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                               TECHNICAL CHALLENGE
                               Land, sea
                               and sky

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                               ART & FASHION

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                               100 % SPORT
                               A monumental

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                               NIGHT AND DAY

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EDITO                                    ACTU
                                                             4   On brand.
                                                                 In harmony.
                                                                                   100%
                                                                                   sport
                                                                                   16   A monumental works
                                                                                        that brings the best
                                                                                        together

                                                            Technical
                                                                                   18   Gaining heat in
                                                                                        a windy city
                                                            challenge
                                                             5   Land, sea
                                                                 and sky
                                                                                   20   Where practice
                                                                                        makes perfect

                                                             8   Extreme
                                                                 conditions
                                                                                   22   Creating an
                                                                                        environment
                                                                                        for success

                Danpachameleon
                What do a sparkling false ceiling, il-      ART&                   ZOOM
                luminated cladding, a cosy balcony
                and a curtain wall in Mediterranean
                colours have in common?
                                                            FASHION                24   A factory
                                                                                        for the future

                What can withstand the mountain
                peaks, the cyclones and hurricanes of
                                                            10   A lantern
                                                                 for the arts

                the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean,
                and the storms of the Irish Sea?            12   Redefining
                                                                 luxury shopping
                                                                                   Night& day
                What is the magical material that sof-           Standing out
                                                                                   26   Illuminated
                                                                                        peaks
                tens natural light and magnifies arti-
                ficial light?
                                                            14   in a crowd

                DANPALON®, with its unique charac-
                                                                                   28   A picture-perfect
                                                                                        multi-screen

                teristics, supports creative designers                                  A vibrant
                in an almost infinite range of applica-
                tions, and never stops reinventing it-
                                                                                   30   shopping centre,
                                                                                        by day and night
                self at the whims of project managers’
                imaginations.

                                                          cont
                                                                                        An inspired
                This edition of Light Architecture fea-
                                                                                   32   beginning
                tures a rich and varied selection of
                innovations, new functionalities and
                technical challenges.

                We thank their creators for sharing
                                                                                   TREND
                                                                                   TECHNIQUE

                                                          ents
                them with us.

                Enjoy the read,
                The Editorial team
                                                                                   & CO
                                                                                   34   Entirely removable
                                                                                        and recyclable
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                                                                                                                                                             rchitect-builders love to take risks and design truly

A
                                                                                                                                                             unique buildings. To achieve the desired result,
                                                                                                                                                             they sometimes push the products and materials
                                                                                                                                                             they use to their limits in striving for completely new
                                                                                                                                                    forms of expression. By doing so, architecture advances
                                                                                                                                                    and progresses. However, the architect-contractor is
                                                                                                                                                    also constrained by external elements (the layout of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           technical
                                                                                                                                                    building, climatic conditions, client decisions) which
                                                                                                                                                    often force a project to be reappraised. In both cases,
                                                                                                                                                    original technical solutions need to be found, capable
                                                                                                                                                    of being adapted to meet new requirements and new
                                                                                                                                                    constraints. Customised solutions, which enable the
                                                                                                                                                    architect to realise their design plans and overcome the
                                                                                                                                                    technical challenges ensure a successful conclusion.

                                                                                                                                                               LAND, SEA
                                                                                                                                                               AND SKY
                                                                                                                                                               Welsh National Sailing Academy   Pwllheli (Wales), UK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            An iconic building with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          a multitude of roles, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Welsh National Sailing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Academy is truly unique.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Designed by Ellis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Williams Architects, it is

                                                                                                                                    © Hufton+Crow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          an excellent example

 ON BRAND. IN HARMONY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               of form following
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           function. Danpalon®
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                played its part.
 T-Station Platinum   Gwanggyo (South Korea)

                                       I
      As one of the world’s               n creating a vibrant new space for          Reflecting the ambient light during the
                                          Hankook to meet customers and               day and back-lit during the night, the
  leading tyre companies,                 introduce its innovative range of           translucent polycarbonate façade requires
     Hankook is committed                 tyres, architect Leslie Jones identified    no external lighting. Viewed from all
                                       ‘harmony’ as the core design concept.          angles, this simple, minimalistic building,
    to providing customers             Harmony between manufacturer and               with its bold two-colour design, delivers a
with sustainable solutions             customer, between driver and tyre, between     strong, positive and inviting message.
                                       the building and its local environment.
          and the ultimate in                                                         Behind Hankook’s Driving Emotion is
     driving satisfaction. Its         Standing in an open space, with clear          an immense spirit of technology and
                                       and uninterrupted sight-lines from all         innovation, the Danpalon® façade has
slogan, ‘Driving Emotion’,             approaching roads, the Gwanggyo                captured it well.
 embodies everything the               T-Station presented the architects with the
                                       opportunity to produce a bold light-box
     company is about and              design that was in-keeping with both the       The projeCt
 makes the driver the top              Hankook brand and the surrounding urban
                                       landscape.                                     OWNER
    priority. The Danpalon®                                                           HANKOOK

         based design of its           An expansive Danpalon façade was
                                                                   ®
                                                                                      ARCHITECT
                                       specified in two highly complementary
   T-Station Platinum sales            colours, with orange being a primary colour
                                                                                      MARK FRAN
                                                                                       Seoul (Korea)
      centre in Gwanggyo,              of the Hankook global brand identity, and       +82 2 6959 3726
                                                                                       +82 10 4614 9757
                                       a bright silver grey being representative of
       South Korea, follows                                                            hooney@markfran.co.fr
                                       the company’s valued customer base and
            the brand ethos.
                                                                                       mf@markfran.co.kr
                                       drivers around the world.

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technical
                                                                                                                                                                DAY AND NIGHT
LAND, SEA                                                                                                                                                      The Softlite coating applied to the
                                                                                                                                                               Danpalon® panels limited any glare

AND SKY
                                                                                                                                                               during the day and ensured an even
                                                                                                                                                               diffusion of coloured LED illumination
                                                                                                                                                               during the night.

Welsh National Sailing Academy        Pwllheli (Wales), UK

                                                                                                                                     © Hufton+Crow
     S
              ituated on an exposed        tects of Liverpool based the building’s    both the bay and the Snowdonia Na-
              North Wales peninsula        unique design on the classic principle     tional Park beyond. On the opposite
              between the Irish Sea and    of ‘form following function’.              side, a bar and terrace looks out to-
              the Afon Erch river estu-                                               wards the marina and estuary. A criti-
     ary, the stunning Welsh National      A unique spiral building design is cen-    cal design criteria for the project was
     Sailing Academy building is both      tred on a large circular main hall, ena-   to maximise the amount of natural day-
      an international centre of excel-    bling fully rigged boats to be towed in    light entering the circular hall to assist
      lence for sailing and a multi-pur-   and out with ease while being protect-     in the preparation of sailing boats and
       pose event space for the local      ed from the location’s strong coastal      their close scrutinising by competition
       community.                          winds. Curved public terraces over-        judges. To meet this requirement, Ellis
                                           looking sailing competitions in the bay    Williams specified Danpalon® trans-
        Working with the Sailing Acad-     are situated to the more sheltered north   lucent polycarbonate panel cladding
        emy and the Gwynydd County         western side, with a glazed café area      system for both the curved hall façade
        Council, Ellis Williams Archi-     offering stunning panoramic views of       and the round hall roof.

