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SWISSPEARL ESSENTIALS I 63

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN

www.swisspearl.com

PREMIUM SWISS QUALITY PANELS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH-END ARCHITECTURE


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Innovation and expertise

Principles

Structure and functionality

Building physics

Cost efciency

Design

Sustainability, embodied grey energy

Buidi yic

Worldwide

Wind effects, high-rise building, seismic

Combination of materials, decorative fasteners

Radar and radio, maritime environment

The joints

Metal and wooden sub-framing

Fastening on metal or woorden sub-framing

Details

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The Swiss Collection, a fascinating range

CARAT, REFLEX

XPRESSIV, custom colours

Colour stability

Solutions for faades

Solutions for interiors

Product features

Fu fo civiy d quiy

Secret xing, curved faades

Inclined faades, decorative elements

Panels coated on both sides, perforations

3-D ornaments

Service range

Life cycle

Dos and donts

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ARCHITECTURE DESIGN

WITH SWISSPEARL


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ITALY Residene Via Senigallia, Milan

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JRgZImmERmANN,ZRIcH

Thanks to onsistently expanded expertise-

regarding the ore and olouration of faade

panels and revolutionary prodution tehno-

logies, SWISSPEARL has launhed several

worldwide innovations. First, it was the NATURA

range with its unique aspet of ement struture

shining through in subtle shades. Launhed

onto the market as early as the mid-eighties,

millions of m2 have been delivered sine then

throughout Europe. They are the foundation

of the international reputation of reliable long

time proven Swiss quality for high-end arhite-

ture. In the mid-nineties, designers wanted to

] Innovation an expertise[

At all times, exacting architects have been in search of something

new or different to express their architectural vision while sti ll

satisfying their customers wishes in line with the function

and expression of the building and its setting. More and more

frequently, aesthetic changes and new expectations are calling

for different, innovative solutions.

For the past 30 years, SWISSPEARL has been developing the

innovative products and systems that architects want for their

faade visions, and bringing new answers to meet the designers

evolving wishes onto the market at exactly the right time.

In this, the focus is on authentic cement composite materials

that possess a distinct ive character while ensuring the good

behaviour of the panels for decades.

express their arhitetural message with integrally oloured materials and

original surfae aspets. Thus three appealing new ranges were developed

in reliable premium quality: the natural elegane and fasinating expres-

siveness of CARAT, the exciting high-tech REFLEX nish, and the unique

vivid texture of XPRESSIV are ideally suited to ontemporary arhiteture.

Available in many oloured through shades, these ultimate faade and

interior panels rapidly spread all over the world. Of ourse, the Researh

& Development experts are working on the next Swisspearl produt gene-

rations and the new tehnologial hallenges for the next innovative steps:

to serve the designers future needs and reativity.

The tehnologial ompetene is mathed

by the most advaned know-how regarding

ventilated faades, the most reliable system

from the viewpoint of building physis. The

SWISSPEARL ladding system follows the

ultimate tehnology of uninterrupted rear ven-

tilation. This provides the key to energy on-

serving solutions both for winter and summer

and effetively protets the building struture

from the elements for a very long time. The

outstanding, reliable quality of the panels, the

energy- and cost-efciency of the system have

been proven over the past 30 years both in new

and refurbishment projects. The detailing of joints and xations, as well as

a virtually unlimited hoie of panel sizes allow for endless possibilities in

reating uniquely attrative faades with a lifespan of at least 40 years.

Nearly without maintenane.

Let the variety of ideas and suggestions in the following pages inspire

arhitets to bring reative and durable beauty into our lives.

With Swisspearl.

Fascination of Innovation


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I SWISSPEARL ESSENTIALS

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SANdROLENdLER,ZAgREb

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JRgZImmERmANN,ZuRIcH

ITALY Kindergarten, Bolzano

cROATIA University, Rijeka

] Principles an philosophy of ventilate faaes [

considering the areas in whih ventilated faa-

des are prevalent, i.e. the Alpine regions and

Sandinavia, it is quite evident that they were

initially developed to protet buildings and their

outer walls from atmospheri exposure, namely

the ombined ation of wind and rain.

The undisputed advantages of ventilated faadesin terms of thermal and aousti insulation are,

however, not limited to old weather regions

but apply to hot and humid limates as well.

The core concept of ventilated faades utilizes

naturally occurring phenomena. The application

of a ventilated gap between the support structu re

and the external cladding mobilizes the pressure

effects of temperature differences to create

natural ventilation, thus preventing any k ind of

moisture from entering the building structure.

Thus ventilated faades are now being widely

adopted in other regions of Europe and through-

out the world.

As a onsequene of ever inreasing energy

pries, there is a growing demand for thermally

efcient construction systems. Many studieshave determined that ventilated faades are

unbeatable in terms of building physis and

longevity.

While relatively new and widely unknown in other regions

of the world, ventilated faade systems have a long t radition

of usage in central and northern Europe.

Reations

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Air irulation

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condensation

and water vapour

Ations

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Heating and

expansion under

solar irradiation

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cooling and on-

tration under

rain, humidity,

frost and snow

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Extreme wind

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Noise, e.g. trafc

transmitted via

air

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contamination

due

to dust and soil

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Seismi


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Support structure

The non-requirement for a speial

surfae, together with the minimal

load aused by the ladding,

enable ventilated faade systems

to be used with various strutural

types, whether mono-layered

or multi-layered, i.e. formed by

a number of different materials.

It is evident, however, that the

materials seleted for the support

structure will reect on the perfor-

mane of the system as a whole.

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Cladding

The main funtions of the outer

ladding are both aestheti and

protective. It deects the majority

of rainfall and protets the insula-

tion against limati stresses and

mehanial impat.

The ladding panels, statially

independent of eah other, are

anhored to the exterior wall by

a light and stable sub-struture.

3

Air gap and sub-

structure

The air gap (approx. 20-30 mm)

is plaed between the insulating

layer and the ladding panels,

thereby allowing the temperature

differenes between the outside

air and the air inside the gap

to maintain a onstant vertial

air urrent. To ensure proper

air irulation and ahieve this

"himney effet", the inlet and

outlet openings, as well as the

ross-setion of the air gap, must

be of sustainable width.

Thus the air gap serves two

main purposes. On the one hand

it drains off atmospheri and

internal humidity, as well as any

moisture present in the mason-

ry; while on the other hand, it

regulates the thermal exhangebetween the building and the

environment in terms of natural

ventilation.

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Insulation

The insulation, applied diretly to

the support struture, regulates

the thermal onditions of the

building, i.e. it prevents heat

loss in winter and heat build-up

in summer.

The insulation usually onsists of

self-supporting, water-repellent

panels, the thikness of whih

an be seleted aording to li-

matic conditions and the specic

requirements of the building.


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]Structure an Functionality [

Ventilated type faades consist of multi-layered

structu res characterized by a distinct functional

separation of the individual component layers.

Multi-layered strutures by funtional separation


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Dry wall without humidity

Residual humidity brought in during

onstrution or any rainwater pe-

netration is eliminated again by the

air irulation. Funtionality of the

various material layers is maintained.

Heat protetion during summer

Funtional ventilation between the

thermal insulation and the ladding

prevents heat aumulation. Fur-

thermore, it assists in making tempe-

rature hanges (e.g. day and night)

less notieable.

] biling physics [

Living comfort

In hot limates, ventilated faade systems

provide natural air-onditioning and guarantee

optimal interior limate onditions.

The ladding funtions as a heat shield and

the air irulation between the ladding and

the insulation layer prevents heat aumulation.

The ventilation layer has a storage effet that dimi-

nishes temperature hanges, thereby maintain-

ing a more onstant inside temperature a

fator highly appreiated in equatorial and very

old areas.

In addition, owing to their struture of mutually

separated layers, ventilated faades absorb

a signicant amount of noise. Depending on

the materials used, soundproong is thereby

improved by at least 10 dB, thus providing

a high quality of living omfort, espeially in

urban areas.

Humidity protection

Most faade damages result from moisture

penetrating the insulation and the support stru-

ture a problem unknown to ventilated faades.

