{"id":7028,"date":"2020-06-16T07:50:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T05:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grupogamiz.com\/?p=7028"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T08:19:46","slug":"the-latest-technology-in-sustainable-facades-wooden-curtain-walling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grupogamiz.com\/en\/blog\/sustainable-architecture\/the-latest-technology-in-sustainable-facades-wooden-curtain-walling\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest technology in sustainable fa\u00e7ades: wooden curtain walling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Architects trust the structural use of wooden beams to combine beauty and sustainability. One innovation is wooden curtain walling.<\/h2>\n

The concept of <\/span>sustainable architecture<\/b><\/a> seeks construction and building solutions that prioritise all that is sustainable and ecological and that, at the same time, spur creativity and imagination in projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, <\/span>sustainable construction materials<\/b><\/a> play a very important role. The <\/span>versatility of wood, a natural material<\/b> (together with stone, one of the mainstays of architecture since the beginning), brings it to centre stage in <\/span>the revolution in fa\u00e7ades: wooden curtain walling<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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New General Secretariat of the European Parliament, Luxembourg | Product: Oak glulam \u2013 wooden curtain wall<\/p><\/div>\n

Sustainability starts with the fa\u00e7ade<\/b><\/h3>\n

Architects’ shop talk usually mentions the fa\u00e7ade as the key to a project. This is not just the first impression the building gives, it is also, to a great extent, its <\/span>capacity for sustainability and energy efficiency<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is talk of <\/span>sustainable fa\u00e7ades<\/b>, principally when in their development favours <\/span>energy savings<\/b> by making use of the sunlight and effective thermal insulation. Technology has advanced in the design and construction of profiles, lightweight fa\u00e7ades and ventilated fa\u00e7ades. Nevertheless, <\/span>the latest innovation in fa\u00e7ades is the<\/b> structural use of wood<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Cambridge UK<\/a> | Arch: Herzog & de Meuron | Product: Application of curtain wall \u2013 Oak glulam<\/p><\/div>\n

Wooden curtain walling: beautiful, sustainable and functional<\/b><\/h3>\n

Fa\u00e7ades are now much more sustainable thanks to wood. Architects are making use of the <\/span>advantages of wooden beams for structural use <\/b><\/a>to create <\/span>beautiful, sustainable<\/b> curtain walling.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this type of curtain walling the passage of light is guaranteed as with other materials, but the design has greater sustainability with the <\/span>renewable properties<\/b> of wood, its virtues as a <\/span>material with a low energy consumption<\/b> (<\/span>much less energy is invested in its production<\/b><\/a> than in concrete, aluminium or steel<\/a> and, therefore, fewer greenhouse gases are produced) and its capacity as <\/span>natural thermal insulation<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

And of course, the aesthetics of the fa\u00e7ade gain from the personality of wood, with its sensations <\/span>of warmth, elegance and naturalness<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maison de l\u2019Ordre des Avocats | Arch: Renzo Piano studio | Grupo G\u00e1miz Product: Oak glulam \u2013 curtain wall | Photo courtesy of \u00a9L.Zylberman\/Graphix-Images<\/p><\/div>\n

VIGAM: the only oak glulam beam in the world with the CE marking for structural use<\/b><\/h3>\n

At GRUPO G\u00c1MIZ we manufacture VIGAM, the only oak glulam beam in the world with the CE marking for structural use<\/a>. <\/span>We obtained this certificate of compliance in 2013<\/b>, issued by the Materials Testing Institute of the University of Stuttgart <\/span>(MPA Stuttgart, Otto-Graf-Institut)<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>technology, resistance, function and beauty<\/b> of VIGAM makes this beam ideal not only as a component for interior design and decoration but also in <\/span>projects with significant sustainable demand<\/a>s<\/b>. For example, it is essential in building <\/span>wooden curtain walling<\/b>, where the beauty of oak becomes, in addition, a functional resource in achieving an <\/span>ecological fa\u00e7ade.<\/b><\/p>\n

In conclusion, <\/span>wood is today, more than ever, a<\/b> sustainable alternative<\/b> already available to architects who seek <\/span>an environmental commitment and creative freedom in their work.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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