                                                                                                                                                     © Hufton+Crow

                                                                                                                                                     To harmonise with the project’s exten-       The translucent panels also enabled        With its unique and stunning aes-
                                                                                                                                                     sive use of natural stone gabions, sea       a variety of attractive night time         thetic appearance, the Welsh
                                                                                                                                                     grass banking and treated softwood           building illumination effects to be        National Sailing Academy has
                                                                                                                                                     building materials clear (uncoloured)        achieved using energy-efficient            won a series of national archi-
                                                                                                                                                     Danpalon® panels were selected and           coloured LED lighting, while its           tecture prizes including the
                                                                                                                                                     pre-treated with Everlite’s Softlite coat-   excellent thermal properties mean          RIBA Regional, LABC, ICE and
                                                                                                                                                     ing to limit light glare and achieve a       the central hall is able to function as    CEW awards.
                                                                                                                                                     subtle matt finish.                          an unheated event space.

                                                                                                                                                     The projeCt                                                                                     © Hufton+Crow

                                                                                              Using clear Danpalon               ®
                                                                                                                                                     OWNER                                              Maximising daylight
                                                                                            panels in a unified façade                               PWLLHELI WELSH                                                                                                                       Contre
                                                                                                                                                     NATIONAL SAILING ACADEMY
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Danpalon ® ’s excellent light
                                                                                            and roof design we could                                                                                    transmission properties have
                                                                                                                                                                                                        created a bright and inviting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          VENTS
                                                                                                                                                     ARCHITECT
                                                                                             maximise the amount of                                  MARK ANSTEY,                                       sailing competition and com-                                                      & MAREES
                                                                                             natural light entering                                  ELLIS WILLIAMS ARCHITECTS                          munity space and limited the
                                                                                                                                                      Liverpool , UK
                                                                                                                                                      +44 (0)15 1708 1802                               need for artificial lighting.
                                                                                              the hall whatever the                                   info@ewa.co.uk
                                                                                                     weather                                          www.ewa.co.uk

                                                                                                                  Mark Anstey                        INSTALLER
                                                                                                     Ellis Williams Architects                       LESTER FABRICATIONS & CLADDING
                                                                                                                                                      Buckley, UK
                                                                                                                                                      +44 (0)12 4454 6486
                                                                                                                                                      info@lestercladding.co.uk
       © M7 Digital Ltd                                                                                                                               www.lestercladding.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ARCHITECTURE
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technical                                                                                                                                    Customised Danpalite                              Concept also made developments to                       the structure was straight-forward,
                                                                                                                                             Before choosing the solution, the architect       its cladding system to further simplify                 mainly thanks to the ease with which the
                                                                                                                                             and project manager did however study             installation. «For example, we had a                    Danpalite panels could be installed (for
                                                                                                                                             other possibilities. A covering in EFTE?          customised aluminium connector made,                    both full height facades and complete
                                                                                                                                             Too complex and fragile for the climatic          which was thicker and tougher», Hervé                   roof lengths). «The main challenge lay in
                                                                                                                                             conditions. A solution in glass? Expensive        Vieille remembered.                                     the engineering design which was done
                                                                                                                                             because it would require a very strong and                                                                at the same time as construction and
                                                                                                                                             curved glass, because of the curvature of         A successful installation despite the                   product orders progressed», Philippe
                                                                                                                                             the roof. «The strength and simplicity of         conditions.                                             Molliet added. As construction came to
                                                                                                                                             the product was a prerequisite. At this           Although specialised in high-altitude                   an end, the temperature reached -15°C,
                                                                                                                                             altitude, the winds are so violent that they      construction sites, Joly & Philippe of                  with 80cm of snow.
                                                                                                                                             can lift up stones and hurl them against          Albertville had to work in some very
                                                                                                                                             the facade walls of the ski-lifts», Hervé         extreme conditions to install the three
                                                                                                                                             Vieille commented. Lastly, in addition to
                                                                                                                                             the intrinsic qualities of the product, it also
                                                                                                                                                                                               new structures, particularly when
                                                                                                                                                                                               erecting the roofs, with their large wind-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The projet
                                                                                                                                             had to be easy to install and capable of          exposed surface areas. When the works                   OWNER
                                                                                                                                             being carried by hand. The requirements           commenced, in September, the snow had                   SETAM
                                                                                                                                             were met thanks to the ingenuity of the           already started to fall. The first difficulty
                                                                                                                                             design department at Everlite Concept.            lay in the transportation of the Danpalite              ARCHITECT
                                                                                                                                             The recorded installation and configuration       panels. “Because of their length, we had to             YVES DE PRÉVAL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Agence Séguineau De Préval Architecte
                                                                                                                                             specifications of Danpalite didn’t actually       install a wooden undercarriage at the back               Grenoble, FR +33 04 76 00 18 53
                                                                                                                                             cover the load and wind conditions that           of the lorries to bring them to site without
                                                                                                                                             the product would need to withstand. To           damaging them and to ensure they stayed                 PROJECT MANAGER
                                                                                                                                             remedy this, the design department of             flat», Philippe Molliet said. As for storing            HERVÉ VIEILLE
                                                                                                                                             Everlite Concept performed tests at the           the panels, that also required some special              HV Conseil Vimines, FR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        +33 04 79 62 17 57
                                                                                                                                             facilities of Laboratoire Ginger CEBTP at         adjustments, because of the violent winds

                                   EXTREME CONDITIONS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Herve.vieille@wanadoo.fr
                                                                                                                                             Elancourt to confirm the product’s effective      that swept across the site. «The panels
                                                                                                                                             resistance to the climatic conditions»,           were light, and some flew away during                   BUILDING CONTRACTOR
                                                                                                                                             Hervé Vieille added. It was an essential          the night. We therefore refashioned the                 PHILIPPE MOLLIET
                                                                                                                                             precaution that convinced the project             packaging and the transport schedules                    Joly et Philippe Gilly-sur-Isère, FR
                                   Ski-lifts   Val Thorens (France)                                                                                                                                                                                     +33 04 79 10 05 10
                                                                                                                                             stakeholders. During the construction             to avoid it happening», the MD of the                    joly-et-philippe@joly-et-philippe.com
                                                                                                                                             phase, the design department of Everlite          company commented. Installation of                       www.joly-et-philippe.com

                Storm-force
           winds, sub-zero

                                                                                                                            © Cyril Cattin
         temperatures and
           heavy snowfalls.
           Extreme climatic
       conditions, common
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        We are very satisfied with
          at ski-lift sites. At
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the finished look of the
               Val Thorens,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       project, it brings both light
              the operating
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       and transparency. Although
                   company,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       we have only had one winter
          SETAM chose to

                                   A
                                            utumn 2015. In order to provide        was an operational loss for the resort»,                                                                                             to look back on, so far we
          renovate three of                 greater comfort to skiers queuing      said Hervé Vieille, from the engineering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       have not found any signs of
                  its ski-lifts.            for the ski-lifts, the ski resort      consultancy HV Conseil. To alleviate the
                                            undertook major construction           problem, the resort commissioned an                                                                                                 degradation of the material.
                                   work to cover three of its lifts (situated at   architect to propose a solution. «Usually,
                                   heights of between 2800-3000 metres)            ski-lift coverings are made from basic                                                                                                 Jean-Francois Piard, SETAM
                                   with a protective envelope. The project         materials, which are cheap and opaque.
                                   aimed to improve appearance but also            But here, the architect wanted to bring
                                   to optimise the ski-lifts’ use. «After each     transparency and light to allow the skiers to
                                   snowfall, the snow funnelled into the           see the landscape outside», added Hervé
                                   wide open stations and piled up in the          Vieille. Convinced by the idea, the project
                                   wells below the embarkation points.             manager accepted the bold plan: to install
                                                                                                                                              © Cyril Cattin

                                   The staff then had to interrupt the ski-lift    a new transparent material hitherto untried
                                   operation in order to clear the snow. It        in the resort: Danpalite.

