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International creations in VM ZINC®
September 2007
‘ 10n°
a panel of projects submitted over a given period.
The next issue of FOCUS ON ZINC will again be
dedicated to our third ARCHIZINC competition
and we have high hopes that the quality of
the projects submitted will once again make
this a truly exceptional issue. The registration
form inserted in this issue provides you with
the opportunity to compete in this next
ARCHIZINC competition. Meanwhile, this tenth
“standard” issue represents an impressive
selection of recent projects around the world.
Twelve different countries on three continents
are represented, and the diversity of buildings,
functions and applications pays tribute to the
flexibility of our products.
We hope you will continue to enjoy reading
FOCUS ON ZINC just as much as we enjoy
preparing it for you.
It seems only yesterday that a handful of
colleagues sat down together to develop new
ideas for communicating with architects. The result
was FOCUS ON ZINC, and what began as a
genuine experiment has become one of our most
successful communication projects. Our initial
precept was that the magazine should let our
material speak for itself, accompanied by
information chosen by architects, rather than by us
in our role as industrial producer. By staying true
to these principles we have gained an audience of
which we are truly proud. The only real change
that we have made over the years has been in
improving our graphic design to give over even
more space to photography, and this tenth issue
presents you with a new concept for the cover.
FOCUS ON ZINC is also more than the numbered
issues of which this is now the tenth. Four years
ago we launched the idea of opening the pages of
our special issues to the architects themselves,
handing over the editorial choice to professionals. This
took the form of our ARCHIZINC competition, in which
an independent jury selects prize winners from
The editorial committee
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Isabelle Ferrero
Laura Terricabras
Christopher Smith
Marie-Pierre Lavergne
Barbara Nordberg
Uwe Nagel
Céline Habert
Daniel Juillard
Emmanuel Henris
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CONTENTS
[ Australia ] Collective Housing
[ Spain ] Private House
[ China ] Head Office
[ Germany ] School
[ Italy ] Church
[ Belgium ] Social housing
[ Spain ] Day nursery
[ Denmark ] Psychiatric Hospital
[ Netherlands ] Concert and exhibition centre
[ Germany ] Residential and office building
[ Switzerland ] Factory
[ Spain ] Research Centre
[ Brazil ] Cultural Centre
[ France ] University
[ Luxemburg ] Private House
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[ France ] Plant
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INTEGRATION
CommercialBuildings
Research Centre
Parc de recerca biomèdica
de Barcelona, Barcelona
Architect(s):
Manel Brullet Tenas and
Albert De Pineda Álvarez
Contractor: Cubiertas Muñoz
Technique(s): Standing seam
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 3,450 sq. m
(34,000 sq. ft)
With a site on the Barcelona seafront close to a number of
high-rise buildings (Olympic village, general hospital, blocks
of flats, etc.), the designers of the biomedical research
centre decided against competing with the neighbours by
building even higher and instead sought a volumetric
approach to blend their project harmoniously into its
environment. This thinking inspired the surprising creation of
an elliptical truncated cone with a partially hollow centre,
answering both the main requirement of the programme
and dealing with other constraints, such as the irregular
geometry of the site and the need to install solar panels for
the production of domestic hot water.
In this highly innovative architecture, QUARTZ-ZINC® panels,
assembled using the standing seam technique, clad the
spandrels at the top level of the inner facades. The material
finds its most traditional use on the roof, where it enables
the thickness of the roof to be reduced to a minimum,
integrating the solar panels without any visual interruption
in the lines of the roof. Around the circumference of the
building, a natural wood screen wall reduces the radiance of
the sun on the picture windows, thus contributing to
improving the energy performance of the building.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: Manel Brullet Tenas and Albert De Pineda Álvarez, Spain.
ISLAND IN THE CITY
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Public BuildingsUniversity
Physics building of the Université
PARIS VII, Paris
Architect(s):
Atelier Chaix & Morel et Associés
Project Manager: Itamar Krauss
Technique(s): Interlocking panel
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 6,000 sq. m
(60,000 sq. ft)
Since the construction of the François-Mitterrand library,
the development of the Masséna business district in Paris
has spread in concentric waves towards the Austerlitz
railway station to the west and the Pont National to the
east. At the edge of the site, plot M3C is the site of the
Université Paris VII Denis-Diderot physics teaching and
research building. The architects, Philippe Chaix and
Jean-Paul Morel (who designed the Zénith) based their
design on the “open island” planning concept specified by
Christian de Portzamparc for the sector as a whole.
