{"id":11153,"date":"2013-08-05T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2013-08-01T16:53:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T14:53:15","slug":"curtain-wall-elements-facade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/curtain-wall-elements-facade\/","title":{"rendered":"1960\u2019s office building transformed into luxury apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11154\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 420px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11154 \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_01_Original-600x600.jpg\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_01_Original-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_01_Original-104x104.jpg 104w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_01_Original-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Image: \u00a9 Nic Grant, Lindner Group<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Rotunda is the last part of the re-development of the land mark Bullring in central Birmingham. The\u00a0well-known, 21 floor, listed, 1960\u2019s office building was modernised into luxury apartments without interfering with Birmingham\u2019s busy main shopping district by using pre-fabricated cladding elements set up from a roof mounted crane.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unitised curtain wall facade.<\/b><br \/>\nThe entire re-cladding operation was attained without scaffolding by using a pre-fabricated and pre-glazed unitised form of construction. The bespoke curtain wall elements 2.85m wide by 3.2m high were manufactured in our headquarters in Arnstorf. The elements were then installed using a roof mounted crane and lifting chimney.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Facade types and scope<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Design, manufacture and installation of bespoke cladding systems including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,700 m2 fully unitised storey height elements with concealed sliding doors<\/li>\n<li>500 m2 ventilated textured glass rainscreen to concrete walls<\/li>\n<li>200 m2 plantroom louvers<\/li>\n<li>External structural glass balustrades<\/li>\n<li>Internal glass balustrades<\/li>\n<li>Copings, soffits, cills<\/li>\n<li>Doors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Facade technical details. <\/b><b>Facade performance \u2013 tested to CWCT sequence B<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Air permeability: 600 Pa<\/li>\n<li>Watertightness static and dynamic test: 600 Pa<\/li>\n<li>Wind resistance service: +1850 Pa \/ -2100 Pa<\/li>\n<li>Wind resistance safety: +2775 Pa \/ -3150 Pa<\/li>\n<li>Thermal insulation curtain wall: Ucw 1.7 W\/m2K<\/li>\n<li>Thermal insulation glazing: Ug 1.4 W\/m2K<\/li>\n<li>Solar shading \/ glazing g value: 0.36<\/li>\n<li>Light transmission: 65%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Unitised Main Facade to Apartments<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The main envelope comprises 36 faceted elements per floor to suit the circular floor plate of the tower. Each element contains a fixed pane and a \u201cpop-in\u201d type sliding door. The doors are specially designed to travel across a 5 degree facet angle, and can provide \u201ccrack ventilation\u201d in their tilt position, or open fully to provide a stunning vista across the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11157\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 700px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11157\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_04_Original-700x466.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_04_Original-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_04_Original-149x99.jpg 149w, https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/News_2013_08_12_Rotunda_Birmingham_IMG_04_Original-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Image: \u00a9 Nic Grant, Lindner Group<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The doors are structural silicon glazed and the fixed panes are capped and retained by gaskets. This gives uniform external appearance to the fixed and opening panes. The system achieves air permeability and watertightness of 600Pa according to CWCT sequence B.<\/p>\n<p>Internal glazed balustrades provide protection when the doors are open. Double glazed units to the vision glazing have a combined high performance solar control and low-e coating to give excellent thermal insulation yet prevent solar overheating. Single glazed spandrels of textured and fritted glass add character and sparkle at the slab zone. The spandrels also conceal the ventilation inlets and outlets for bathrooms and kitchens positioned behind the glass.<\/p>\n<p>Special separators installed between the curtain wall mullions and the internal walls provide exceptional levels of acoustic flanking insulation and fire separation between apartments. Fritted textured glass is also used as a rain-screen to the concrete walls at the interface to the podium building. Aluminium profiles have a natural anodised finish.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/link\/redirector.php?url=http:\/\/www.Lindner-Group.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.Lindner-Group.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Developer: Urban Splash<br \/>\nMain Contractor: Urban Splash<br \/>\nArchitects: Glenn Howells Architects<br \/>\nCompletion date: 2008<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rotunda is the last part of the re-development of the land mark Bullring in central Birmingham. 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