The cladding deects most of the rainwater,

whilst the remainder evaporates as a result of

the "himney effet" reated by the air irulation

inside the ventilation gap. In this same way, any

residual moisture still present after the onstru-

tion phase, and the vapour generated by the

oupants, is removed. As a onsequene of

this, the insulating material remains dry and in

exellent ondition.

condensation aused by thermal bridges or the

steam impermeability in non-ventilated faade

strutures an have a deteriorating effet on its

insulation performane. However, in ventilated

faades, diffusion is not affeted by any mate-

rial layers, thus eliminating all risks regardingcondensation and reduced insulation efciency.

Thermal insulation

In partiular, ventilated faades offer the ad-

vantage of strutural separation of the different

funtional layers, i.e. ladding, thermal insulation

and support struture. Thus under the aspet

of building physis, ventilated faades are

unsurpassed.

During older weather, thermal losses an be

minimized owing to the uninterrupted insulation

of the support struture, whih prevents thermal

bridges and eliminates ritial areas suh as

oor slabs and separating walls.

The ventilated gap enhanes this effet by re-

taining the heat inside the building and delaying

its dissipation.

During the warmer season, ventilated faades

redue heat transmission towards the interior of

the building. While the outer cladding reects

most of the solar radiation, the ooler air iru-lation in the ventilated gap redues the amount

of heat that is absorbed by the building.


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Protetion of heat of room

The heat of the room is retained in the

wall struture.

Outer ladding dilatation

The outer ladding an dilate without

obstrution and hange in ap-

pearane. Expensive maintenane

work is thus dispensed with.

Fire protetion

cement omposite panels do not

burn.

Fire regulations can be met if a re-

proof thermal insulation is hosen

suh as mineral or glass wool.

Humidity protetion

Under the aspet of building phy-

sis, the ventilated faade is ideal.

Generation of diffusion ondensation

is exluded, diffusion not being

impaired by any material layers.

Installation of vapour barriers an be

dispensed with.

Heat protetion during winter

Thermal insulation applied to the

outside of the strutural support wall

permits ontinuous insulation without

thermal bridges (e.g. eiling fae

sides, separating walls).

Protetion of support walls

The support struture is proteted

against outside temperature hanges

by the thermal insulation layer.

The risk of rak formation is muh

redued. The thermal insulation

applied on the outside improves the

seurity and long life span of the

strutural support wall.

Sound proong

Depending on the type of strutural

support wall and on the ladding

type hosen, and with a mineral type

thermal insulation, soundproofing

is improved by at least 10 dB. This

advantage is appreiated partiularly

along busy roads.

Protetion of the thermal insulation

The ladding protets the thermal

insulation against the weather and

mechanical inuences.


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m.PATERNOSTER,S.PRILITIJIANdd.POcIVASEk,PIRAN

SLOVENIA Soial Housing Development, Ljubljana-Polje

GREENLAND Jagtvej Housing Development, Nuuk

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Energy

In terms of insulation, ventilated faade systems

enable high adaptability with respet to the

individual buildings limati requirements. The

ventilated gap ensures that the insulation is kept

dry, thereby maintaining its effetiveness and

diminishing energy osts in the long term a

factor of growing signicance in the light of

inreasing energy pries.

Ventilated faades retain heat during older

weather due to the storage abilities of the air

gap, thus reduing thermal losses and offering

signicant savings in terms of heating expense.

During the warmer season, ventilated faades

redue the heat absorption of the building. The

cladding reects most of the solar radiation, and

the "himney effet" provides natural ventilation,

thus reduing the osts of air-onditioning.

] Cost efieny [


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cLAESWAESTLIN,mALm

POLAND Word Shool, Bydgoszz

SWEDEN Metro Station, Malm

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ANTONIOLOZANO,SANPEdROgARZAgARcIA

MEXIcO NH Hotel, Monterrey

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WALERIANOWO

Durability and maintenance

The ombined ation of the ladding and the

ventilated gap balanes out the impat of tem-

perature hanges, thereby reduing the risk of

rak formation within the support struture.

Eah faade panel is individually attahed to

the sub-struture and is therefore statially

autonomous of the supporting wall.

The ladding an dilate without restraint in

spite of thermal expansion of sub-framing and

panels. Moreover, the elastiity of the ladding

system absorbs any movement of the support

struture and maintains its funtionality, even

in instanes of light earth tremors. If neessary,

faade panels an be replaed individually,

without affeting the other strutural ompo-

nents.

Despite higher onstrution osts, ventilated fa-

ades have proved to be very ost-effetive over

the long term, given the benets of the systems

longevity, strutural separation of materials,

energy efciency and low-cost maintenance.

Construction and installation

Independent anhoring of the individual faade

panels relieves the bottom elements from the

pressure of all top elements and solves the

problem of ritial height. The system therefore

allows for the onstrution of thinner walls, irre-

spetive of their height. Thus the lightness of the

struture not only diminishes the fundamental

loading but, given its thinness, also provides for

inreased rentable spae. The ladding overs

the support walls, hene there is no requirement

for any speial preparation. Moreover, the ven-

tilation gap keeps the insulation dry without ad-

ditional measures suh as grouting or aulking.

Ventilated faades failitate "dry" installation,

regardless of the season or weather onditions.

Faade panels an be installed quikly and

easily, thus dereasing onstrution time andguaranteeing adherene to projet shedules.


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ITALY Soial Housing Via Senigallia, Milan

LITHUANIA Balsai Shool, Vilnius

AUSTRALIA National Portrait Gallery, canberra

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bRETTbOARdmANN,NEWTON

SWEDEN Ramlsagrden, Helsingborg

] Design[

Conceptualization

Arhiteture is the result of preise oneptual

onsiderations that eventually evolve into atual

strutures. The strutural separation of the

different material layers orresponds with the

oneptual mindset of arhitets. In ventilated

faades the various funtional layers are learly

separated and separable, and the ventilated

gap between the ladding and the insulation

layer reinfores the strutural onept.


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HUNGARY Hotel President, Budapest

BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA Importanne centre, Sarajevo

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Zky,SOLymR

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Variety of op tions

On a reative level, the strit funtional sepa-

ration of weather protetion, thermal insulation

and support struture offers a wide range of

possibilities. Due to its fragmentation and the

thinness of the panels, the ladding is easily

reognizable as a sheer protetive layer. Given

its detahment from the remaining struture,

this feature allows for more exibility in design

without being bound to the dimensions and the

funtionality of the support walls.

The laddings independene of the support

struture provides unlimited options for the ar-

hitetural design of the faade, offering a wide

seletion of materials, shapes, dimensions,

panel joints and olours. In warmer regions,

ventilated faades allow for greater exibility

in the appliation of dark oloured materials

without the risk of heat build-up.

In the ase of ement omposite, there is an

additional advantage: the variety of olours and

surfaes utilized allows it to meet the onditions

of the surrounding area. At the same time,

being an industrially manufatured produt, its

uniform and standardized tehnial features are

not tied to any regional ontext. High quality

ement omposite panels an be easily om-

bined with other materials and an be used for

the ladding as well as for the interior design.


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lEmbodied energy of cladding material [panels without fastener and sub-frame]

Utilization

The work of arhitets has a long lasting impat

on the environment; therefore, not only do they

have a responsibility to their lientele, but to

soiety as a whole. From this viewpoint, the

redution of energy onsumption ensured by

ventilated faades is not only a ost fator, it is

also benecial to the environment. Ventilated

faades provide a onsiderate appropriation

of resoures and help to diminish the cO2

output; in some instanes they even allow for

the integration of photovoltai panels.

] Sustainability [

Recycling

Overall onsideration regarding the life yle of

a building must also inlude its renaturation.

The layered struture of ventilated faades

allows for the easy substitution of different build-

ing parts, aording to their life expetanies.

Moreover, in the ase of a omplete demoli-

tion, SWISSPEARL faades failitate easy

separation of the materials for reyling and

disposal.

Sustainable development as dened by the

Brundtlandt commission is "development that

meets the needs of the present without ompro-

mising the ability of future generations to meet

their own needs". Arhitets meet these require-

ments by providing highly adaptable strutural

dispositions, thus guaranteeing exibility over

the long term. Owing to the independene of

the ladding of the support struture, ventilated

faades offer the unique possibility of altering

the outward appearane of a building in keeping

with the interior modications.