The vertical volumes of the three main bodies of the
building are set around two patios, emerging from the
monolithic base at ground level, parallel to the lines of
the streets. As these “towers or turrets” rise above their
pedestal, they divide into a multitude of planes defining
“a magical object whose facets change its appearance
according to the visual angle” write the architects. To
pursue this principle to its limits and to highlight the
sophistication of the volumetric approach, the architects
opted for a differentiated treatment of the facades,
playing on the affinities in appearance and colours
between terracotta and pre-weathered zinc. The unity of
the building is emphasised by modules with the same
dimensions which clad the facades on the street-front,
while QUARTZ-ZINC® interlocking panels cover the facades
which are set back from the street. As the hours go by
and the light changes, the island declines its many
changing faces.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: Atelier d’architecture Chaix & Morel et Associés, France.
MINIMALISM
Individual Housing
Private House
Contemporary house,
Esch-sur-Alzette
Architect(s):
Ballini, Pitt and Partners
Contractor: Rollinger Walfer
Technique(s):
Horizontal interlocking panel
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 200 sq. m
(2,000 sq. ft)
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In traditional construction, blind walls facing north to
break the cold bite of the wind were often left
without cladding. This rough finish is not fashionable
in contemporary architecture, even when durability
and energy performance are prime functional
requirements. Built of wood and made to last while
providing the best energy balance, this architectural
house on the outskirts of Esch-sur-Alzette, in
Luxembourg, was designed according to the age-old
principle: open to the south and closed to the north.
At noon, the living areas, terraces and balconies are
exposed to the view, light and heat. On the north-
facing street side, it pits against the weather a
protective front almost entirely made up of
QUARTZ-ZINC® with contrasting wood panels. The
architect found that these natural and durable
materials presented “an ideal solution in the search
for a sober appearance”. The pliability and versatility
of zinc made it particularly suited to the installation
of the long narrow windows and the garage
openings without compromising the intended
minimalism.
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Photos: What if..., Belgium.Drawings: VM ZINC® Design Assistance Office, France.
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LINES AND NETWORKS
Public building
Cultural Centre
Centro cultural Telemar,
Rio de Janeiro
Architect(s): André Lompreta,
Gustavo Martins, Marco Milazzo,
Thorsten Nolte, Ana Paula Polizzo
Contractor:
N. Didini Engenharia e Construção
Technique(s): Flat lock panel
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 800 sq. m
(8,000 sq. ft)
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Photos: André Lompreta, Gustavo Martins, Marco Milazzo,Thorsten Nolte, Ana Paula Polizzo,Brazil.Drawings: André Lompreta, Gustavo Martins, Marco Milazzo,Thorsten Nolte, Ana Paula Polizzo,Brazil.
The transformation and extension of this early 20th
Century building in Rio de Janeiro, which now
houses the cultural centre for Telemar, the main
telecommunications operator in Brazil, was the
result of an architectural contest the subject of
which was self-evident: communication. To meet
this challenge, the winning architect created a
dialogue between past and present in the form of
two very distinct architectures. Facing the street,
the brick facade of the original building evokes a
past when architects strove for the balance and
regularity of classical architecture. Set behind the
original building and linked to it by a glass
“connector”, the 700 sq. m extension, freed from
these constraints, proclaims, on the monolithic
surface of its facades, its new identity as
telephone museum, exhibition space and internet
café. Clad in QUARTZ-ZINC® flat lock panel, these
continuous facades devoid of openings, support an
interlace, the perfect image of a communication
network embodying “the immaterial nature of
space which,” says the architect, “is the home of
communication”.