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With a colour palette that’s unrivalled,

                   ART
                             a striking simplicity and the textures
                             and finishes to suit any new style,                   A faCade of 2,200 m2
                                                                                   The erection of the facade (metal framework and Danpalon® panels) was entrusted to
                             Danpalon® is a catalyst for cutting-edge              B&M Structure who appointed a sub-contractor for the installation of the Danpalon®

                 & fashion
                             building design. It’s where the worlds                panels: 2,200m2 of façade in total. Fitting of the one-piece panels needed to take
                                                                                   into account the slight tilt of the metal framework due to the parallelepiped shape of
                             of contemporary art, fashion and                      the concrete building (2 faces inclined at 20 degrees). «Despite the challenge, the
                             architecture come together, creating                  Danpalon® was easy to install and enabled us to deliver on time. The main benefit of
                                                                                   the material is its ability to be installed in greater lengths, up to 12 metres as standard,
                             the ideas of today that become the                    which greatly simplifies the fitting on site», explains Vincent Pelcener, sub-contractor
                             trends of tomorrow.                                   for B&M Structure.

                                                                                                                                                                                       Lighting was directed
                                                                                                                                                                                       towards the concrete
                                                                                                                                                                                   building and not directly at

                                   A LANTERN FOR                                                                                                                                  the Danpalon ® facade, causing
                                                                                                                                                                                     it to act as a reflector

                                     THE ARTS
                                                                                                                                                                                     which created a subdued
                                                                                                                                                                                        nocturnal ambience.

                                                                                    © Hervé Douris
                                      City of Arts   Saint-Denis, Reunion Island
                                        (French Overseas Territory)

                                           The City of Arts is a vast complex
                                            dedicated to culture and art, and
                                             is open to the public seven days
                                               of the week. The high point of
                                                the building? A concrete cube
                                                 rising to a height of more
                                                   than 13 metres, entirely
                                                                                                  We have named the build-
                                                                                                  ing «The Lantern», explains
                                                                                                                                  concrete building and achieved a facade
                                                                                                                                  which gives multiple visual impressions
                                                                                                                                                                                   The projet
                                                    covered with a skin of clear                  Elisabeth Pacot, architect      depending on the time of day. During the         OWNER
                                                                                                  with Atelier Architectes and    day, the Clear Danpalon® creates a crys-
                                                     Danpalon®. A naturally        project leader at the site renamed Le          talline surface effect, while at night, it is
                                                                                                                                                                                   CINOR

                                                      opalescent facade that       Fanal by the City of Arts team. Indeed, the    sufficiently opalescent to diffuse the light     ARCHITECTS
                                                                                   building, built on an old industrial site at   perfectly, making the metallic support           ELISABETH PACOT / FRÉDÉRIC GRIFFE
                                                       comes to life both in       the heart of a popular district, comes alive   structure virtually invisible», concluded
                                                                                                                                                                                    l’atelier.architectes

                                                       the day and at night.
                                                                                                                                                                                    Saint-Denis, Reunion Island, FR
                                                                                   at night illuminated by fluorescent lamps      the architect.                                    +262 (0)2 62 23 70 01
                                                                                   integrated into the facade. The focus of                                                         secretariat@latelier-archi.fr
                                                                                   this vast complex is the main building,        Specified for the French
                                                                                   constructed from concrete in the form of a     Overseas Territories.                            PARTNERS
                                                                                                                                                                                    Lighting Designer: 8’18’’
                                                                                   parallelepiped, and entirely covered with      The Danpalon® system has an installation          BET TCE: (Engineering Consultants) SOCETEM
                                                                                   a facade of clear Danpalon® with a softlite    specification allowing it to be employed          Scenography: CAV Acoustic Engineers: AVA
                                                                                   anti-glare co-extrusion.                       in the French Overseas Territories for the        BE traffic management: ARTELIA
                                                                                                                                  following applications: cladding, roofing,        Landscaping: FOLLEA-GAUTIER
                                                                                                                                                                                    Economist: CIEA BE QUE: IMAGEEN
                                                                                   «We chose this product because we              façades and skylighting. The main con-
                                                                                   were looking to create a building with         straints for use in these areas are the very     INSTALLER
                                                                                   a unique and original aesthetic. Thanks        strong sunlight (ultra-violet rays), cyclone     VINCENT PELCENER
                                                                                   to the design, we have broken up the           winds (zone 5), tropical rains and the            B&M Structure Saint-Denis, Reunion Island , FR
siruoD évreH ©

                                                                                   rigorous and angular aspect of the             marine atmosphere.                                +262 (0)2 62 56 44 27 b.bmstructure@wanadoo.fr

                                                                                                                                                                                   PROJECT COST
                                                                                                                                                                                   23 million euros incl tax

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REDEFINING
                                                      The
                                                   projeCt
                                                          OWNER
                                                HARVEY NICHOLS
                                                                     LUXURY SHOPPING
                                                                     Harvey Nichols     Birmingham (England), UK
                                                      ARCHITECT
                                                  EWALD DAMEN

                                                                     Recognised as one of the UK’s leading luxury fashion
                                        Imagination London (UK)
                                             +44 (0)20 7323 3300
                                           www.imagination.com
                                                                     retailers, Harvey Nichols undertook a complete interior
                                                       INSTALLER
                                          PORTVIEW FIT-OUT LIMITED
                                                                     refurbishment of its Birmingham store. Danpalon® has
                                   Belfast, UK +44(0)28 9064 4765    helped redefine the ultimate fashion shopping experience.

                        F
                              or a complete interior refur-          rough and smooth surfaces and a quirky        rance could be achieved that further
                              bishment that would breathe            variety of furniture and fixtures. For the    augmented the store’s luxury look and
                              new levels of excitement               store’s suspended ceilings and walls,         feel.As well as introducing subtle new
                              and vitality into its unique           Danpalon® polycarbonate panel system          forms of bright, reflected imagery into the
                        brand, luxury fashion retailer Harvey        was specified.                                store’s ground-breaking interior design,
                        Nichols appointed London agency                                                            the Danpalon® panels also succeeded
                        Imagination, a leading innovator in          With its wide choice of colours finishes      in accentuating the height of the store’s
                        consumer experience technology.              and thicknesses, designers were able to       large retail spaces.
                                                                     create a visual effect delivering the right   The store refurbishment has been uni-

                                                                                                                                                                                                                © Ed Reeve Edit Photo
                        To meet the creative brief, Imagination      level of reflection, translucence and ligh-   versally well received and is regarded
                        created an unusual, almost subversive        ting. Importantly, Danpalon®’s choice of      as a game-changer for both the luxury
                        new design vocabulary, comprising an         panel widths, in custom lengths of up to      brand’s own development and the retail
                        eclectic mix of materials, a contrast of     12m, meant a smooth, seamless appea-          industry as a whole.
© Ed Reeve Edit Photo

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Danpalon is not only a great
                                                            material for external wall, but it
STANDING OUT
                                                                                                  I
                                                                                                       n the busy shopping streets epi-           store, interior walls, structural columns,      Viewed from the outside during the day,
                                                             is also highly effective for heat         tomised by Psy’s international hit         ceiling beams and a spiral staircase            the Danpalon® facade combines with the
                                                            insulation, considering the drastic        ‘Gangnam Style’, any new store is          are fashioned from a consistent timber          natural light and the smog of the city to

