- 25 October, 2013
Metal Façade with INCOScales Topaz in Olivia Balmes Hotel in Barcelona- Spain
Rehabilitation of the facade of the Hotel Olivia recreational area, located in Balmes Street in Barcelona. The model chosen was INCOScales Topaz, arranged in three different colors and installed in ventilated metal structure.
Olivia Balmes Hotel , which offers 128 high-design rooms in the center of the old city of Barcelona , has chosen INCOScales Topaz of INCOPERFIL system to coat the inner courtyard dividing the block. |
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The architects Alex Ibañez and Sara Galman along with the interior design office GCA and the property were looking for an attractive, practical and safe cladding which was able to provide character to the main exterior space. This is the terrace, located on the ground floor and in direct communication with the hall, a meeting place in harmony with the modern image of the hotel. In the words of the architects ' we have sought to give character to the courtyard like a facade getting with this solution volume and texture, while the gradient granted degradation rate and light simulates natural " . INCOPERFIL has collaborated with architects in choosing the model and size of pieces that best fit in the project. |
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The INCOScales Topaz façade system covers approximately an area of 500 m². It consists of a set of aluminum brackets and profiles T, responsible for ensuring the flatness of the facade. On these, and sandwiching a neoprene gasket to prevent the galvanic couple, the profiles are arranged galvanized steel omega finally the cladding of a rectangular geometry. Finished parts, Topaz model INCOScales series, feature useful dimensions of 1000x500 mm and have been made in lacquered steel of 0.8 mm thickness. |
ARCHITECT: | Alex Ibáñez and Sara Galmán |
WORK: | Coutyards in the Hotel Olivia Balmes |
PLACE: | Balmes Street- Barcelona (Spain) |
PROFILES: | INCOScales Topaz, dimensions 1000x500 mm, thickness 0.8mm and 0.6 mm. |
TECHNICAL DATA: |
500 m² of INCOSCALES Topaz system, pieces with an useful surface 500x1000 mm, thickness 0.8mm, in white color RAL 9003, PET Grey RAL 7000 and Perl Grey RAL 7038. Side wall trim and other trimmings in prelacquered steel in white color. |
PROJECT FICHE | Archdaily |