14,000m2 of façades
2nd February 2016

The façades of four buildings at Velocity Village – one of the largest mixed-use developments in Yorkshire – have been entirely replaced using 14,000m2 of curtain walling from WICONA.

Velocity Village occupies a four-acre site and provides more than 600,000ft2 of residential and commercial space in the centre of Sheffield. Designed by Axis Architecture, the extensive façade replacement was carried out by Glassolutions working with main contractor Jessops Construction.

Wicona’s WICTEC 50 SG structural glazing was used on every elevation of the four buildings to replace the original curtain walling which was no longer watertight, and to improve the overall quality of each development.

The façade specification was to create a ‘like-for-like’ frameless glass appearance to mirror the original architectural design. This was achieved using the Wictec 50 SG system which features a ‘toggle’ to retain the glazed units within the infill channel. This option is fast and efficient to install, and delivers a frameless appearance as an alternative to silicone bonding.

The Wicona curtain walling was also semi-unitised, which allowed the fabrication and assembly of the glazing units off site for faster and more accurate installation – an important benefit as the buildings were occupied throughout the façade replacement. An area of the glazing on the V2 office building was also faceted across seven storeys.  
looks fantastic.  The façade replacement has really helped to revitalise the whole development. We would definitely use Wicona’s systems again.”

In addition to the curtain walling, Wicona also supplied:

• Solar shading using fixed aluminium louvres
• Open-in, side hung Wicline evo 65 aluminium casement windows inserted into the curtain walling at every level on each building
• Wicslide 23 sliding doors to the penthouse balconies at the top of the V3 apartment building
• Wicstyle 65 evo outward-opening doors for access to the balconies for all the other residential units.

Velocity Village provides office accommodation across seven floors and 443 premium apartments set around landscaped courtyards. The largest building, V2, is now the new languages faculty for the University of Sheffield. V3 and V4 are residential buildings providing one and two bedroom apartments over seven and eight floors. V5 is a standalone building comprising 24 two bedroom luxury apartments over four upper floors, with office space on the ground floor.

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