Construction Week India – July 2019

FAÇADES & WINDOWS PROJECTS

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FUNDERMAX INDIA

The brief of the project, Residence 145, located in the south-

ern sector of Chandigarh, was to design a house for three

generations of a joint family, ensuring a perfect balance of

connectivity yet segregation. It had height restrictions.

The central idea was to create a sequential progres-

sion from public to private zones by using the courtyard

& vertical circulation as the divider between the two.

Also, the varied volumetric scales of public & private

zones and their different interactions with the exterior

was an essential part of the idea.

Schüco specified Schüco TropTech AS 39 SC.NI non-

insulated product with triple-track outer frame, as it of-

fers an impressive slim line face width.The piercing light

from the sky through the openings in the roof and the

clear structure in the form of the circular columns & two

common walls manifest the materialisation of that idea.

The fragments of nature have been carefully intro-

duced to stimulate the occupants not just visually, but

with the sound of flowing water, fragrance of the planta-

tion inside and well worked out wind flow pattern.

*Architect Firm: Charge Voids

*Photographer: Javier Callejas

SCHÜCO INDIA

‘The School of Architecture’ for the students of Nitte Meen-

akshi College of Engineering Bangalore, was imagined to be a

working laboratory of architectural detail. The design objective

was to highlight the corner of the building, as an ‘accented py-

lon’ and demonstrate ways in which a singular material can

be used to protect the fenestration - as angled, vertical and

horizontal elements. Ace Group Architects designed a shade

louver with traditional wooden detailing, but with a contempo-

rary material. This combination elements of wood, mild steel &

glass was achieved by the ‘Nature’ range of FunderMax panels.

Panels are extremely weather-resistant, fire retardant, and

maintenance-free. It was crucial to ensure three factors: struc-

tural integrity, aesthetics, and transparency. The selected Fun-

derMax decor was customised to calculated dimensions and

modules were created to complete the look of solid wooden

verticals. Special cleats were fabricated to wrap the panels

around the steel sections, which then supported the louvers.