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VIRTUOSITYIn this project, which combines housing and
offices at the foot of a hill in the north of
Melbourne, the architect, Nicholas Murray, played
the card of repetition for the mixed use building
to the extent that, “the houses are stacked
vertically like books in a bookcase”. By choosing
zinc for cladding, the designer found resources of
expressivity to break the monotony of “cut and
paste”. QUARTZ-ZINC® and ANTHRA-ZINC® in
standing seam, flat lock panel, and interlocking
panel, endow the entire project with cohesion
and unity, thanks to the virtuosity of their lines
which are softened by occasional coloured
touches of cedar cladding.
Collective Housing
Collective Housing
Villiers Street Apartments,
Melbourne
Architect(s):
Nicholas Murray Architects
Contractor: Academy Roofing
Technique(s):
Standing seam, Flat lock panel
and Interlocking panel
Aspect(s):
QUARTZ-ZINC®, QUARTZ-ZINC® PLUS,
ANTHRA-ZINC® PLUS
Surface in zinc: 280 sq. m
(2,800 sq. ft)
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Photos: GAZI photography, Australia.Drawings: Nicholas Murray Architects, Australia.
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LITTLE BLACK DRESS
CommercialBuildings
Residential and office building
Residential and office building,
Hamburg
Architect(s):
LHD-Architekten, Hambourg
Contractor: Company Enk, Brackel
Technique(s): Interlocking panels
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 560 sq. m
(5,600 sq. ft)
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How do you avoid vanishing into the crowd? How do
you avoid merging into the cityscape? For individuals as
for buildings, whose size or other exceptional features
do not make them stand out, the answer often lies in
the choice of clothes. In Hamburg the 5-storey office
building project designed by LHD Architects has opted
for dark ANTHRA-ZINC® with interlocking panel cladding
as its style statement. Situated at the end of a row of
blocks of flats and beside an elevated suburban railway
line, the building fulfils its role as a landmark by means
of the cladding on its side wall – a choice further
emphasised by the gathered openings into the right-
hand side of the façade. Between the monolithic block
thus formed and the openings, a row of deep and
narrow embrasures provides a rhythmic transition. The
wooden frames of the windows add a touch of warmth.
These details are the important touches which mark the
success of a declared purpose.
In a word, elegance.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: LHD-Architekten, Germany.
DIALOGUEIts shapes, its composition and the character of its
interior space leave no room for doubt: the U2
house, built on the outskirts of Munguia in the
Spanish Basque country, is a stylistic composition.
Rubén De Miguel, the architect, took the natural
surroundings - geography, orientation, scenery -
as his starting point, so as to organise all the
functional constraints - family, social and
professional life - in a house design which he
wanted to be “a flowing area with open spaces to
link up and full blocks to unify”. Like a twinned
crystal enclosed by glass panels, the house consists
of three parts and is arranged on three levels,
without in any way compromising its basic unity.
Its walls are clad in interlocking panels in
ANTHRA-ZINC® providing the various volumes with
a harmony of rhythm, volume and the silky
elegance of its aspect, while expressing the
peculiar dialogue of interior and exterior, reflected
by the identical treatment of the living-room
chimney, from fireplace to chimney stack.
Individual House
Private House
Casa U2, Munguia
Architect(s):
Erredeeme Rubén De Miguel,
in collaboration with J. Ramiro
Higuera and David Cantalejo
Contractor: Cubremetal
Technique(s): Interlocking panel
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 163 sq. m
(1,630 sq. ft)
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: Erredeeme Rubén De Miguel, J. RamiroHiguera and David Cantalejo, Spain.
PERFECT HARMONY
Public BuildingsConcert and exhibition centre
Muziekgebouw aan’t Ij, Amsterdam
Architect(s): Arn Meijs (Pays-Bas)
and 3XN (Danemark)
Contractor: Limeparts (LMP)
Technique(s):
Cassettes manufactured and
installed by LMP (Genk - Belgium)
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 2,200 sq. m
(22,000 sq. ft)
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After over a century’s reign of the Concertgebouw as high
temple of the Romantic repertoire in Amsterdam, music has
brought new life to an abandoned industrial zone. Like the
Cité de la Musique de la Villette in Paris, the Muziekgebouw
built in 2005 welcomes both concerts and exhibitions. This
remarkable architectural creation makes the very most of its
site on the banks of the Ij. Overhanging the water, the glass
arch of the building is protected by a light canopy roof, but
these classical lines are interrupted by the presence of the
Bimhuis, an extension clad with ANTHRA-ZINC® cassettes,
pinned to one of the façades as abruptly as one of John
Cage’s “clusters”. It is not hard to guess that this is the
space dedicated to “alternative” music, especially jazz,
experimental music and improvisation, whose intonations
have contributed to the revitalisation of the district.