IN A CROWD
                                                                                                       competing with a wealth of global          mould-textured concrete.                        take on an enticing almost mystical qua-
                                                              change of weather (hot summer,      fashion labels in an area that’s dense with                                                     lity. While at night it achieves the stunning
                                                                cold winter) in South Korea       concrete-clad skyscrapers. Standing out         Specified for both the external façade and      floating light box effect envisioned by the
                                                                                                  in such a crowd needs a radical approach        the internal walling, smooth translucent        architect, beautifully backlit by the interior
Acne Studios, Cheongdamdong   Seoul (South Korea)                      Sophie Hicks Architect.
                                                                                                  to design, and true to its name (an acro-       Danpalon® polycarbonate panelling was           artificial lighting and removing any need
                                                                                                  nym of ‘Ambition to Create Novel Expres-        not only instrumental in achieving the light    for exterior store lighting.
                                                                                                  sions) Acne has added a flagship store          box design, it also provided the perfect
                                                                                                  that’s truly turning heads.                     contrast to the stark, industrial nature of     It makes a statement day or night, the
Making a big statement in the ultra-stylish Cheongdam-                                                                                            the exterior heating and ventilation equip-     Acne Studios store stands out.
dong retail district of Seoul isn’t easy, Swedish brand                                           Created by acclaimed London architect           ment and the interior’s rough, heavy
Acne studios has more than succeeded though with                                                  Sophie Hicks, the freestanding ‘floating
                                                                                                  lightbox’ store design is both strikingly
                                                                                                                                                  concrete structure.                                                                   The
its latest flagship store. Clad inside and out with clear                                         different and yet deliberately minimalist,      During daytime the 22mm thick Clear                                                projeCt
                                                                                                  creating an environment that’s a perfect        Danpalon® panels ensure pure natural
translucent Danpalon® polycarbonate panels, the new                                               retail setting for Acne’s range of bold, mul-   light in the retail space is fully maximised.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OWNER
building’s imaginative ‘floating light box’ design has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ACNE STUDIOS (Sweden)
                                                                                                  ticoloured women and men’s clothing.            So much so in fact that the store doesn’t
                                                                                                                                                  require a single spotlight, with minimal
taken fashion retailing to new heights.                                                           On the roof of this two-storey 230sqm buil-     fluorescent strip lighting dispersed by a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ARCHITECT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SOPHIE HICKS ARCHITECT
                                                                                                  ding sits the store’s HVAC equipment, a         pure white ceiling grid the only source                                             London (UK)

                                                                                                  highly visible mix of galvanised pipes,         of artificial lighting. The store interior is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        INSTALLER
                                                                                                  ducts and machinery. While inside the           serene, beautifully light and airy.                                 ARCHIPOLY CORPORATION (Korea)

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LIGHT 5 Land, sea and sky - Danpal
Maximising natural light, minimising glare
                                                                        and helping to optimise inside temperatures,
                Feature focus                                           Danpalon® is at the heart of all-year-round
                                                                        sports facility design. And just like sportspeople
      100%             sport                                            care about staying in shape, so too does
                                                                        Danpalon®, with a mechanical performance,
                                                                        range of colours, textures and lighting effects
                                                                        that simply can’t be beaten.

A MONUMENTAL WORKS THAT BRINGS
THE BEST TOGETHER
BBVA Bancomer Monterrey stadium                  Mexico city (Mexico)
                                                                                                                                       The
                                                                                                                                    projeCt
                                                                                                                                          OWNER
To build a football stadium with a design with forms in                                                                        METCON DEL NORTE

the vanguard, allowing for the comfort of its occupants in                                                                            ARCHITECT
a safe and sustainable manner, with the best materials,                                                               VFO JUAN ANDRÉS VERGARA Y
                                                                                                                          LUIS FERNÁNDEZ ORTEGA
while incorporating the newest in technology for the
                                                                                                                                       INSTALLER
television broadcasting of matches, is a real architectural                                                                         DANPAL Mexico
                                                                                                                                                    dium, leaving spaces for air to enter and        must maintain their functionality for sev-     ful with the selection of materials and sys-
challenge.                                                                                                                                          cool the public in a natural way, and contin-    eral decades.                                  tems, which is why we study those things
                                                                                                                                                    ues over the stands with an overhang of up       “When choosing materials, we always say        so much”.

F
        or Juan Andrés Vergara and Luis            companies and national and international        proposed that the stadium roof have an           to 50 meters. To build it, they used Build-      that when an investment of 200 million dol-    After eight years of work, the stadium was
        Fernández de Ortega, of the                institutions, they started the design of this   inclination to the south and that a big win-     ing Information Modeling, BIM, a mode-           lars or more is on the line, one cannot give   inaugurated a few weeks ago. The result
        VFO Arquitectos office, experi-            project in 2007 with the idea of building a     dow open it to the mountain. This way,           ling technology which allows for design          it to someone who is not experienced; we       is a building that “will generate a lot of his-
        enced in this type of monumental           new stadium for the Rayados team and to         you’re joining the functional part with the      the structure and allowing to know exactly       like to experiment, but safely, we like to     tory for sport in Mexico, and will be the
building, the BBVA Bancomer Monter-                create a landmark building for the “regio-      aesthetic and thematic parts, anchoring to       the materials, locations and virtually exact     bet when we’re going to win. And we know       trigger of a higher level of design that will
rey stadium is their latest achievement in         montana” city, as Monterrey is known.           its site, so that for people going to a foot-    amounts needed for construction.                 we will win because we have all the tools      elevate the level of dignity of the people”,
sports architecture.                               The site is right next to the slopes of the     ball game, the first thing they’ll say is ‘we    The last twelve meters of this overhang are      to make things succeed, the limit is always    in the words of Andrés Vergara.
In a joint venture with the international firm     Cerro de la Silla, the most important icon      are in Monterrey, we are in our stadium,         covered by a special polycarbonate mate-         the imagination, but that imagination has      The construction process would have
Populous (formerly HOK Sports) and other           of the northern region of the country. We       this is our team and we will win’ “, says        rial, called Danpalon System, which allows       to go with a knowledge of which things         been impossible without the application of
                                                                                                   Juan Andrés Vergara, CEO.                        a visual transition between parts in light       are achievable and that is what we apply”,     the most cutting-edge technologies, using
                                                                                                   VFO uses in its projects technology that         and those in shadow. “It is an extremely         asserts Vergara.                               the most advanced materials and the tal-
                                                                                                   allow them to create more advanced and           important effect because this way people         In this regard, Luis Fernandez de Ortega       ent and work of human hands and minds.
                                                                                                   complex forms, representing major chal-          do not strain their vision as the transition     adds: “We seek materials that we know          “Now that we’ve been at the opening of
                                                                                                   lenges in terms of construction.                 is smooth, and the television cameras also       will have the expected performance in a        the stadium, we realized that all attend-
                                                                                                   “We wanted that this building be a very          benefit as well”.                                particular building, not delude ourselves      ees became one. This is a phenomenon
                                                                                                   radical change in the quality of design in       This material, in the opinion of Andrés Ver-     with the issue of cost. We rely more on        that football does: it coalesces a large
                                                                                                   Mexico, so that the materials had to stand       gara, offers “great resistance and also the      an already proven track record and that        group of people into one that moves in
                                                                                                   up to various situations. Due to the ori-        level of translucency we need to apply it        is why we put our trust in products we are     one direction, and I believe that’s what a
                                                                                                   gins of the stadium’s company owner,             with this function. It is very easy to install   confident will meet those expectations.        building like this really brings to a city. A
                                                                                                   we thought of metal pots and pans; these         and contributes to protect the environ-          One thing I always tell our team when they     building is nothing if it does not have peo-
                                                                                                   curved shapes could be achieved with             ment”. This is the only polycarbonate in         are doing their job, ‘keep in mind that not    ple within it and that’s the great oppor-
                                                                                                   metallic materials while achieving a bright-     Mexico that can guarantee quality and            only you are putting your name on this,        tunity that this stadium represents, not
                                                                                                   ness that reflected the sun, the colors of       durability over 25 years and more, which         we all are, when you place your name out       only for the public, for the team or for
                                                                                                   the vegetation and the hill”, adds Andrés.       is the best choice for this kind of works        in front it means you’re putting forward a     the owner, but also for us”, concludes
                                                                                                   The metal structure surrounds the sta-           that represent a large investment and that       reputation, that forces us to be very care-    Luis Fernández de Ortega
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                                                                                                                         focus

      GAINING HEAT
      IN A WINDY CITY
      Alberca Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana           Pachuca (Mexico)

      For a large swimming pool complex, high winds and cool temperatures outside
      make thermal efficiency targets that little bit harder to attain. Add in the need
      to maximise the amount of natural light poolside, and achieving required heat
      gains presents a challenge. Translucent Danpalon® façade systems are providing
      building designers with an elegant solution.

