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Below-ground curtain walling
2nd February 2016

Aluminium façade systems from TECHNAL have been specified for a third project at Chelsea Football Club’s Training Academy Campus at Cobham in Surrey – a below-ground extension to an existing pavilion.

Designed by AFL Architects and using the same palette of materials, the basement extension provides additional gym, medical treatment and rehabilitation areas immediately adjacent to the existing fitness and related activities.

The new basement space was enclosed in Technal’s GEODE-MX Trame Horizontale curtain walling supplemented by a series of light wells.

This curtain walling system had already been used extensively on the original. It had also been specified for the adjacent youth and community facility that was completed in 2009.

Fabricated and installed by Ridlands, the new below-ground façade spans 3m high and around 40m long. The curtain wall was glazed in low E toughened glass and was faceted to follow the sweeping line of the moat.

Metallic grey aerofoil caps run along the façade to provide horizontal emphasis, with flat black profiles softening the appearance of the vertical sections.  Internally the system was finished in metallic silver, and Technal’s hinged double CD commercial doors were inserted into the curtain walling for access to the gym.

John Hampton, Associate Director at AFL Architects, said, “We have specified Technal’s products on multiple projects, including the original building on this training campus, which both ourselves and the client have been very pleased with.”

“Our aim was for there to be no difference in appearance between the extension and the original building, and so we had to achieve a seamless transition between the two. The curtain walling allowed us to realise this aesthetically and to deliver a high level of thermal efficiency. The full-height continuous glazing also allows a sufficient amount of light into the basement. The façade systems are all performing extremely well.”

www.technal.co.uk

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