Built with limited funds, the Muziekgebouw aan’t Ij has
already been awarded several prizes: in 2006, the Urban
Land Institute Award for Excellence (Europe category) and
the Dedalo Minosse special prize; and in 2007, the Dutch
prize for best building (public building category).
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Photos: What if..., Belgium.Drawings: 3XN, Denmark.
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OVOID NUCLEUS
CommercialBuildings
Head Office
TASLY Headquarters, Tianjin
Architect(s): Mr. Liu Xin, Tianjing
Institute of Architecture and Design
Transformer: Bluescope Lysaght
Contractor: Local companies
Technique(s):
Single lock seam standing seam
(lower section) double lock seam
standing seam (upper section)
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC® PLUS
Surface in zinc: 3,000 sq. m
(30,000 sq. ft)
Zinc is making a name for itself throughout the world as a
key element of architectural creation. In Tianjin, on the
shores of the Yellow Sea south-east of Beijing, the TASLY
Group, which manufactures products based on traditional
Chinese medicine, has built its head office around a
zinc-clad dome. The symbolic shape was one reason for
the choice of material, but there were also functional
reasons: Tianjin’s proximity to the sea exposes it to a
corrosive atmosphere and to severe sand storms blowing
in from the Gobi Desert. This environment puts to the test
the air-and-water-tightness of buildings and the surfaces
of the materials used. The QUARTZ-ZINC® cladding of the
dome is impervious to the abrasive effect of the sand
since its patina reforms naturally. It is also completely
air-and-water-tight thanks to the single-welt standing
seam sheets, which are even double welted on the upper
part of the dome. Superbly simple once finished, the
cupola was very difficult to assemble because of its
irregular geometry. Because its shape is ovoid rather than
spherical, the VM ZINC® Design Assistance Office and the
PRO-ZINC team contributed their expertise.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: VM ZINC® Design Assistance Office, France.
SWISS SWEETS
CommercialBuildings
Factory
Ricola Factory, Laufen
Architect(s):
Zwimpfer Partner, Basel
Contractor: Gebr. Baur AG, Baar
Technique(s):
Double-lock standing seam
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC® PLUS
Surface in zinc: 4,000 sq. m
(40,000 sq. ft)
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For almost 80 years Laufen, south of Basel in
Switzerland, has been the home of a delicious
industry: the manufacture of Ricola herbal sweets. In
2006, in order to meet the demands of increased
production reaching 12,000 tonnes a year, the
company opened a new factory, also built at Laufen
so as to remain close to the 200 Swiss mountain
farms cultivating the mint, elderberries, burnet etc.,
used in the manufacture of the sweets. Like the
company’s other buildings, the architectural design of
the work was the subject of deep reflection. The
choice of material for the façades was finally decided
in favour of an ANTHRA-ZINC® PLUS cladding, which
met the demand for an industrial architecture of high
quality. Colour durability was also one of the criteria
of choice, as the façade has to be pressure-washed
regularly to remove the deposits associated with the
production of sugary smoke. The appearance of the
material has been judged impressive. Indeed, its
anthracite tone shows a strong affinity with the dark
colour of the firm’s sweets…
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: VM ZINC® Design Assistance Office, France.