Also, due to the lightness of their struture,

ventilated faades an be applied to existing

buildings, enhaning them aesthetially and en-

ergetially, while also providing an elegant solu-

tion for the establishment of a onnetion

between new and existing strutures.


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STEVEWANkE,WARREN,OR ,

USA Reclad Ofce Pacic Plaza, Tacoma, WA

Green labels and certicates

Nowadays, many organisations delare that

particular products or buildings are benecial to

the environment. Unfortunately, the assessment

methods of these various labels or certicates

are not yet onsistent and annot be ompared.

In addition, expetations and environmental

awareness vary from one ountry to another.

Thus, a reliable certication process accepted

both in Europe and overseas will need more

time. Europe is favouring the life yle assess-

ment approah, but so far has not managed to

dene the standards and testing methods to be

aepted by the entire community. In the USA,

the LEED certication assesses the concept and

implementation of a building.

USA

The Pacic Plaza is a $35 million

innovative design solution to the

one deteriorating garage building.

It inorporates multiple energy

efcient and environmentally

sustainable features. In partiular,

the annual energy use has been

reduced by approximately 35%.

This building reeived the LEED

Gold certication from the U.S.

Green Building counil (USGBc).


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cANADA Firehall, Brandon, Winnipeg

] Building Physics in the worl [

1

Support struture

2

Insulation

3Air gap and sub-framing

4

cladding

Metal sub-frames for ventilated faades must

be bending-resistant and xed to the buildings

load-bearing onstrution.

The following guidelines are to be adhered to:

n

Anhorage only in parts of the building that an

take up and transmit additional loads

n

No anhorage to be applied to non-load-bearing

walls.

Wall design depending on local traditions and buil-

ding codes. Construction methods for external walls

as bearing elements for ventilated faades


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SOUTH KOREA National Rehabilitation centre, Seoul NORWAY Nydalen High Shool, Oslo

External

wall design

requirements

Strutural engineer/

ontrator shall assume

overall responsibility for

the faade engineering,

inluding hoie of

material and type of sub-

framing, denition of

sizes of all strutural

members as well as of

all fastening details to

sub-framing and panels

all in aordane with

loal building regulations

and pratie.


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USA Thomas Berkeley Square condominiums, Oakland, cA

Al l components of external cladding must be des igned/calculated

with a safety factor for a design load pursuant to the local standards

and building regulations.

The strutural engineer/ ontra-

tor shall assume overall respon-

sibility for the faade engineering

inluding

n

hoie of material and type of

sub-framing

n

determination of the size of all

strutural members

n

determination of all fastening

details to sub-framing

Impats on faades are

n

Dead load of the onstrution

n

Sun, rain

n

Ie, snow

n

Sand [abrasion]

n

Wind as a ompressive fore

or sution

n

Resistane to seismi

consequenes/effets on the

faade are

n

Deformation/displaement

n

Stati and dynami load on the

faade, the fastening points and

the sub-framing

] Wind effet [

Responsibility

Strutural engineer/

ontrator shall as-

sume overall respon-

sibility for the faade

engineering.


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Part 2

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Normalarea

Fringearea

Edge situation

Normal and fringe wind pressure and sution area

Wind sution

The edges of the

building are partilarly

affeted by wind

sution.

Thus shorter spaes

between the xin points

are indiated in theseareas.

Two different wind zones have

to be taken into aount on the

faade surfae of a building, one

with a normal wind sution area,

and a fringe area near the edges

as shown on the right.

Denition of normal wind pres-

sure and sution area and fringe

area near the edges, as shown

below.


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ITALY Fiera Milano, Milan

The wind load aused by the wind veloity is

the main impat for the designing of external

ladding. It depends on

n

the loation

n

the exposition

n

the height

n

the shape

of the building

The relation between wind veloity and wind

load is shown on the right.

Wind pressure and sution [Pa]

Airspeed[meter/sec]

Airspeed[mile/h]

SWISSPEARL panels are engineered/desi-

gned for high-rise buildings without any defet/

lak using a relevant stiff sub-framing.

For a orretly engineered faade, SWISS-

PEARL panels may be used for wind loads up

to 3 kN/m2 and more when fastened with rivets

on the relevant sub-framing.

Wind veloity and wind loads

] High-rise ilings [

Airspeed[km/h]


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LAuRENTPFEIFFER,SAINT-PIERRE ,

REUNION ISLAND Ofce Building Thiriet, Saint-Pierre

Hurricane test l ive

cylone Gamde raged over Reunion island from 24th to 28th

February, 2007 with wind speeds above 250 km/h and torrential

rains. SWISSPEARL faade of the building on the right, loated

in St. Pierre, had not hanged its appearane after this natural

atastrophe: the carat coral panels were neither displaed nor

showed any alteration in surfae aspet or olour.

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Windspeed[meter/sec]

Heightfromterrain[m]

Category III

Area with regular over of ve-

getation or buildings or with

isolated obstales with separa-

tions of maximum 20 obstales

height (suh as villages, subur-

ban terrain, permanent forest)

Roughness a = 0.28

Category II

Area with low vegetation suh

as grass and isolated obstales

(trees, building) with separations

of at least 20 obstales heights.

Roughness a = 0.16

Category IV

Area in which at least 15%

of surfae is overed with

buildings and their average

height exceeds 15 m

Roughness a = 0.40



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LITHUANIA Tower "IYT Kausta"

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High-rise buildings

In Europe there are many of buildings up to

around 25 stories with classical rear ventilated

faades. This is standard design has been used

in many ountries sine several deades.

Various taller buildings have also been lad with

rear ventilated SWISSPEARL faade systems

in the USA, canada and Mexio.

Many suh projets are in planning all around

the world.

There are no tehnial reasons, not to use

lassial rain sreen laddings on high-rise

buildings.

SWISSPEARLpanels are suitable as ladding

panels for high-rise buildings. Subjet to an ade-

quate quantity of fasteners and sub-framings,

SWISSPEARLpanels do withstand to any wind

load and there is no limit to the building height.


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This table is appliable for 8 mm panels fastened with rivets onto metal sub-framing

Vertial panels Horizontal panels

Windload Windload Wind veloity Spaings Spaings

[kPa = kN/m2] [psf] [km/h] [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm]

horizontally vertially horizontally vertially

x y x y

0.9 19 138 570 720 720 530

1.0 21 145 570 720 720 530

1.1 23 152 570 580 720 530

1.2 25 159 570 580 590 530

1.3 27 166 570 580 590 530

1.4 29 172 380 580 490 530

1.5 31 178 380 580 490 530

1.6 33 184 380 580 490 530

1.7 36 190 380 480 490 530

1.8 38 196 380 480 490 350

1.9 40 201 380 480 490 350

2.0 42 206 380 480 490 350

2.5 52 230 380 480 420 350

3.0 63 252 380 410 420 350

3.5 73 280 280 410 420 260

4.0 84 300 280 360 370 260

4.5 94 > 300 280 320 370 240

WindloadThe value means the

atual wind load ouring

on the ladding.

SpaingsMaximum distane

between panel fasteners.

InterpolationIntermediate values for

wind load/spaing may be

interpolated.

Safety fatorA safety fator of 3.0 is

taken into aount for the

admissible system load

(rivet and panel).

Engineering respon-sibility

Strutural Engineer/

ontrator shall assume

overall responsibility for

the faade engineering.

Maximum distanes between panel fasteners

Video sequenies wind load testing

y

x

Spacing between fasteners

On high rise buildings the wind loads are

generally higher than on low buildings. Loal

engineer to determine appliable loads for all

building zones.

Spaing between panel fasteners to be determi-

ned in aordane with the SWISSPEARL table


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ITALY Torre Via Adriano, Milan

BULGARIA Varan Towers, Varan Towers

PHOTO


PHOTO

ROLANd

HALbE,STuTTgART


PHOTO

SWISSPEARL

IcH

Ventilation cavity

Minimum thikness for uninterrupted avities

shall be 75 mm for buildings up to a height of

100 m, and 100 mm avity for higher buildings.