      P
               achuca in Central Mexico is a        the building’s orientation, façade design     Turning to translucent Danpalon® poly-       nation of 22mm 3D Lite metallic grey and        ever look the same. The hue, texture and         taking just a few days from delivery to
               very windy city and by Mexican       played a vital role in maximising natural     carbonate façade systems, the INHIFE         red panels sits at one end of the pool.         appearance depends on where it’s viewed          completion.
               standards is also quite cold, with   light and heat gain on the inside while       architects found an aesthetically pleas-                                                     from and the weather conditions. It has
               an average temperature of 16ºC       handling the high winds on the outside.       ing and technically robust solution capa-    INHIFE architect Edgar Baca said, “The          given the project real life and personality.”    Baca added, “Considering the
      throughout the year. When Alberca Uni-                                                      ble of meeting the project’s competing       fantastic level of light diffusion that these                                                    enhanced thermal efficiency the new
      versidad Politécnica Metropolitana came       The architects, Instituto Hidalguense         demands for light diffusion, thermal insu-   two complementary façades achieve cre-          The new swimming pool complex is a               swimming pool building has attained,
       to rebuild its swimming pool complex         de la Infraestructura Fisica Educativa        lation, physical strength and low mate-      ates a truly unique ambience, with high         unique wedge-like form composed of               and the tremendous functionality it is
       the building’s thermal efficiency was a      (INHIFE) also had to face the challenge       rial weight.                                 quality daylight for the interior and a won-    gentle slopes, elegant curves and striking       now providing, this is a project that
        key design criteria.                        of building in sandy soil conditions that                                                  derful luminosity for the exterior at night.”   lines. A heightened façade wall to increase      to date has not once caused us to
                                                    offered a relatively low weight resistance.   A full-height Danpalon® façade con-                                                          the natural light diffusion and enable opti-     think that any kind of design adjust-
        At the same time, the project needed        With the weight and movement of the           structed using 16mm Ice panels runs          He continued, “Danpalon® has added a            misation of roof span and pitch was aided        ment was merited - it really is work-
        to reuse as much existing infrastruc-       swimming pool being a significant part        the complete length of one side of the       huge amount of character to the build-          by the use of extra long Danpalon® pan-          ing to perfection.”
         ture as was possible. With the swim-       of the structure’s overall loading, the use   swimming pool on a steel frame, while a      ing thanks to the interaction of material,      els, which also avoided the need for hori-
         ming pool then largely determining         of lightweight façade materials was vital.    further Danpalon façade using a combi-       light and surroundings. At no point does it     zontal jointing. Panel installation was rapid,

                                                                                                                                               The projeCt
                                                                                                                                               ARCHITECT
                                                                                                                                               INSTITUTO HIDALGUENSE DE LA
 sport

                                                                                                                                               INFRAESTRUCTURA FISICA EDUCATIVA (INHIFE)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      sport
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                                                                                                                                               DANPAL Mexico

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WHERE PRACTICE
MAKES PERFECT
L’Alqueria del basket   Valencia (Spain)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The projeCt
                                                                                                                                            panels also included a softlite (anti-glare)     in achieving the building’s A energy effi-
                                                                                                                                            layer to mitigate any dazzle due to bright       ciency rating. Danpalon®’s quick and easy      OWNER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            VALENCIA BASKET CLUB S.A.D., Spain
                                                                                                                                            sunlight during the day or strong artificial     installation process also helped to deliver
                                                                                                                                            lighting at night.                               the project in record time. From the initial   ARCHITECT
                                                                                                                                                                                             concept to final completion the state-of-      JOSÉ MART
                                                                                                                                            Importantly, as well as delivering the per-      the art L’Alqueria del Basket practice cen-    ERRE ARQUITECTURA,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            VALECIA, Spain
                                                                                                                                            fect level of soft natural illumination to the   tre took just 16 months, several months
                                                                                                                                            eight practice courts, the two-layer Dan-        earlier than originally planned. Valencia      INSTALLER
                                                                                                                                            palon® façade also served to help regulate       Basketball will surely prove that practice     PAL PLASTIC,, Spain
                                                                                                                                            interior temperatures, playing a vital role      certainly can make perfect.

                                           W
           Build a professional                         inning its first domestic league    are separate changing rooms for teams
                                                        championship in 2017, and           and referees, a gym, physio and medical
           sports facility where                        the runner up in both Copa          rooms. On the next level are spectating,
              literally hundreds                        del Rey and EuroCup compe-          hospitality and learning facilities.
                                           titions during the same season, Valencia
              of aspiring young            Basketball Club has attracted more than          For the architect, ERRE Arquitectura
                        basketball         500 boys and girls to its training academy       one of the most important challenges
                                           ranks. To support its long-term evolution,       in designing L’Alqueria del Basket was
                   players can all         the club wanted to provide them with the         ensuring a consistent level of natural light-
                 train together to         very best training facilities.                   ing and the best possible playing condi-
                                                                                            tions throughout the sports complex. This
              become the stars
 sport

                                           Bringing so many players from differ-            was achieved using a combination of full-

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sport
                     of tomorrow.          ent parts of the city together under one         height translucent polycarbonate façades,
                                           roof would need a training facility like no      a skylight array and five open-air patio
                      A big vision         other. Sure enough, L’Alqueria del Bas-          areas serving the main central axis.
                         for one of        ket is simply stunning. It’s the largest
                                           basketball practice centre in Europe and         To achieve the homogenous natural light-
                 Spain’s premier

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                                           houses eight indoor courts and four out-         ing required, the polycarbonate façade
100%

                        basketball         door courts. Built next to, and connected        played a vital role in filtering direct sun-

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                                           to, the club’s Fuente de San Luis Stadium,       light and avoiding glare. After an exten-
                      clubs. What

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                                           the sports complex spans a site measur-          sive material search, Danpalon ® was
             once was a dream              ing more than 15,000sqm.                         selected. As a part of ERRE’s feasibil-
                                                                                            ity studies, separate light simulation tests
            has now become a
                                           Built to international basketball standards,     were carried out to determine optimum
         reality, and the result           L’Alqueria del Basket provides both play-        opacity levels for each façade.
         is truly awe-inspiring.           ers and their families with all the facilities
                                           and comforts they will ever need. Inside         All façades were constructed using two
                                           the complex, the eight parquet floor courts      layers of opale and white Danpalon® pan-
                                           surround a central axis split over two lev-      els separated by an air gap. 30mm thick
                                           els. On the ground level, for each court         and 1000mm wide, the polycarbonate

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CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT
FOR SUCCESS
Oriam, National Sports Performance Centre   Edinburgh (UK)

Scotland needed a world-class sports performance centre to provide an inspirational
environment for coaching and training its top sportspeople. By maximising natural
light, minimising glare and withstanding harsh weather conditions, Danpalon® panels
 have played a major role in a stunning new facility.

