FACADE SYSTEM
Skyscrapers in modern cities, whether residential or commercial, tend to glamorize themselves by way of the owner’s stylistic choices. Today, one of the most preferred ways to instantly enhance the style quotient of a tall building is a glass façade. Apart from lending a contemporary yet open look to a modern-day building, glass façades also offer sound and heat-insulation, making them a favourite of architects. Bespoke cladding, challenging geometrical designs, and striking outlooks of glass facades ensure protection against irregular winds and seismic conditions as well. As an architect, you might be loosely familiar with the basics of a façade. To enrich you more, here is a valuable guide about the intricacies of glass facades.
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Types of Glass Facades
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Thermally Broken Curtain Facade System Facade with Glued Exterior Glazing (VEC)
Structure made up of vertical mullions and horizontal crosspieces of the same section and visible internal width of 52mm. “Vision or opaque” filling panels in multi-chamber profile with thermal break assembled by a double aluminum crimping bracket and sealed with a special glue.
Assembly of transoms on mullions ensured by special aluminum blocks and elastic finishing caps absorbing the effects of expansion of the transoms.
Fixed panels resting on “panel support” wedges and held to the framework by blocks with quality pins on the lateral sides of the frame.
Double glazing in vision panels 24 to 36mm thick and with a maximum weight of 130kg. Screws and bolts entirely in anti-corrosion stainless steel.
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VEP Thermal Break Curtain Facade System
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Structure made up of vertical mullions and horizontal crosspieces of the same section and visible internal width of 52 mm.
“Vision or opaque” filling panels in multi-chamber profile with thermal break assembled by a double aluminum crimping bracket and sealed with a special glue.
Assembly of transoms on mullions ensured by special aluminum blocks and elastic finishing caps absorbing the effects of expansion of the transoms.
Fixed panels resting on “panel support” wedges and held to the framework by blocks with quality pins on the lateral sides of the frame.
Double glazing in vision panels 24 to 28 mm thick and weighing a maximum of 130 kg.
Screws and bolts entirely in anti-corrosion stainless steel.
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Facade Traditional
Structure consisting of vertical mullions and horizontal crosspieces same section and visible inside width 52mm.
The depth of the mullions and transoms is variable from 60 to 190mm, the choice of dimensions will depend on the loads bad weather and use of the facade.
The assembly of the crosspieces on the mullions is ensured by special aluminum blocks and elastic finishing caps absorbing the effects of expansion of the sleepers.
Polyamide end caps make the junctions watertight "mullions/transoms" safe and systematic thanks to the process silicone injection. Thermal insulation is ensured by the seal on the mullions and the polyamide spacers placed at the nose of the crosspieces.
“Vision or opaque” infills are held to the frame by a "lock" profile screwed directly to the nose of the crosspieces. The exterior appearance of the facade is finished with vertical joints and horizontal covers of different shapes and visible width of 52mm.