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Titanium Rainscreen- Library- Florence, IT
Not just the lower obscured portion of the standard curtain wall, but an integrated facade element. Claddings may have multiple applications in the façade and they can range from simple panels of metal; aluminium - titanium or glass, stone, concrete and other materials just for aesthetical reasons to create a coverage “skin” to the structures, or they can carry out much more sophisticated functions.
Ceramic Frit- Bloomingdales- Las Vegas, USA
Glass spandrels are the most common, used with direct applied opaque film or better still separated by the obstructing opacifier in a shadow box, where air moves in and provide a vision balancing (propagation of the light in the air) and thermal insulation.
Aluminium/Wood Boxes- Citylife- Milan, IT
When facades are geometrically irregular, shaped or asymmetric, claddings play an important role in the overall construction: they become structural elements, with important dead loads and they specifically require analysis related to water runoff and channeling and air infiltration.
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