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WATER TREATMENT
Public Buildings
Plant
SIAAP water treatment plant
(Syndicat interdépartemental pour
l’assainissement de l’agglomération
parisienne), Valenton
Architect(s): AA’E (Architectes
Associés pour l’Environnement),
Avgui Calantidou, Jean-François
Capeille, Pierre-Henri Montel
Contractor: Lagrange
Technique(s):
Single lock seam standing seam
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 5,500 sq. m
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Clear colours, transparent facades, integration into
the landscape – building after building, the
growing concern about the environment is shaping
the architectural style of environmental
installations by choosing the same range of
materials: glass, steel, zinc and concrete. The
water treatment plant at Valenton (Val-de-Marne)
is one of four SIAPP plants where the three million
cubic metres of waste water from Paris and its
suburbs are treated. Built as part of an extension
programme, these five buildings house the
different stages of an innovative sludge treatment
process implemented here for only the second
time in Europe. Before being sent to agricultural
land for use as fertiliser or being transformed into
combustible fuel, 200 tonnes per day of sewage
sludge are successively dehydrated, dried,
deodorised, packaged then stored in the silos at
the plant railway terminal. The drying furnace at
the centre of the operation occupies the main
building, which is clad in distinctive QUARTZ-ZINC®
with a matt finish which softens or emphasises
the volumes according to variations in light. At
night, the play of light continues with the interior
lighting of the buildings casting reflections on the
lac des Oiseaux towards the town and the
Mediterranean TGV track which runs along the
edge of the site as it leaves Paris.
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Photos: AA’E & le SIAAP, France.Drawings: AA’E, France.
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SCHOOL HOUSE
Public Buildings
School
Pauline-Thoma-Schule, Kolbermoor
Architect(s):
AV1 Architekten, Kaiserslautern
Contractor: Güther GmbH
Technique(s): Interlocking panel,
locally perforated interlocking panel
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 1,750 sq. m
(17,500 sq. ft)
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Since he had plenty of space to build a school in a
residential area of Kolbermoor, in southern Bavaria,
the architect pictured a group of buildings which,
seen as a whole, does not interrupt the continuity
of the neighbourhood. The same logic is applied to
the use of the buildings: each module is “the
home of a class” which, depending on the time of
day and the timetable, is either on the first floor
for scholastic subjects or on the ground floor for
other activities.
The differentiation of functions, the stated aim to
blend with the neighbourhood and a third criterion
- durability – resulted in contrasting treatments of
the levels and the choice of ANTHRA-ZINC®
Interlocking panel cladding for the upper level. On
completion of the construction, the question of
cleaning and maintenance arises for schools as for
all public buildings. Here the key word, regardless
of the creative approach and initial ambitions, is
usually cost-efficiency.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: AV1 Architekten, Germany.
A SIMPLE CLOAKAt Conegliano, 50km north of Venice, the Church
of the Holy Virgin is clad in the simplest possible
garment – a cloak which emphasises the curved
lines of the building. Beneath the radiant light
of the sun which bathes the peninsula, gentle
reflections glow on the weathered surface of
the patina while, on the shady side, the seams
of the flat lock panels are barely discernible. These
almost invisible lines reflect the knowledge and
craftsmanship of the roofer who installed
the ventilated facade. The 430 x 1,200 mm
QUARTZ-ZINC® panels are attached to an extruded
aluminium framework. In order to ensure the
precision of the curved sections, the profiles were
roll-formed between cylinders. This operation is
especially delicate as the folds for interlocking the
panels must under no circumstances be crushed.
Public Buildings
Church
Chiesa Beata Vergine delle Grazie,
Conegliano Veneto (TV)
Architect(s): Studio Architetto
Nerino Meneghello
Contractor: EU-CO S.r.l.
Technique(s): Flat lock panel
Aspect(s): QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 1,000 sq. m
(10,000 sq. ft)
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Photos: EU-CO S.r.l., Italy.Drawings: EU-CO S.r.l., Italy.
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
Collective Housing
Social housing
Social housing, Ougrée
Architect(s):
Nicolas Prebenna and Eric Gaillard
Contractor: Bernard Genon
Technique(s): Vertical standing
seam, Horizontal Interlocking panel
Aspect(s):
ANTHRA-ZINC®, QUARTZ-ZINC®
Surface in zinc:
600 sq. m (6,000 sq. ft) roof,
250 sq. m (2,500 sq. ft) facade
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It has been a long time since life in Ougrée, in the
suburbs of Liège, has been ruled by the sound of
sirens from metal production factories. Today, the
deserted industrial zones are being taken over by a
new urban fabric. In tune with tradition and in
harmony with the environment, the 20 homes in this
residential complex designed by Nicolas Prebenna
and Eric Gaillard pay discreet homage to the
architecture of the old mining villages through the
use of brick and by its general appearance. “The
guiding principles from beginning to end for this
social housing project were quality and longevity,”
the architect explains. Separated by covered entrance
stairways clad in ANTHRA-ZINC®, which emphasise
their autonomy, the housing units, also clad in
ANTHRA-ZINC®, open onto the courtyard and the
street “in order to optimise the access of heat and
light”. On the street side, bow windows surrounded
in QUARTZ-ZINC® interlocking panels mark the
entrance to the complex and set off the brick gables
while creating an elegant contrast with the dark lines
of the standing seam.
