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International Kalzip Projects
Below we have listed a selection of Kalzip projects from around the world.
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Project: Qizhong International Tennis Centre, Shanghai, China
Architect: Mitsuru Senda, the Environment Design Institute (EDI)
To ensure that matches are never rained off, the new Qizhong International Tennis Centre in Shanghai, China has been equipped with an innovative Kalzip roof. Kalzip was the ideal building material because its flexibility could achieve the unique three-dimensional roof design. Simulating the petals of a flower, some 15,000 metres² of Kalzip 65/400 aluminium stucco-embossed sheets were used to construct the eight separate segments of the roof, which can fully open or close in just eight minutes. |
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Project: Cité Shopping Mall, Baden-Baden, Germany
Architect: form A Architects
When consumer spending dropped in the Baden-Baden area of Germany, the local government granted permission for a new retail complex to be constructed on the site of a former barracks. The shopping mall which emerged covers a total of 24,000 m²and consists of two circular buildings, resembling UFOs and linked by a covered passage way. The outer skin of the structure is covered by approximately 13,000 m² of curved and tapered Kalzip aluminium profiled sheets. In the surrounding facade areas, the Kalzip exterior is overclad with wooden slats. Kalzip was chosen because the freely formed XT profiled sheets could achieve the complex geometry required for these dynamic structures. |
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Project: South Puget Sound Community College. Olympia, WA, United States.
Architect: Ben Dalton of the Miller Hull Partnership
The new Natural Sciences Building at South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA, features 6,592 square feet of Kalzip TF800R on its exterior walls and color matched extruded aluminum flashings. The 52,000 square foot three-story structure was designed to complement an existing science lab and classroom building on the western edge of the campus. The Kalzip 0.040 gauge aluminum décor helped fulfill both aesthetic and functional needs. |
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Tung Chung Cable Car Station, Lantau Island, Hongkong
Architect: Aedas LPT Architects
Cable cars are generally regarded as a useful means of transport in the mountains. The only places requiring a relatively small intrusion on nature are where supports have to be built. Great differences in height can be easily overcome. A cable car was therefore the perfect solution in Hong Kong to connect a stretch of almost 6 kilometres betweenTung Chung and Ngong Ping on the Island of Lantau. The Tung Chung Station has been built as a modern structure which is clearly influenced by tradition, featuring striking roofs which have been covered with approx. 6,000m² of Kalzip. |
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Project: Terminal 1B Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India
Architect: Hafeez Contractor
India’s economy is constantly growing, as is the demand for flights between cities on the subcontinent – giving rise to the creation of a new terminal building for domestic flights in the first expansion phase of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Covering an area of 10,000 m², the terminal houses 38 check-in desks. In front of the elongated elliptical section of the terminal building, the architects added a shorter, cubic structure as an entrance and service area. The building envelope is constructed from 10,000 m² of Kalzip standing seam profiles; the facade on the entrance side of the building cascades steeply down into a waterfall of shimmering glass. |
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Project: Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
Architect: SAA Partnership
Football is a favourite sport for both men and women in Singapore. From staging international tournaments to youth development, the organisers in the city state are doing their best to keep up with the continent’s larger countries. For decades, the Jalan Besar Stadium has been the centre of attention for football. Built in 1932, it has experienced an eventful history. It was closed in 1999, then extensively rebuilt and reopened in 2003 with a capacity of 6,000 seats. The new stadium’s most striking feature, visible from a distance, is the newly erected roof suspended over the southwest stand. The suspension bridge design with the slightly arched roof constructed from Kalzip profiles on “fish-bellied” girders, now offers football fans protection from the sun and rain. |
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Project: Vigo University Faculty of Marine Science, Isla de Toralla, Spain
Architect: Xosé Carlos Rodriguez
Building in a coastal environment places great demands on the construction materials. Wind, adverse weather conditions and the constant salt-water sea spray are continuous challenges that only a few materials can withstand without incurring damage over a long period of time. The department of Marine Science at the University of Vigo, Spain has been aptly located on the coastline for the study of marine biology. The architect, Xosé Carlos Rodriguez, was able to achieve his design for the project by using 600 m² of Kalzip XT aluminium sheets. The shape of this unusual research facility, which is built on concrete pillars, consists of two curved segments which are adjacent to each other, although slightly offset, and five adjoining pavilions which are regularly spaced and face the sea. The sphere-like roofs of the pavilions are covered with Kalzip XT, which allows three dimensional contouring to be combined with an aluminium standing seam system, giving architects the freedom to form contemporary, free-flowing architectural designs. |
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Project: Ski Dubai, UAE
Architect: Majid Al Futtaim Group
Even temperatures of 40° didn’t stop the world’s third largest indoor ski slope from being built in Dubai. The brief was to design and construct a building envelope which would be absolutely airtight to maintain temperatures inside the massive structure. It also had to follow the exact contours of the building frame to create the stunning aesthetics. Kalzip profiled sheets were manufactured on-site for the 60-metre wide sloping and curved roof using mobile roll formers. Manufacturing the Kalzip sheets on-site eliminated the need for any overlapping joints which could have caused potential points of weakness. A total of 24,000 m² of Kalzip profiled sheets were used in this project. |
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Project: RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire, UK
Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley
The new exhibition hall built in the grounds of the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford is dedicated to the history of the British Air Force during the Cold War period. Covering an area of over 8,000 m², the incredible exterior of the building can be seen for miles around. Gleaming aluminium, simple blocks of concrete and black timber have been used to create a clear architectural statement. The sculptured, gently sloping roof shape was created using a steel frame structure which is crowned with Kalzip profiled sheets. |
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