                                                                                                                                                          © Everlite
                                                            Danpalon®, 16, 600 mm, 900 mm, cristal, Softlite, Danpalon® BRV, 16, 600 mm, ice, Softlite

                                                                        W
                                                                                     ith a 116m x 76m indoor 3G football pitch at its                                               An elegant curved steel frame roof spanning more than
                                                                                     heart, Oriam is by far the biggest facility of its                                             100 metres was clad in tensioned 2mm white PVC fabric
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The
                                                                                     kind in Europe. It is 28m tall at the pitch centre,                                            and complemented by Danpalon® façade panels.                        projeCt
 sport

                                                                                     15m at the sidelines and includes a viewing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            sport
                                                                        gallery for 500 people.                                                                                     And following the trajectory of the famous kick, clear              OWNER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ORIAM, NATIONAL SPORTS
                                                                                                                                                                                    Danpalon® façade panels were also used for both north               PERFORMANCE CENTRE
                                                                        Integrated alongside, Oriam’s smaller 32m x 54m flexible                                                    and south gable ends of the 3G pitch as well as the
                                                                        indoor sports hall provides courts for basketball, volleyball,                                              complete side of the adjoining sports hall.                         ARCHITECT
                                                                        netball and badminton and optional portable seating for up                                                                                                                      JAMES GRIMLEY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          %
                                                                        to 300 spectators.                                                                                          Danpalon® BRV rainscreen panels were used on both gable              Reiach and Hall Architects
100%

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Edinburgh
                                                                                                                                                                                    ends of the sports hall, with Danpalon® roofing panels also

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                                                                        And the amazing building design had a truly unique and                                                      used on its curved roof. Everlite’s Softlite co-extrusion was

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                                                                        relevant inspiration: a spectacular free kick by Brazilian                                                  specified to manage glare.                                           www.reiachandhall.co.uk

                                                                        footballer Roberto Carlos against France in the 1997
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                                                                        Confederations Cup.                                                                                         As the architect noted in its original submissions, ‘the            JON LAZELL
                                                                                                                                                                                    Sports Performance Centre is a once in a lifetime, culturally        Co-Managing Director
                                                                        An article by French scientists in the New Journal of Physics                                               important opportunity. It isn’t a half chance, it’s a direct free    Keyclad Limited
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Belper
                                                                        showed that because Carlos kicked the ball hard enough,                                                     kick on the edge of the box – a moment to realise something
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         + 44 (0)177 385 2867
                                                                        far enough and with enough spin, its trajectory followed the                                                truly amazing’. We think the goal was achieved. ”                    www.keyclad.co.uk
                                                                        path of an equiangular spiral. It is this logarithmic curve that
                                                     © Everlite

                                                                        was used by the architects as the basis for designing the
                                                                        profile of the immense football pitch roof.

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ZO O M                                     THE FUTURE
                                                          A FACTORY FOR

            Extension of Global Standard Technology Factory           Hwaesong-si (South Korea)

                  Driven by its passion to                had instilled a rigidity and uniformity in the   By gently diffusing the outside light and
                                                          overall appearance of the park.                  protecting the GST workforce from the
              innovate, Global Standard                                                                    effects of direct sunlight, the façade has
          Technology (GST) undertook a                    Producing a wide range of abatement              helped increase efficiency and safety in
                                                          systems, chillers and heat exchangers,           the workplace while also helping to save
         dramatic expansion of its head-                  the new factory building was purpose-            energy, by reducing the amount of arti-
                quarters in Hwaesong-si,                  designed over 3 levels. The ground floor         ficial lighting required along with asso-
                                                          and first floor supporting factory work-         ciated CO2 emissions.
           South Korea, with the addition                 flows, from product stocking to assembly,
              of a state-of-the-art factory               testing and logistics, and the second floor      During daylight hours, the bright opal-co-
                                                          providing staff parking facilities. Impor-
             building. Danpalon® façade                   tantly, the factory and headquarters buil-
                                                                                                           loured Danpalon® façade presents a sof-
                                                                                                           ter and more elegant new factory profile.
             system played a vital role in                dings were linked via a covered pedes-           While at night, backlit by the factory’s in-
            achieving some far-reaching                   trian bridge for ease of communication.          terior lighting, it transforms the building
                                                                                                           into a stunning light box - a true beacon
                    aesthetic design and                  To help deliver GST’s bold futuristic vi-        for GST’s core values of passion, integrity
                      construction goals.                 sion for the new building design, the ap-        and innovation.
                                                          pointed architects specified the use of
                                                          Everlite Concept’s Danpalon® as external

           O
                    ne of the world’s top 3 providers     cladding for the complete factory façade.
                    of environmental and tempera-                                                          The projet
                    ture control systems for the se-      Installed by the Archipoly Corporation,
                    miconductor and display mar-          the lightweight, clip-together polycarbo-        CLIENT
                                                                                                           GLOBAL STANDARD TECHNOLOGY
           kets, GST needed its new factory building      nate panel system ensured factory buil-
           to be environmentally friendly, of a simple    ding materials and construction time were
           lightweight construction and capable of        kept to a minimum and all aesthetic goals        ARCHITECT
                                                                                                           HAN, YOUNG-KEUN
           optimising the use of natural light.           were achieved.                                    Archipoly Architecture Studio
                                                                                                            Seocho-gu (Seoul. KOREA)
           At the same time, the company wanted           Beautifully translucent and with a                +44 (0)2.537.1895
                                                                                                            archipoly@hanmail.net
           the factory building to inject a new kind of   thickness of only 22mm, the Danpalon®             www.archipoly.kr
           vibrancy and symbolism into the surroun-       façade’s unique 6-layer microcellu-
           ding Dongtan Industrial Park environment.      lar polycarbonate structure maximises
                                                                                                           INSTALLER
           Existing 3 to 5 storey buildings were of a     the amount of natural daylight entering          KIJU INDUSTRY
           solid aluminium panel construction, which      the factory.

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NIG H T
                      & D A Y

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            © : Laurent Keller
                                                                                                                                                          The client has the option of illuminating
                                                                                                                                                              the facades with swathes of light,
                                                                                                                                                           with shadow play or regular patterns.
© : Laurent Keller

                                                                                                                                                         This complex work is the result of advance
                                                                                                                                                              planning between Everlite CONCEPT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     © : Laurent Keller
                                                                                                                                                             and WE-EF Lumière, and in particular
                                                                                                                                                                 through full scale testing.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Sébastien Rey, WE-EF Lumière                                           COLOURED BOXES

                                                                         ILLUMINATED PEAKS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In the style of the colourful exterior facades, the interior en-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                trance porches are dressed in back-lit Danpalon® boxes ar-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ranged in relief. When the doors open, they create an immer-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                sive surprise effect. There is a strong connection between the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                inside and outside.
                                                                               Porte des Alpes Shopping Centre           Saint-Priest (France)

                                                                        Interview with Sylvie Levallois

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           © : Laurent Keller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           © : Laurent Keller
                                                                          ARCHITECT AT