For high rise buildings it an be onsidered

to use waterproof horizontal joint flashing

profiles instead of standard SWISSPEARL

L-ashings that are not completely watertight.

When dividing the avity height wise into se-

tions, the avity thikness an be dereased

to 50 mm.

The major riterion for the design of the venti-

lation cavity is certainly the use of non inam-

mable material for insulation, sub-framing and

ladding. Besides adequate sizing of avity and

ventilation openings there are no specic further

SWISSPEARLreommendations regarding the

design of the ventilation avity.


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www.seismo.ethz.h/gshap/

ATI Summary of Results

"The SWISSPEARL exterior wall cladding system has

been proven for an interstory drif t of 6"/152 mm for the

vertical layout and horizontal layout congurations

when congured with the components, assembly and

spans documented in this report." (f 70780.01-120-32)

Interstory drift for horizontal layout conguration [ATI] Flexural displaement apaity


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P

HOTO

bENbENScHNEIdER,SEATTLE

PHOTO


PHOTO

ROLANdHALbE,ST

uTTgART

USA Swedish Medial center, Issaquah, WA

BULGARIA Soa Outlet Center, Soa

SWITZERLAND Tehnopark, Zurih

Combination of materials

Rear ventilated urtain faades are ideal for the

ombination of different faade materials, sine

the protetive weather skin is both funtionally

and struturally separate from the rest of the

wall onstrution.It is possible to hange not

only the ladding materials but also the faade

system itself. The use of different material

thiknesses also permits a more or less "topo-

graphial" struturing of the faade surfae. In

fat, there are hardly any limits to the design

possibilities; however, the transition details

naturally demand a high degree of tehnial

ompetene and knowledge of the system.

Decorative fasteners

Faade laddings protet the underlying

heat insulation layer and are anhored to a

sub-onstrution in the load bearing wall. The

dimensioning of speial anhoring elements

must be statially proved, and the panels

equipped with xed and sliding points in order

to take up the unavoidable movement of the

ladding panels and the sub-onstrution at the

onneting points.


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PHOTOROLANdHALbE,STuTTgART

USA Satellite Operations Faility NOAA, Suitland MA

DENMARK Residential Building, Korsr

Maritime environment

Maritime environment has been proven to be

detrimental to many materials and surfaes due

to orrosion of metals or metalli ingredients in

ontat with hlorides from sea water. A similar

situation exists in winter where road salt is used.

SWISSPEARL faade panels do not ontain

any metalli materials, neither in the panel nor

in the surface coating, whatever the nishing

is. The pure acrylic nish and the use of highly

chemical resistant pigments and llers assure

best durability.

For fastening of SWISSPEARL faade panels in

maritime environment (i. e.distane to the oean

less than 1 km) it is neessary to use stainless

steel fasteners and appropriate sub-framing. Any

aessories must be orrosion proof.

Radaran radio netral

cement omposite panels reat neutrally to

eletromagneti waves and radiation so that

radio waves, staff alling systems and radar

are not affeted.


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Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3

The architectural, design-

orientated function of the joint

Joints are an important element of design for the

optial struturing of faade areas. The proporti-

on of the single faade areas to one another has

a considerable inuence on whether the faade

makes an elegant and omposed impression.

There are so-alled minimized joints and empha-

sized joints. Minimized joints reinfore the planar

effet of a faade; they are usually proteted from

rain water by superimposed proles. Emphasized

joints result in graphi effets that vary aording

to the width of the joints and reinfore the stru-

turing of the faade.

In the case of multi-layered faades, we distinguish between

two basically different functional groups: the technical, constructive

function and the architectural, design-orientated function.

In the case of rear ventilated curtain walls in particular,

considerations relating to design and construct ion are

inseparably connected.

The technical, constructive

function of the joints

The joints form the visible onnetion between

two faade panels. These an either overlap

or be set ush with one another. Furthermore,

the joint an be effeted by a usually metal

connecting prole. These are the classic op-

tions for joints in urtain walls.

[Fig. 1]

Temperature- and moisture-dependent ex-

pansion of the panels requires appropriate

exibility in the joints. According to the situation,

onstrution and height of the building, large

amounts of rain water arise whih drain away

over the faade. The speial design of both the

horizontal and vertial joints onforms with the

drainage onept and onsiderably redues

pollution of the faade surfaes.[Fig. 2]

Rear ventilated urtain faades require adequa-

te air irulation. This is ensured by openings

on the top and bottom ends of the faade

area. In the ase of open joints, these provide

additional ventilation. A perforated prole or a

grid is usually used for the air intake and exit

openings in order to protet the hollow spaes

from insets and pests.[Fig. 3]

] Thejo ints[


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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

] Construction an installation with metal s-framing [

Panel joints

To be min. 5 mm wide for vertical joints and

min. 6 mm wide for horizontal joints. The wider

the joint, the less notieable are inauraies in

width. Therefore, a typial joint width is 8 mm.

If joints are left open to the weather, inrease

thikness of avity (min. 40 mm).

The additional exposure to rain water, UV radia-

tion, et. is to be taken into aount.

Surfae should be oloured dark, as it is visible

through the open joints.

Fastener 1

Sub-framing 2

Braket 3

Air gap 4

Insulation 5

Vapour barrier 6

Supporting wall 7

The bending resistant sub-frame has the fun-

tion of joining the exterior ladding with the load

bearing struture and transmitting the wind load

and the weight of the ladding safely to the load

bearing struture.

Design, installation and strutural alulations

as per engineers or suppliers specications.

Material expansion and retration due to tem-

perature hange must be duly allowed for with

regard to sub-frame fastening details.

The proles must be interrupted every approx.

3 m (10'), i.e. for installation from oor to oor.

The joints of the load bearing proles must

oinide with the horizontal joints of the panels.They may not be set in the middle of the panel.

Vertical and horizontal joints

The vertical support proles close off the vertical

panel joints and make them almost waterproof.

For horizontal joints > 6 mm, stainless steel

L-ashings can be used to prevent water from

penetrating into horizontal joints.


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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Fastening of sub-framing

contrator to asertain that the load bearing

timber sub-frame members are fastened to

the building struture aording to the require-

ments as set out in the appliable loal build-

ing standards and regulations.

Panel joints


min. 6 mm wide for horizontal joints. The wider

the joint, the less notieable are inauraies

in width.

Therefore typial joint width is 8 mm.

Fastener 1

EPDM strip 2

Batten 3

Air gap 4

Insulation 5

Vapour barrier 6

Supporting wall 7

] Construction an installation with wooden s-framing [

Timber battens

Dry (max. 16 % moisture content), straight

grown pine. If pressure treated with water

soluble protetive salts, it will not wash out.

Horizontal support battensSupport battens should be spaced at 995 mm

to suit width of thermal insulation mats and to

reduce vertical deection.

Vertical panel support battens

Minimum batten sizes

at panel joints:

27 x 120 mm, gauged

intermediate battens:

27 x 60 mm, gaugedAll faes of the panel support battens must lie

in the same plane (to be shimmed as required).


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FF

F FF F

F F

FF

] Fastening onmetal s-framing [

Compatibilit y of material

SWISSPEARL rivetsUse aluminum rivets for aluminum sub-framing.

Use stainless steel rivets for steel sub-framing.

Maritime environment (i. e. distane to oean of

less than 1 km) or other aggressive environment

alls for the use of stainless steel rivets.

Fastening points

The fastening of SWISSPEARL panels to me-

tal sub-framing requires two xed points per

panel. This ensures that the panel is free from

strain aused by the metal sub-framing. The 2

xed points [F] must never be set on the same

support prole.

All other fastening points are expansion points.

The max. spacing of xing points depends on

building height and wind load area.


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Warranty conditions

SWISSPEARL warranty only applies if

n

panels are fastened mehanially onto metal

sub-framing with genuine SWISSPEARL rivets.

In partiular, srewing on metal sub-framing is

not permitted.

n

ompatibility of material is respeted

n

stainless steel rivets are used in oastal areas

(distane to oean less than 1 km).

] Fastening onmetal s-framing [

Rivets head

Aluminium or stainless steel, sauer head

15 mm/0.6", blank or colour matched.

