Pierre Budin Daycare

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Introduction

The watertightness Ductal® Envelope made possible the design of an impermeable wavy façade with effective exterior insulation using a panel sandwich system. The mineral texture of Ductal® fits perfectly with the plant-like appearance that the architect desired.

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Context

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The City of Paris appointed Dominique Marrec of ECDM with the design of the Pierre Budin Day Nursery in the 18th district of Paris, France. The prefabricated Ductal® panels are used as siding and will provide watertightness for the façade in front of the building’s exterior insulation. The south façade is devoid of openings for soundproofing purposes with regard to Rue Poissonnière. The low-energy building at the corner of Rue Poissonnière and Rue Budin has a façade which covers 520 m2; is vertically and horizontally wavy and made entirely of white titanium Ductal® with organic fibres.

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Description

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All slabs are double-curved. Two bottom moulds are fabricated for pouring the rectangular stretcher slabs, which are 2.07 m x 3.72 m. Connecting angles assure façade continuity on three sides. Those moulds permit form variation and create the façade movement. Polystyrene counter moulds work as permanent forms and are an integral part of the façade’s water tightness system. There are also blockouts in the moulds in accordance with the assembly sketch for the façade’s openings.

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Optimization

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The hollow centres of the slabs are insulated; that will be complemented by an additional 5 cm in thickness mounted to the structure and crossing the mounting brackets. On the slabs’ thick edges, sockets are sunk and attached to angle irons connected to the building’s concrete wall. Slab/façade watertightness is developed with rubber gaskets wedged between the slabs for thermal expansion. For proper slab alignment to the complex geometry, guide rails are used to install them.

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Vente Privée headquarters

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Commissioned directly by venteprivée.com’s CEO Antoine Grangon for architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, the building known as Le Vérone proudly shows off a lattice façade in white Ductal®, visible along the A1 highway across from the Stade de France, on the outskirts of Paris.

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Rabat Salé Airport

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The National Airports Office of Morocco assigned architect Zhor Jaidi Bensouda from Klarte International studio the refurbishment of Rabat-Salé airport, including the design of a 1 600sqm mashrabiya facade. It is both an envelope and a brise soleil, based on a traditional and cultural pattern : the Morrocan star.

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Maison Louis Vuitton Miami

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A beautiful façade for the new Louis Vuitton "Maison" store in Miami, Florida has a unique, seamless appearance like a white screen catching the sunlight. This artistic creation was achieved using a combination of flat and curved white Ductal® UHPC panels that are just 25 mm thick and produced in two different patterns to mimic the iconic Louis Vuitton flowers.

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DUMBO Townhouse

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“DUMBO” (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), a historic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York has been transformed in recent decades. Today, the former industrial zone is a bustling, mixed-use area filled with galleries, shops and lofts.

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