                                                                          ARTE CHARPENTIER ARCHITECTES                                                                                                                  The projeCt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        CLIENT
                                  Created in 1981,    How did you succeed in creating                golden Danpalon® panels, that emphasise          the interior of the cladding, we were able                         IMMOCHAN
                                                      a design which enhances both the               the entry points to the shopping centre.         to work with the lighting and compose
                           the «Porte des Alpes»      shopping centre and the building’s             Between the two entrances, the facade            different lighting scenarios.                                     ARCHITECT
                          Shopping Centre hosts       aesthetic?                                     is composed of modules of Danpalon®                                                                                 SYLVIE LEVALLOIS - ARTE CHARPENTIER ARCHITECTES
                                                      Traditionally, a shopping centre stands        of different colours and heights forming         How did you select the palette of colours                         Lyon - +33 04 78 63 77 00 - accueil.lyon@arte-charpentier.com
                                a number of retail    out as a profusion of brightly shining signs   a porch attached to the old structure at         that cover this vast facade?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        www.arte-charpentier.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Paris - +33 01 55 04 13 00 - contact@arte-charpentier.com
                             brands. With the aim     with the building obscured behind them.        a height of 11 metres. At night, due to          The client wanted neutral colours that were                       www.arte-charpentier.com
                                                      Based on the client’s wishes, we have put      a system of back-lighting, the building          timeless, which did not necessarily pick
                                of enhancing and      the architecture back at the heart of the      comes alive and the store signage blends         up the brand colours of Immochan since                            LIGHTING CONTRACTOR
                           reinvigorating the site,   project so that it speaks for itself. To do    into the colourful nocturnal landscape.          all of their sites are able to have their own                      SÉBASTIEN REY - WE-EF Lumière et Flux Lighting - Satolas-et-Bonce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        +33 04 74 99 14 86 - s.rey@we-ef.com - www.flux-lighting.com
                                                      that, we imagined cladding the existing                                                         architectural identity. Our departure point
                           Immochan asked Arte        facades with Danpalon® comprising              Has the project been conceived around            was the name of the site «Porte des Alpes»
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ELEC4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Villeurbanne - +33 04 78 68 78 68 - contact@elec4.fr - www.elec4.fr
                               Charpentier Archi-     different arrangements, colours and            its nocturnal visual appearance?                 and we worked with shades that evoke the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              NIGHT
                                                      applications. The main facades have been       The idea of these illuminated facades was        mountains and glaciers.
                          tectes for an ambitious     dressed with vertical blades of Danpalon®      the common thread of the project. The            With Everlite Concept, we created a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BUILDING CONTRACTOR
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         BILLON S.A - Brignais - +33 04 72 76 56 85
                              architectural design    which really stand out, acting as huge         reason we chose the Danpalon® solution,          new blue tone, with three variations. We                          kevin.rissaud@billon-sas.com - www.billon-sas.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               & DAY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         NAKLIS - Anneyron - +33 04 75 31 59 74
                                                      light fittings 8 to 10 metres in height        was simply because of its capacity to            also used a crystal shade and a warmer
                            delivering high visibi-   and 2.5 metres from the ground. The            reflect the light at nightfall. By integrating   golden tone to dress the upper parts of the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        contact@naklis.com - www.naklis.com

                                lity day and night.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SNGI - Sainte-Foy-l’Argentière - +33 04 74 70 01 55
                                                      two enclosed entrances are wrapped in          a system of adjustable LED strip lights to       entrance halls.                                                   info@sngisa.fr - www.sngisa.fr

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A PICTURE-PERFECT                                                                                                                                                                         NIGHT
                                                                                                                                                                                                      & DAY
     MULTI-SCREEN
                                                                                           A
     The Moor city centre cinema complex   Sheffield (England)                                       major pedestrianised thor-            Beneath the façade, Danpalon®’s inte-        The Light Cinema’s use of Danpalon® BRV
                                                                                                     oughfare and Sheffield’s main         grated system of wall brackets and panel     rainscreen panels and energy efficient
                                                                                                     post-war shopping precinct,           connectors creating a 250mm air cavity       LED backlighting has created a unique-
      Playing a key role in The Moor regeneration                                                    The Moor is one of the city’s         between the cinema wall and rainscreen.      ly attractive façade that has made
     programme in Sheffield city centre, The Light                                         most important retail locations. A mul-                                                      it a prominent beacon for The Moor
                                                                                           ti-screen cinema was a vital component          Within the cavity, 7,000 lumen linear        regeneration programme.
         multi-screen cinema complex required a                                            in its regeneration programme.                  LED lighting modules were used to pro-
     vibrant façade that was just as attractive and                                                                                        vide night-time backlighting of the 3,000
                                                                                           Not only did The Light cinema have to           square metres of translucent rainscreen
      welcoming during the day as it was at night.                                         stand out from retail units below, it also      cladding.                                    The
                 A clever combination of coloured                                          had to sit comfortably in its modern urban
                                                                                                                                                                                        projeCt
                                                                                           environment while complementing the nat-        During the day the cinema’s muted
                Danpalon® BRV rainscreen panels                                            ural beauty of the distant Sheffield skyline.   green/grey colour palette sees it blend
                   and LED backlighting provided                                                                                           harmoniously with the Yorkshire skies, ur-
                                                                                                                                                                                        OWNER
                                                                                                                                                                                        THE MOOR CINEMA
                                a perfect solution.                                        To meet the competing aesthetic require-        ban setting and distant landscape. While
                                                                                           ments, Leslie Jones Architecture creat-         its clearly differentiated design ensures    PROJECT MANAGER
                                                                                           ed a semi-random façade design using            the cinema stands out from the busy re-      SIMON BROWN
                                                                                           a combination of coloured rainscreen            tail environment below.                       Leslie Jones Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                                         London (UK) +44 (0)20 7255 1150
                                                                                           cladding panels.                                                                              admin@leslie-jones.co.uk

                                                                            © Paul White
                                                                                                                                           And at night-time the LED backlighting        www.lesliejones.co.uk
                                                                                           The façade was composed of 16mm                 transforms the cinema façade into a stun-
                                                                                           thick Danpalon® BRV panels in four com-         ning light-box, with beautifully diffused    INSTALLER
                                                                                                                                                                                        JON LAZELL
                                                                                           plementary colours: green, pearlescent          and coloured illumination. Its appear-        Co-Managing Director
                                                                                           green, opal and silver, in two widths:          ance is constantly bright and inviting,       Keyclad Limited Belper (UK)
                                                                                           600mm and 900mm.                                but never brash and outspoken.                + 44 (0)177 385 2867 www.keyclad.co.uk

                                                             © Paul White

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               & DAY
                                                                                                                                                                    During the day the pure ‘ice’ coloured         Softlite coating was applied.
                                                                                                                                                                    Danpalon® panels present a bright and          The ultra-lightweight nature of the Dan-
                                                                                                                                                                    crisp contemporary look, while at night,       palon® cladding meant that the new
                                                                                                                                                                    the use of coloured LED backlighting           façade could be installed without af-
                                                                                                                                                                    animates the centre, making it a vibrant       fecting any great change to the existing
                                                                                                                                                                    and highly visible landmark.                   building structure, helping to optimise
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   overall project costs.
                                                                                                                                                                    “Aesthetically, the building is even more                                                    The
                                                                                                                                                                    impressive than the study phase sug-           And importantly, the product’s quick          projeCt
                                                                                                                                                                    gested it would be. The finished ap-           and easy installation process also
                                                                                                                                                                    pearance is really very crisp and works        meant that large areas of cladding            OWNER
                                                                                                                                                                    just as effectively at night as it does dur-   could be erected during the night, in         VICTORIA SHOPPING CENTER
                                                                                                                                                                    ing the day.” Simon Brown, Leslie Jones        time for the centre to be safely opened
                                                                                                                                                                    Architects.                                    to the public in the morning, ensuring        ARCHITECT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   customers weren’t inconvenienced              SIMON BROWN
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Leslie Jones Architecture
                                                                                                                                                                    Danpalon ’s unique double-notch con-
                                                                                                                                                                              ®
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  London (UK) +44 (0)20 7255 1150
                                                                                                                                                                    nector and wall bracket fixings ena-           The Victoria Centre project was short-         admin@leslie-jones.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                    bled panels to be sized and oriented to        listed in the BCSC (British Council for        www.lesliejones.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                    achieve specific aesthetic effects. And        Shopping Centres) Awards in the best
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 INSTALLER
                                                                                                                                                                    to ensure even LED backlight distribu-         refurbishment and/or extension scheme         METCLAD Nottingham
                                                                                                                                                                    tion across the larger panels, Everlite’s      (over £5 million) category.                    +44 (0)16 2372 0032 admin@metclad.co.uk

                                            A VIBRANT SHOPPING CENTRE,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 © Mitchell Duncan & Associates Limited
  The finished appearance
                                             BY DAY AND NIGHT         Intu Victoria Centre    Nottingham (England)
    is really very crisp

                                                                          B
     and works just as                           The Victoria shopping              uilt in the early 70’s, the Victoria
                                                                                    Shopping Centre is a landmark
 effectively at night as it                 centre needed a dynamic                 building located in the heart of
    does during the day.                     new look and feel to help              the busy city of Nottingham.
                                                                          The owners, intu engaged with Leslie
     Simon Brown, Leslie Jones Architects   it attract more customers.    Jones Architects to completely refurbish
                                               To meet the competing      the existing building façade.