Holes

All holes must be drilled with a diameter of

9.5 mm/0.37". Fixed points to be provided with

a so-called xed point sleeve.

Distances to the panel edge

lateral

40 mm/1.57" to max. 100 mm/3.39"

top and bottom

80 mm/3.15" to max. 100 mm /3.39"

Spacing

between fastening

points may not exeed722 mm/28"

Hole diameter

All holes in panels for

both xed and expan-

sion points to be

of diameter

9.5 mm / 0.37"

All holes in metal sub-

framing for fastening

the panels to be of

diameter

4.1 mm / 0.16"


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] Fastening onwooden s-framing [

Vertical panel joints

All battens at vertial joints and all intermediate

battens must be fully overed by EPDM joint

baking strips (see illustration). EPDM strips

to be in one single piee from top to bottom

(no overlaps).

Horizontal panel joints

Use stainless steel L-ashings to prevent water

from penetrating horizontal joints. Cut ash-

ing 2 mm shorter than panel length so as to

avoid the flashings showing in the vertial

joints. Where ashings need to be joined to-

gether, butt the ends within a vertial batten to

support both ends.


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Spacing

between fasteningpoints may

not exeed

722 mm/28"

Hole diameter

All drilled

holes to panels

5.5 mm/0.22"

] Fastening onwooden s-framing [

External building corner-

battensThe timber battens are to be joined together

as per sheme above (same orientation as

panels), in order to avoid the panel fastener

falling between the two joined battens.

Screws

Stainless steel sauer-head srews

4,8 mm x 38 mm (head blank or olour oated),

drive T20.

Holes

All drilled holes to panels

5.5 mm / 0.22".

Distances to the panel edge

lateral

40 mm/1.57" to max. 100 mm/3.39"

top and bottom

80 mm/3.15" to max. 100 mm/3.39"


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Corners an windows, Termination top an bottom

]details Metal sub-framing [


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Corners an windows, Termination top an bottom

] details Wooden sub-framing [


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1977

1982

1985

1987

1997

2002

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

5 %

12 %

40 %

11 %

30 %

2 %

SWISSPEARLpanels are produed in

very modern state of the art failities in

Niederurnen (Switzerland) and Vklabrugg

(Austria) operated with low energy and high

environment onsiousness.

They are manufatured from high quality

Portland cement, synthetic bres, cellulose

materials and stable pigments.

The proprietary proesses pioneered by

Switzerland with speial surfae finish,

sealed edges and bak oating ensure

optimal behaviour and durability of the fully

ompressed panels. Millions of panels in-

stalled since 1985 throughout the world prove

the outstanding, reliable long term quality of

the SWISSPEARL ement ore and oating.

For more than 30 years the Swiss Research & Development

teams have continuously expanded their unique expertise

regarding core, coloration and application of high-end

cement composite faade systems.

These huge technological advances are the backbone of the

Swiss quality.

R&D Projet: new reinfore-

ment tehnology for ement

omposite ore

From 1982 onwards until

1990, all produt lines gradu-

ally shifted to new proution

tehnology

Start of development of

olouration tehnology with

transluent oating

NATURA range with trans-

luent surfae oating

launhed as worldwide new

produt generation


through oloured prodution

tehnology and additional

exclusive surface nishing

First pilot projets in 1998.

Several through oloured

shades cARAT available

Through oloured ranges

cARAT SL and REFLEX

available in 42 shades


next produt generation.

Panels perforated aording

to arhitet's design

Market introduction of

- Panels with 3D-ornaments

- Faade system with

secret xing for panels in

thikness 8 mm

Product RangeXPRESSIVlaunhed onto the market

Market introduction of

additional nishing and high-

resistane oating

Millions of m2 installed throughout

Europe with new ore tehnology

and transluent oating

More than 5.6 millions m

of SWISSPEARL

exported worldwide

Portland cement

Pulverized limestone

Reinforcement bres

Process bres

Water

Air

]The swi colletion competence, excellence, innovation [


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]A fascinating range [

The unique monolithi material aspet available

in different textures provides an appealing

and noble expression for the skin and the

interior surfaces of high prole buildings. A fas-

inating feature for an arhitetural message!

Available in more than 70 nature-inspired sha-

des, cARAT, REFLEX and XPRESSIV faade

panels offer tremendous design potential for

reating ontrasts and spetaular effets orblending harmoniously into the surrounding

settings. In all parts of the world.

Therefore, the natural elegance of the authentic and sober material

in various nishes offers much exibility and tremendous design

potential, all the more as the seductive colours and textures can be

easily combined and also blend harmoniously with other materials.

When developing new products,

SWISSPEARL focuses only on

the architects creative needs to

enable them to p lan and realize

their vision of the faade while

making sure that the clientsexpectations are also met. SWISSPEARL is the only manufaturer in

the world that masters the highly demanding

prodution proesses for integrally oloured

ement omposite panels in suh a wide olour

range and different surfae aspets.

Today, SWISSPEARL is the unparalleled pa-

ragon standard for ement omposite panels

with core and top nishing integrally coloured,

shade in shade. combining outstanding produt

harateristis, unique surfae aspets andproven reliable long term quality.


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PHOTO

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PHOTO

HRAARquITEcTOS,LISbON,P

ORTugAL

PHOTO


SLOVENIA Business Building, Nova Goria

SLOVENIA Hotel Bellevue, Pohorje

PORTUGAL Residential and Business Building, Estoril

SWISSPEARL CARAT SL

cARAT SL panels with transluent or pigmen-

ted top nishing and core coloured through,

shade in shade, play the lead role. The unique

natural look and the timeless beauty of the

material with its deliate vein texture provide

an exiting and noble expression for build-

ings with speial harater.

Available in a wide spetrum of omplementaryshades.


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PHOTO

WARRENJAggER,PROVIdENcE

PHOTO

S.LENdLER,ZAgREb

USA Gilmartin Shool, Waterbury

cROATIA Golf Hotel Spa, Sveti Martin

SWISSPEARL REFLEX

Also with an integrally oloured ore, these

high tech panels bear an iridescent surface n-

ishing on a pure aryli base.

changing lighting and angle of vision produe

interesting nuanes in the olours.These di-

rectional panels come in 15 shades; they are

partiularly suited for ontemporary buildings

of any size and sope with very modern arhi-teture.


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PHOTO

ROLANdHALbE,STuTTgART

cHINA Giant interative Group corporate Headquarters, Shangai

SWISSPEARL XPRESSIV

NEW in 2007: panels with a very vivid e-

ment omposite struture designed to give

a partiular touh to speial buildings. Soon

available in 8 olours. Shades Light Grey,

Dark Grey, Brown and Red are provided as

oloured through panels, the other 4 olours

bear a pigmented translucent surface nish-

ing.

] Swisspearl: The original [

CARAT F-Color

This coating consists in a ne texture with

spherial hollow glass partiles. This thiker

opaque pigmentation of the oating provides

a very strong protetion against UV radiation.

Available in all standard cARAT olours and

as ustom shades.

CARAT HR

This range with speial surfae treatment

provides a very high resistane to tagging and

surfaes damages whilst material authenti

expression is fully maintained. Therefore,

these panels an be ombined with standard

cARAT panels on the same faade provided

some separation exists by design between the

two surfaes. Available in all standard cARATolours.


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PHO

TO

cRISTINbARAHONA,SANTIAgOdEcHILE

cHILE Metro Station, Santiago di chile

Just ontat the loal authorized SWISSPEARL

distributor to dene surface aspect and target

olour. Switzerland will very rapidly hek the

possibility of meeting this wish and if positive

provide a real ement omposite sample within

short time for approval.

Width 950 and

1250 mm are manu-

fatured as different

prodution bathes

so that the shade may

deviate.