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Photos: What if..., Belgium.
ENLIGHTENMENT
Public Buildings
Day nursery
Guarderia Piedra Machucana, Ávila
Architect(s):
Arturo Blanco Herrero,
Alegría Colón Mur
Contractor: Collosa
Technique(s): Interlocking panel
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 520 sq. m
(5,200 sq. ft)
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This day nursery is situated in the historic centre of
Ávila, close to the Santo-Thomás convent, which
“discreetly influenced its design, the repetitive
volumes of which are a veiled reference to the
Renaissance architecture of the monument”,
according to the architect, Arturo Blanco Herrero.
More significantly, and also less obviously, he
concentrated on managing the lighting and the
quality of light, so that all the spaces – activity
rooms and playground – gained maximum benefit
from their exposure to the sun which, in this
southern city, is at its optimum for ten months of
the year. The materials for the building were
chosen to suit this project: perfectly opaque
ANTHRA-ZINC® interlocking panels and glass in
varying degrees of transparency, which create light
wells, openings to the outside and light-reflecting
surfaces. On the outside this minimalist approach
helps emphasise the volume of the building
without giving it a heavy appearance. Inside, the
abundant light calls attention to the facilities which
are designed to allow the children to find their
bearings visually.
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Photos: Paul Kozlowski, France.Drawings: Arturo Blanco Herrero and Alegría Colón Mur, Spain.
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A DYNAMO FOR LIFE“One of the most important roles of architecture
is to be a dynamo for life and to create the best,
most inspiring surroundings for human activities”,
states the designer of this establishment. When it
came to building a new psychiatric hospital for the
city of Aalborg, in northern Denmark, this eminently
functional vision gave rise to a building complex in a
great variety of sizes and dimensions, built according
to a rigorously planned structure and organisation
and which the architect compares to a small town
situated on a south-facing slope. Catching the
daylight, “particularly lovely and good for everyone
inside the building”, is clearly the most important
role of the broad glass surfaces which characterise
the building. On the outside too, these big reflective
surfaces give it its architectural identity, combining
with the lines of the metal trim and the
ANTHRA-ZINC® cassettes to create a very striking
facade, or opening up even wider breaches for the
light on the brick facing.
Public Buildings
Psychiatric Hospital
Psychiatric Hospital, Aalborg
Architect(s): Cubo Arkitekter A/S
Transformer: AE Stålmontage A/S
Contractor:
Carl Christensen & Co. A/S
Technique(s):
Locally manufactured Cassettes
Aspect(s): ANTHRA-ZINC®
Surface in zinc: 2,000 sq. m
(20,000 sq. ft)
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Photos: Martin Tørsleff, Denmark.
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FOCUS ON ZINC
N° 10 - September 2007.
FOCUS ON ZINC is the international
architecture review from VM ZINC®.
It is published in Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.
Publication Director:
Christopher SMITH.
Project Manager:
Isabelle FERRERO.
Editorial committee:
Tugay DINDAR, Isabelle FERRERO,
Emmanuel HENRIS, Karina JENSEN,
Daniel JUILLARD, Marie-Pierre LAVERGNE,
Uwe NAGEL, Barbara NORDBERG,
Christopher SMITH, Laura TERRICABRAS.
Editorial contribution:
Jean-Marc BRUJAILLE, Marie-Pierre
LAVERGNE, Christopher SMITH.
Design:
GRAPHIC PLUS.
Cover: Emmanuelle DERDINGER.
Printing:
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