                                               demands of aesthetics,     Located in a prominent city centre loca-
                                                    material weight and   tion and offering long views from multiple
                                                                          approach roads, the building required a
                                                    cost, a vibrant new   façade treatment that would continue to
                                                 façade was designed      allow a high level of natural light through
                                                                          to the centre in the daytime and present
                                                 using Danpalon® BRV      an aesthetic design that would be equally
                                              polycarbonate cladding.
             NIGHT                                                        effective during the night.

                                                                          To meet the multi-faceted design chal-

             & DAY                                                        lenge, the architects selected the
                                                                          Danpalon ® BRV translucent polycar-
                                                                          bonate cladding system.

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AN INSPIRED
          BEGINNING
     Flagship Building, Silpakorn University   Thailand

                                     A
  One of Thailand’s leading                  s the first building on the Silpa-     translucent outer skin is tailored to the
                                             korn University’s new Muang            needs of the local tropical monsoon cli-
 art and design universities                 Thong Thani Campus, Northern           mate.
 wanted to mark the launch                   Bangkok the Flagship Building
                                     was designed to stand out. As one of           During the daytime the inclined translu-
    of a new campus with a           Thailand’s leading centres for art and         cent panelling gently reflects and filters
 landmark building design.           design education, the university wanted        the sunlight to achieve a comfortable lev-
                                     an inspirational building design with a        el of natural lighting within the building.
      Danpalon® helped the           beauty that would stand the test of time.      While at night, interior lighting transforms
          architects create a                                                       the Flagship Building into a bright illumi-
                                     With the surrounding urban landscape           nated focal point for the campus.
   building that honours the         dominated by hard-edged pre-cast con-
     local environment, one          crete buildings clad in aluminium and          By using separated overlapping walls of
                                     steel, the architects Geodesic Design          Danpalon® the architect has also created
         that plays with light       saw the opportunity to use transparency        an efficient source of natural ventilation
               to become an          and light as a means of differentiating        for the building, with openings allowing
                                     the Flagship Building and breaking new         fresh air to flow in and out of the build-
           artwork of its own.       ground in local architectural design.          ing’s outer walkways and rooms inside.

                                     At the same time, speed of construction        The Flagship Building has become an in-
                                     was also an equally important criteria in      spirational landmark for the new universi-
                                     the building design process. Building          ty campus. It has been recognised by the
                                     materials and construction techniques          architectural community as a pioneering
                                     would need to be selected to achieve           example of Thai Modernist design that
                                     completion within 12 months in order to        has set a standard for others to follow.
                                     be ready for a new academic year.

                                     Starting from an initial concept of a trans-
                                     parent glass box, Geodesic created a
                                     modern multi-purpose building using
                                                                                    The
                                     elegant steel framing, extensive glazing       projeCt
                                     and pre-cast hollow core concrete floor-
                                     ing. Set on short concrete piers above         ARCHITECT
                                     an existing lake, the 4,000sqm Flagship        GEODESIC DESIGN
                                                                                     Somboon Sudmaksri, Karp Boonthavi,
                                     Building appears to almost float in the air.     Prapakorn Kimiphan

       NIGHT
                                     And as cladding for the building, the ar-
                                                                                    OWNER/NSTALLER
                                     chitects specified a subtle combination        PATHOM FURNITURE (1994) Co., Ltd.
                                     of plain grey and reflective grey Danpal-
                                     on® polycarbonate panels. Mimicking a
       & DAY                         traditional Thai high-pitched roof, this

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  T  REND T E                CO

                                                                                                                                                                                             21                                                                       5     4

           ENTIRELY REMOVABLE
           AND RECYCLABLE
                                                                                                                                             Customised Layout

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  © Hendrik Verlinden
                                                                                                                                             The concept of the main facade (a complete rectangle) was straight forward,
                                                                                                                                             the Everlite Concept design department then supported the building contrac-
           La Lainière office accommodation         Roubaix (France)                                                                         tor in the installation of the interior partition wall facade. As shown in the build
                                                                                                                                             plan above, only three panels of Danpatherm K7 were complete (designated
                                                                                                                                             4, 5 and 21 on the plan). All others had to be adapted to the dimensions of

               Interview
                                                                                                                                             the doors, windows and slopes of the roof. A work of high precision. «After
                                                                                                                                             restoring the walls of the factory we then produced the customised interior
                                                                                                                                             layout. Once this was approved, our workshop took on all the cuts, angles
               Olivier Jost   AGENCE D’ARCHITECTURE EKOA                                                                                     and slots required by the panels. It was complex work, done manually», Cyril

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          © Olivier Jost
                                                                                                                                             Gambin Technical Director of Everlite Concept explained. With regards to the
               The building is the first to      construction of apartment blocks and          a building which can be totally dismant-      installation, it involved working very closely with the building contractor. «You
               be completed on the La            office accommodation. The site has            led which is a key objective of the client.   need to decide on a start point together; once the first customised panel is
                Lainière site. It is also a      strong environmental ambitions based                                                        positioned with millimetric precision, everything else goes well», he added.
                part of the future park of       on positive sustainability. This means
                 the 21st century sup-           that the materials used must comply
                                                                                               © Hendrik Verlinden

                  ported by Lille Métropole.     with the principle of adaptability-flexibi-
                  There must have been           lity and can be dismantled, whilst also
                  some major challenges,         being recyclable and healthy to humans.                                                                                                                                            The projet
                   what were they exactly?
                   Until 2000, this former       That creates quite a few demands!                                                           As for the sun-shades, they             a communal area. Its installation              OWNER
                   industrial site housed the    Firstly, how have you applied the                                                           are positioned in front of the          was more difficult because we                  SEM VR
                    spinning mill of La Lai-     notion of healthy and recyclable                                                            Danpatherm K7. All these ele-           included a wooden surround and
                    nière (Ed: it employed       products?                                     Does Danpatherm K7 therefore                  ments can be readily separated          added several door and window                  PROJECT MANAGER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OLIVIER JOST
                     nearly 8000 people in       Simply by selecting products which            satisfy the requirement of being              from each other.                        openings. The building contractor               Ekoa olivier.jost@ekoa.fr
                     the 1960s with buildings    are non-emissive and whose life-cycle         removable?                                                                            had to cut out all the apertures and            Mons-en-Barœul, FR

           &                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &
                      extending over 16 hec-     can be controlled. We have chosen             Exactly. On the main facade,                  Inside, there is a second               assemble everything without any                 www.ekoa.fr +33 03 20 86 34 39

TREND                 tares). Today, the site    untreated wood for the structure and          Danpatherm K7 is fixed to the building’s      Danpatherm K7 facade which              silicon seals. This is unusual and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Building Contractor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                TREND
technique CO           is in the process of      Danpatherm K7 for the facade. These           wooden superstructure by a system of          is designed to create a partition       required the use of alternative ins-                                                       technique CO
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    STM Faches-Thumesnil, FR
                       rebuilding with the       two products also enable us to construct      aluminium profiles.                           wall between the office zone and        tallation techniques.                           contact@stm-59.fr +33 03 20 62 96 60

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