The two widths

should therefore not be

mixed on the same part

of the faade.

cARAT

cARAT-F-cOLOR

cARAT-HR

All shades

Blak Opal

Sapphire

coral , Topaz,

Azurite, Jade,

Onyx, Amber,

Agate

cARAT

cARAT-F-cOLOR

cARAT-HR

Shades

Blak Opal

Sapphire

coral , Topaz,

Azurite, Jade

REFLEX

All olours

REFLEX

colours

exept

champagne

9290

White Satin

9291

XPRESSIV

All shades

XPRESSIV

Light Grey

Width

Length

Thikness

mm ft/inhes

1220 48-1/32

2500 98-7/16

3040 119-11/16

8

12 *

mm ft/inhes

920 * 36-7/32

2500 98-7/16

3040 119-11/16

8

Overwiewof the Panel Range

*Att enti on: longer lead times. Please hek with loal authorized distributor

SWISSPEARLhas unmatched competence and know-how

regarding special colours supplied in various textures.

In the past 10 years, more than 2000 customized shades

were supplied according to architects specications.

] cstom colours[

Standard colours do not exactly

meet your wishes? No problem!


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Amber 7083 Original Exposed 3000 hours

Autumn Leaves 9270 Original Exposed 2500 hours

Swisspearl panels have excellent colour stability and

homogeneous ageing.

The Delta E value measured for 2000 hours corresponds to

approximately 5 years of normal exposure, the Delta E value

for 5000 hours to approximately a 12 years use of the panels.

In ountries with higher solar exposure, for

instane between ~40 latitude North and ~30

latitude South or due to partiular loal ondi-

tions, the ageing proess may be aelerated.

Aording to general knowledge, olours are

for instane antiipated to fade twie as fast

in tropial areas as in temperate continental/

European regions.

For faades in suh sunny ountries preferene

should therefore be given to the shades and

textures with the best Delta E performane,

suh as the Onyx, coral, Topaz series or the

the REFLEX or the cARAT F-color ranges.

On request, ustom olours with even more

UV-resistant top nishing may be proposed.

Weathering installation in Switzerland to test

olour fastness of pigments.

] colors stability [


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Valori Delta E descono le differenze di colore di due campioni (prima/dopo l'esposizione al sole).Delta E valore partendo da un ampione prima dell'esposizione zero.cambiamenti di olore possono dare valori Delta E he vanno a pi di 100

Il test on aro xenon he simula la lue solare un metodo di laboratorio standardizzato per riprodurre l'invehiamento all'aria aperta.Il risultato del test india generalmente il ambiamento di olore (Delta E).

Partiamo dal presupposto he per una durata di 2000 ore orrisponde ad una esposizione di inque anni.

Delta E il risultato di tre modiche

c il livello di luminosit (L) dal nero al bianoc in termini di tonalit (H) blu-verde-rosso-gialloc a saturazione (c) pallido a intenso

Delta E 0 - 1 Non visibile o appena visibile ad ohio nudo in un

onfronto diretto dei due ampioniDelta E 1,5 - 2,5 Visibile a ohio nudo direttamente a onfronto due

campioni afancatiDelta E 3 - 4 Minime variazioni di olore visibili senza ampione

di riferimento

Tutti i olori ambiano nel tempo.Ma importante he il ambiamento avvenga uniformemente su tutta la faiata

Se un Delta E di 3 o pi, il olore della onsegna nuova deve essere adattata a quella dellafacciata esistente se i pannelli sono installati nelle parti adiacenti a quelli gi installati sulla supercie.

Onyx

Champagne

White

Amber

Topaz

Brown

Coral

Sunset

Red

Jade

Green

Azurite Blue

Blue

Black

Black Velvet

CARAT

REFLEX

XPRESSIV

CARAT

CARAT

XPRESSIV

CARAT

REFLEX

XPRESSIV

CARAT

XPRESSIV

CARAT

XPRESSIV

XPRESSIV

REFLEX

7099

9290

8090

7083

7073

8270

7030 R

9230

8230

7050

8050

7040

8040

8220

9221

Weathering

1000 hours

D E

0.36

1.94

0.35

0.38

0.26

0.64

0.29

0.63

0.59

0.76

1.26

0.76

0.13

Weathering

2000 hours

D E

0.42

1.80

0.28

0.34

0.31

0.72

0.21

0.69

0.53

0.87

1.45

0.98

0.24

Weathering

3000 hours

D E

0.30

1.26

0.30

0.45

0.92

0.37

1.05

1.40

0.83

0.37

Weathering

4000 hours

D E

0.28

1.66

0.38

1.30

0.38

1.20

2.03

1.05

1.06

Weathering

5000 hours

D E

0.30

1.60

0.48

1.60

0.33

0.50

1.28

1.69

0.95

1.30

1.19

Explanation of Delta E Values

UV Xenon Ar LightAelerated Weathering ATI York USA, cARAT Panels - Average values


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FINLAND Kannisto Shool, Vantaa

JORDAN Kilani Ofce Building, Amman

LATVIA Primary Shool, Valmiera

DENMARK Voational college EUc Syd, Aabenraa

AUSTRIA Renovation and Extension Europahaus,Mayrhofen

PHOTO

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EcHILE

USA Lane community college, Eugene

VENEZUELA Shopping center Parque costazul, Isla Margarita

cHILE Estadio Bientenario Nelson Oyarzn Arenas, chilln

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cZEcH REPUBLIc Branik House, Prague


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gONZALOcASANOVA,buENOSAIRES

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JRgZImERmANN,ZuRIcH

PHOTO

cRISTINbARAHONA,SANTIAgOdEcHILE

SLOVENIA Aquarium "Humna Fish", Postojna cave

cHILE Metro Station, Santiago de chile

URUGUAY Airport carraso

SPAIN WAF World Arhiteture Festival, Barelona

cHINA Giant Interative Group Headquarters, Shanghai

ISRAL Arhaeology Wing Exhibition, Jerusalem

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ASAFkLINgERROyROcHLIN,HOLON


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SWISSPEARL cARAT altitude 3111 m

] Otstaning product features [

n

cement omposite panels with

top nishing and core coloured

through shade in shade. Speial-

ly designed for the rear ventilated

rainsreen ladding system,

the panels ombine beauty and

durability.

n

Unmathed physial properties.

THE ONLY ement omposite

faade panel to reeive the

highest class rating 5A according

to European cE onformity (EN

12467) -for various shades.

n

High quality reinforcement bers

(< 6 % of cellulose bers).

n

Low water absorption.

n

Very weather resistant. Tempera-

ture resistane guaranteed up to

+80c and down to -40c (176F

to -40F).

n

Not affeted by oastal environ-ment and normal atmospheri

pollutants.

n

Sun, rain (even aid rain), hu-midity and frost have nearly no

inuence on surface aspect.

n

Fire rating: A2-s1, d0 aordingto EN Standard 13501-1/UBC

class I, NFPA class A aording

to ASTM E 84-99.

n

Mostly fatory fabriated for

onsistent high utting/drilling/

sealing quality.

n

Exellent long term olour fast-

ness and onsisteny: depen-

ding on shades, Delta E-values

range between 1 and 3 on the

cIELAB sale after 2000 hours

of exposure (Xenon Ar Light

a. Weathering Test). Ensures

a natural and homogeneous

ageing of the whole surfae of

the panel / faade.

n

Minimal maintenane thanks to

the smooth surface nish of an

inert material.

- Mainly made of mineral raw

materials, 100 % recyclable

- Swiss constrution Authorities

testify 40 years as standard life

expetany for the faade appli-

ation of the panels.

SWISSPEARLfaade and interior panels are supplied by

the only manufacturer in the world with 20 years experi-

ence in cement composite faade panels with real colou-

red through technology.

The legendary Swiss quality rests

especially on the following features:


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TOm

bONNER,SANTAmONIcAcA

USA Blair Shool, Pasadena

PHOTO

PHOTOARTLLc,kEITHRIN

EARSON,OkLAHOmA

USA Myriad Gardens, Oklahoma city, OK

sytem SIGMA 8

The faade SWISSPEARL panels are availa-

ble in all the aesthetially unique olour ranges

cARAT, REFLEX, XPRESSIV and F-olor, up

to a maximum effetive panel size of 3048x

1220 mm/10 0"x 4-0" to suit any job-specic

requirements. They are supplied ex fatory

aurately and leanly ut to size, with predrilled

bakside holes, all exeuted under strit quality

ontrol. The system inludes the speial an-

hors and three ingeniously designed hanging

elements to be installed on the job site. This

lever and rational system an be used with any

standard vertial supporting metal or wooden

sub-frame (arried out by others).

