment is available for 8 and 12 mm panel thickness. The panels are supplied from the factory accurately cut to size, including anchoring points to the panel rear face. Aluminum parts are fitted to the panels on site and the panels hung into the appropriate supports on the sub-framing. The...

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SWITZERLAND Office Building, Niederurnen ARCH Cadosch SZimmermann, Zurich PHOTO Jurg Zimmermann, Zurich rregular joint widths have purposely beer jsed as an important design element

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HUNGARY EMI Innovation Center, Szentendre ARCH Puhl and Dajka Architects Ltd, Szentendre PHOTO Szabo Béla, Öttevény

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Swisspearl® Cost efficiency Cost efficiency Savings A Swisspearl ® façade is a cost-efficient and extremely economical building envelope which retains its value very well, thanks to its excellent characteristics such as easy assembly at all weather conditions, long life, functional reliability and being almost maintenance-free. Swisspearl ® ventilated façades have proved in severe climates to be very energy efficient and cost effective over the long term. They also ensure a longer life expectancy for the building structure and the building envelope with low-cost maintenance. Energy The...

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SLOVENIA Social housing, Ljubljana ARCH Bevk& Perovic, Ljubljana PHOTO Matevz Paternoster, Smartno pri Litiji

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GREENLAND Jagtvej Housing Development, Nuuk ARCH Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Copenhagen [Denmark] PHOTO Adam Mork, Copenhagen [Denmark]

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Swisspearl® One system - Many advantages Many advantages Rear ventilated cladding, often referred to as rain screen cladding, in combination with the use of a thermal insulation on the outside of the exterior wall, generate numerous advantages as follows: Thermal movement of cladding If installed correctly, the expansion and contraction of the cladding panels can take place unobstructed; thus excluding the formation of fissures or cracks to the building envelope. Dry thermal insulation layer Residual moisture from the construction phase and any minor moisture infiltrations can evaporate...

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