Curved faades

SWISSPEARL panels are slightly exible. Thus

they an be bent on the building site during

installation.

] Creativity[

Approximateminimalbending radii

min. r = 16 m

panel bent lengthwise

min. r = 20 m

panel bent rosswise

The faade system SIGMA 8 is designed for

applications with the highest standards

regarding sophisticated presentation.

The specially engineered system combines the

large size SWISSPEARL panels in thickness o f

8 mm (5/16") and a patented, secret xing

concept, which allows a wide scope for

individual expression.


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SPAIN centro Esplai, El Prat de Llobregat

SLOVENIA commerial centre Tu, Idrija

SLOVENIA Cultural and Administration Centre, Sveti Jurij ob avnici

PHOTO

mir

ankambi,radOvljica

PHOTOR.HALbE,STuTTgAR

Inclined faades

For roof shaped faades inlined more than

5 from the vertical, CARAT and XPRESSIV

panels require a speial surfae treatment to

ater for inreased exposure to the limate.

Suh surfae oating modifies the surfae

aspet, whih deviates from a standard panel.

Faades inlined inwards and REFLEX panels

as well as F-olor panels do not need suh

treatment.

Decorative elements

Visible, emphasized fasteners are an interesting

way to give an additional dimension to the

faade design.

The subtle interplay of texture and shade of the

panels, of olour and geometry of the exposed

fasteners and the resulting shadows opens up

appealing design possibilities for ontemporary

expression.

Deorative fasteners are available in galva-

nized plain aluminium and partly in stainless

steel for srews and rivets.

] Creativity[


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bRucEdAmONTE,SANFRANcIScO

PHOTO

mirankambi,rad

Ovljica

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PHOTO

S.LENdLER,

ZAgREb

USA University of Primorska, Koper

USA Oberfeld Residene, West Hollywood Hills cA

cROATIA University, Rijeka

SPAIN centro Esplai, El Prat de Llobregat

Any panel may be nished on both sides, either in

the same or a different colour, with the same or a

different type of coating.

Typial appliations are panels for balonies

(minimum thickness: 12 mm, 15/32"), perfo-

rated partition walls partly visible from both

sides, windbreaker panels, sliding shutters, sun

shading elements, louvers, et.

Additional ustomised treatment suh as

perforations, et. are, of ourse, also possible.

Panel oated on oth sies

] Creativity[


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cHRIScuNNINgHAm

RIcHmONd,VA

USA Virginia University (VT-IDRF), Blaksburg, VA

Creativity solutions are provided with an

outstanding nishing quality. They may be

used individually or in combination together

with plain SWISSPEARL panels in the same

or different shades or with other materials.

Limitationsin designpossibilitiesfor perforationsn

Required thikness de-pends on stati, funtion,

number, size and repartiti-

on of the perforations

n

Stati of eah intended

perforation design is to

hek, depending on

type, size, repartition

and position of wished

perforations.

As guidelines:

Surfae of perforations:

x maximum 18-20 %

depending on panel

thiknessn

Spae between holes

should orrespond to

2 x the size of the per-

foration

n

Approximately 90 mm

border without perfo-

rations.

Also allow for non perfo-

rated surfaes at position

of the fasteners

n

Spaing of fastening

points may have to beadjusted depending on

pattern/statis.

Perforations

These dif ferent appealing

solutions are SWISSPEARL

specialities based on the

integrally coloured panel

platform and Swiss expertise.

They of fer huge exclusive

additional designing

possibil ities and are thus

fantastic options for giving

a unique, special touch to

every high prole building.

] Creativity[

Holes, slots and other shaped perforations

allow very unusual effets. Perforated panels

may have a funtion (lighting, sliding shutters,

wind-sreens, separation, sound absorption,

et.) or be purely deorative.

Perforations are normally hamfered, whih

provides a high quality nishing aspect.


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R.L.dEALmEIdA,SOPAuLO

BRAZIL Ofces ITMS Telemedicina, So Paulo

PHOTO


SLOVENIA Senior home Murgle, Ljubljana

Limitationsin designpossibilities for3-D ornaments

n

Required thikness de-

pends on stati, number,

size and repartition of the

ornaments.

n

Stati / feasibility of eah

intended pattern have to

be heked.

As guidelines:

Depth of ornaments

x maximum 1.5 mm if

thikness 8 mm

x maximum 4 mm if

thikness 12 mm

Surfae of ornaments

x maximum 18%

if thikness 8 mm

x maximum 20%

if thikness 12 mm

n

Minimum width of grooved

lines, whatever shape and

position: 3 mm

n

No sharp angles, mini-

mum radius 4 mm

n

Spae between 2 ele-

ments of the pattern

should orrespond to

at least 100 mm

n

Approximately 90 mm

border without ornaments

around xing points.

n

Spaing of fastening

points may have to be

adjusted depending on

pattern/statis.

] Creativity[

Also, olour possibilities are huge depending on

the colour of surface nishing and core: same

shade, slight or big differene in shades, elegant

ontrasts, et. that an even be inreased with

ustom olours.

All ornaments are chamfered to approx. 45

with high fabriating quality and fully surfae

nished with a transparent or tinted coating.

Depending on the number of surface nishings,

shades may be slightly different from plain

panels within same olour referene.

3-D ornaments

Geometri designs, ustom patterns at random,

ompany logo, et. the reative possibilities

are unlimited. Ornaments may be within a pa-

nel, hange from one panel to the other or run

over several panels to reate a bigger pattern

or be ombined with plain panels.


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cARAT ranges SL, F-color and HR, REFLEX

and XPRESSIV panels are provided for high-end

projets oahed by the loal authorized SWISS-

PEARL distributor. Our dediated partners are

ommitted to our high standards regarding the

professional support of the designers and our

quality onept until the faade is installed.

Together with the Swiss tehnial servie, they

are always available to answer promptly any

questions relating to the SWISSPEARL systems

and details or ustom tailored solutions and/

or olours.

Assisting designers and ontrators at every

stage of their faade projet, providing the spe-

ciers with job site mock ups, etc., training the

installers and a omprehensive warranty also

belong to the sope of the high level SWISS-

PEARL servie pakage aiming at added value

and ustomer satisfation.

Thanks to a very elaborate logistis onept,

all orders - although only manufatured projet

speifially are delivered with fairly short

lead times. Mostly fatory ut and predrilled,

the panels ready to be installed arrive usually

diretly at the job site where installation will then

progress rapidly.

] unpaireservice range [

SWISSPEARL: Not just a manufacturer a performing partner with

selected distributors to support and help satisfy the speciers

most exacting standards.


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Reinforcement bres

High quality polivinylalohol syn-

theti organi fibres serve as

reinforement and ensure the

required solidity and longevity of

the produt.

Cellulose

This additional natural bre ensu-

res a smooth prodution proess.

Share is lower than 6% to ensure

an optimal panel stability.

90% of the raw material

originates from soures in

the viinity of the produ-

tion plant (10 60 km).

60% of the electrical

energy onsists of rene-

wable energy.

The cO2 emission was

reduced by 20% by chan-

ging the energy arrier

from oil to natural gas in

the past 3 years, at the

same time eliminating the

emission of olloid dust.

Colouration in the

cement mass

The ement mass is usual-

ly oloured with anorgani

olour pigments.

Cement production

20% of the energy required for

prodution onsists of alternative

fuels (waste material). Sine mid-

2007 the hrome (IV) ontent of

our ement onforms with the EU

regulations 2003/53/EG.

] Life cycle Swisspearl [


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Curing

The panels are temporarily stored

in onditioning premises for 4

weeks for hardening and drying.

This slow, natural uring of the

base sheets ontributes to the

high quality of the ement ore.

Coating

The oating material onsists

of high quality pure arylate. It

ontains neither solvents nor any

metalli omponents.

With the use of the urtain teh-

nology, the waste of oating ma-

terial is reduced from 30 to 2 % as

ompared to spraying tehnology.

The panels are also oated on

the bak in order to minimize

deformation.

Primary production

The raw material proessing

yle is losed, i.e. edge uttings

and imperfet sheets return to the

material yle immediately after

dissolving in water.

Within the fatory, panels are

only transported by eletri lifting

truks, - i.e. no olloid dust.


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] Life cycle Swisspearl [

Palletising

The company specic optimisa-

tion programme determines the

best possible yield of the base

sheets to avoid waste of material.

If requested, the panels are pal-

letised in the order needed for

assembly to avoid waste of time

on the job site.

The ut and drilled panels are

dispathed ready for assembly,

whih allows quik and preise

installation without any waste of

material on the building site, en-

suring eonomial and eologial

onditions.

Installation

The different layers of the ven-

tilated faade are installed su-

essively. Depending on job site

organization, several teams an

work at the same time on the as-

sembly of the different elements

of the system.

The SWISSPEARL panels sup-

plied ready-to-install allow easy

and straightforward progress on

the job site.

Transport

The panels are staked on spe-

ial robust pallets, and various

safety measures are taken to

protet them against all possi-

ble danger during transport in

order to ensure that they arrive

at the building site just as they

left the fatory.


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Photo 2005of building installed 2005

Photo 2006of building installed 1978

Dismantling

Sine no elements of the system

are stuck together, efcient dis-

mantling and appropriate sorting

are problem-free. Faades are

"deonstruted", and the various

parts are reyled or dumped.

Maintenance

Over 40 years life.

The surfae of the panels is not

prone to eletrostati harging

and resulting soiling.

Recycling, depository

The manufaturer uses a tried-

and-tested proess for the uti-

lization of omposite ement in

ement kilns. cement omposite

is a high value raw material for

the ement prodution.

Should reutilization in ement

kilns not be possible, omposite

ement an be stored on a inert

material depository (aording to

the European waste atalogue-

waste ipher 170101 [onrete]).


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Generalities

n

All loal, state, federal and other appliable sa-

fety regulations must always be omplied with.

n

Purhase SWISSPEARL faade panels/

systems only from appointed authorised

distributors.

n

Use SWISSPEARLfaade panels/systems

only for appliations reommended by ma-

nufaturer.

n

All manufaturers reommendations regard-

ing design, storage, fabriation, installation

and leaning of SWISSPEARLfaade panels/

systems must be fully omplied with in order

for the warranty to apply.

n

Do not install SWISSPEARL faade panels/

systems diretly onto wall surfaes of any

kind.

n

Do not use any EPDM baking strips on metal

sub-framing.

n

Use srews to timber sub-frame, use rivets to

metal sub-frame, do not use srews to metal

sub-frame.

n

Adhesive xing is not warrented.

n

For further information suh as produt data

sheets, et. please refer to web site www.

swisspearl.om.

] dos an don'ts [

Rear venti lated faade

The design principle involves deection of

almost all rain water, but allows minimal

penetration through the panel joints into an

inner zone (ventilated avity), where drain-

age and evaporation an our.

The inner wall surfae towards the ventilated

avity should be of non water absorbing or

water repellent harateristis.

The external wall system does not all for any

water or vapour proong layers, thus minimi-

sing risk of ondensation in both diretions

(outwards and inwards).

External wall design

Arhitet/onsultant/ontrator are to assu-

me responsibility for the orret design and

exeution of the external wall and its ladding

- inluding all thermal, water, vapour and wind

insulation layers all in aordane with good

building pratie.

Faade engineering

Numbers and spaing of fastening points

as set out in the Design and Installation

Manual orrespond to Swiss building stan-

dards, i. e. wind speed up to 140 km/h and

moderate seismi exposure. If for any projet

higher standards are appliable - arhitet/

onsultant/ontrator must ensure that all

required adaptations shall be made in order

to ahieve ompliane with loal standards

and regulations.

Strutural engineer/ontrator shall assume

overall responsibility for the faade enginee-

ring, inluding:

n

hoie of material and type of sub- framing.

n

determine sizes of all strutural

members.

n

determine all fastening details to

sub-framing and panels.

Interior applications

SWISSPEARL standard panels are sui-

table for interior appliations for walls and

eilings, but with the following exlusions:

n

High traffi areas subjeting the panel

surfae to wear and tear. Suh areas all

for CARAT HR nishing.

n

Areas where frequent leaning has to our

suh as in toilets, hange rooms, et.

n

Flooring and re place surroundings.n

Kithen top, sills for window or doors.


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Fastening details in the Design and Instal-

lation Manual relate to building height and

distinguish between normal wind load areas

and fringe zones (faade top and building

orners).

Seismic loads

Loal standards/regulations to be onsidered.

Thermal insulation

The insulation layers must be stable and well

fastened to the installation base so that they

annot detah themselves and obstrut the

ventilation in the avity.

Ventilation cavity

Building toleranes must be allowed for. The

avity may not be redued by horizontal pro-

les or any stray objects such as loose wind

proong layers, etc. Thickness of ventilation

avity depending on height of building, see

Design and Installation Manual.

Air intake and exi t openings

They must have a lear ross setion of at

least half the ross setion of the ventilation

avity. Redutions, e. g. by inset sreens,

must be ompensated for.

Scope of application sub-

framing

SWISSPEARLpanels have been designed for

installation on timber, timber/metal or metal

sub-frame systems. Arhitet, onsultant,

ontrator to hoose appropriate system in

aordane with loal building standards/

regulations.

Sub-framing - general

remarks

Sub-frames are to be designed by strutural

engineer/ontrator. Thermal expansion/

retration is to be aounted for by providing

xed/expansion point brackets

Allowable deection ratio is 1/300 between

panel support proles and has to be res-

peted for the whole faade area.

The sub-framing expansion joints must orres-

pond to the SWISSPEARL panel joints. Build-

ing toleranes are to be taken up within the

sub-framing by shimming.

Sub-framing members made out of timber are

to be proteted from rain water by EPDM strips

overing the whole batten surfae, EPDM strip

to be in 1 piee from top to bottom.

Wind loads

All details regarding the fastening of panels as

set out in the Design and Installation Manual

orrespond to Swiss building standards. If

other standards are appliable, arhitet/

onsultant/ontrator must ensure that all

required adaptations be made in order to

ahieve ompliane with loal standards and

regulations.

SWISSPEARL rivets

Use aluminum rivets for aluminum sub-

framing. Use stainless steel rivets for steel

sub-framing. Maritime environment (i.e.

distane to oean of less than 1 km) or other

aggressive environment alls for the use of

stainless steel rivets.

Building expansion joints

Strutural expansion joints must be applied

to sub-framing and ladding in the idential

position and to the same extent.

Panel joints


min. 6 mm wide for horizontal joints

The wider the joint, the less notieable are

inauraies in width. Therefore typial joint

width 8 mm.

Sealant

The use of joint sealing ompounds must be

avoided by areful detailing.

Silione, polysulphide and Thiokol sealant

may not be used, as they ould ause

permanent staining to SWISSPEARLpanel.

Where the use of sealant is unavoidable,

ompatibility (inl. primer) with SWISS-

PEARLpanel to be veried, best suitable

would be hybrid polymer, polyurethane or

aryli sealant.

] dos an don'ts [


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] dos an don'ts [

Bending SWISSPEARLpanels

Panels an be bent on building site, whereas

the age of the panel and xing distances are

determining fators regarding minimal bending

radii. Approximately

min. r = 16 m panel bent lengthwise

min. r = 20 m panel bent rosswise.

Inclined faades special

coating

For roof shaped faades inlined more than

5 from the vertical, CARAT and XPRESSIV

panels require a speial surfae treatment to

ater for inreased exposure to the limate.

Such surface coating modies the surface

aspet, whih deviates from a standard

panel. Faades inlined inwards, cARAT

F-color and REFLEX panels do not need

suh treatment.

Shrinkage

SWISSPEARLpanels, like any other produt

ontaining Portland ement, shrink evenly

to reach after 10 years a nal shrinkage of

1.8 mm per linear meter of panel. Therefore

panels should not be butted tightly, thus al-lowing panel joints to beome unnotieably

wider over the years.

Grafti resistant coating

Use cARAT-HR panels for areas prone to

tagging.

Project specic ordering

n

The harateristis of the raw materials deter-

mine properties and appearane of SWISS-

PEARL panels. Subtle visual differenes may

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