INTEGRATED FAÇADE, System GARTNER®
	Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy (USA) Design Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, New York Architect of Record: Davis Brody Bond LLP, New York The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) contains a concert hall for an audience of 1200 people and a theater with 400 seats. Furthermore EMPAC accommodates numerous studios for professional audio recording and several small halls for presentations and performances. The total area of all façades comprises 5,500 m2. The three steel façades of the north-block consist of solid screw-fixed stick systems and a water circulating, heated mullion- transom façade made of thick-wall rectangular profiles. Between both blocks the concert hall, is visually emphasized by the Architect as the centre point by its independent shape which resemles a ship´s hall. The cropped „hull“ breaks through the external façade and releases the visitors' view to the valley, effectively using its location on the slope. During the building of EMPAC it was the first time that a curtain wall with an Integrated Façade System Gartner® had been installed in the USA. The horizontal loads of the heated façade are broken down by filigree cantilevers installed on rectangular columns. Glazing: the double glazed units consist of 2 x 10 mm heat strenghened glass. In the area of the recessed edge compound it is clamped onto the bearing neoprene by means of a stainless steel toggle system. The external panes have a silicone weather joint with a flush sealing. Finish: steel profile wet painted according to DB 702, ground and polished stainless steel (grain 240). Fertigstellung: 2008 Photograph: Chuck Choi Architectural Photography, Brooklyn, NY
	InHaus2 Duisburg (Germany) Architekt: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Markus Scheben, München und Hochtief Consult, Klaus Sabranski, Essen The research building „inHaus2“ in Duisburg is situated in close vicinity to the University and the Fraunhofer Institute for Micro-Electric Switching Systems. Managed by the Fraunhofer Company notable German firms have united to develop and test intelligent façades, room and building systems in the inHaus2-research facility. Apart from Gartner 40 other companies are participating in this long-term project, which is sponsored by the state, the federal government and the European Union. The research building is furnished with five different curtain wall types, total area approx. 1,800 m2. All façades have a glazing with antifall guard, requiring individual approval. Integrated Façade The 520 m2 large West and North façade with 1.90 m wide units is constructed as an integrated aluminium façade with heating and cooling functions. The curtain wall is connected to the inHaus2-geothermal energy, the absorption cooling system as well as the activated concrete slab. Thermal comfort, energy saving control strategies and the integration of renewable energies are researched here. Completion 2008 Photograph: © Guido Erbring Architekturfotografie
	Erweiterung des Zentrums für Intensivmedizin der Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Murnau (Germany) Architect: Architekturbüro, Köhler, Brinkmann und Partner, München The intensive care centre of the emergency hospital held by the Employer's Liability Insurance Association is extended to the North by a further gridline. After completion it comprises 42 beds. Extending the building gridline creates additional areas for radiology and patient care (kitchen) above and below the intensive care centre. Levels 2 - 4 of the Intensive Care Centre UKM 30 are clad with curtain-type heated aluminium panels and multiple chamfered aluminium sheets. Size of individual curtain wall units: 3.0 m wide, 2.57 m high. The heated panels are provided with integrated tilt and turn indows and glass panels. Heated F30 steel curtain wall units with integrated F30 doors are installed on the north side of levels 2 + 3. The connection bridge is 9.60 m long, 4.80 m wide and 4.50 m high and fulfils fire protection requirement F90. The bridge consists of a steel/aluminium construction with INTEGRATED FAÇADE System Gartner®, soffit and parapet cladding. Glazing: Window units - double glazing Thermoplus neutral, 4 mm annealed, cavity 14 mm, 4 mm annealed, double glazing Thermoplus neutral. Completion in 2008 Photographs: Martin Duckek, Architekturfotografie, Ulm
	BMW WELT München (Germany) Architect and General Planning: COOP Himmelb(l)au Wolf D. Prix / W. Dreibholz & Partner ZT GmbH, Wien BMW-Welt, a futuristic delivery and experience centre, is built at the location of the BMW-headquarters in Munich, between the BMW highrise building and the Olympic ground. The daring construction, approximate sizes: 180 m long, up to 130 m wide and 28 m high, is situated on an area of approximately 25,000 m2. One of the most impressive components of BMW Welt is the double cone. This architectural masterpiece made of steel and glass supports the 16,000 m2 cloud-shaped roof construction and gives it a floating appearance. The double cone is one of the main supporting structures of BMW Welt. The lower diameter is approximately 35 m. The construction tapers towards the throat in a height of approx. 12 m to a diameter of approx. 18 m and extends again to a diameter of approx. 44 m towards the top, where it ends in a continuous ring-shaped support before it connects to the standard roof construction. The area comprises approximately 2,839 m2. The construction consists of triangular units, following the geometry required by the Architects. The side length of the glass units is approx. 5.5 m. Glazing: external shell of the double cone partly made of glass - lower part 8 mm toughened safety glass with ipasol neutral 52/29, 16 mm cavity, 2 x 6 mm heat strengthened glass in Optiwhite with black screen printing on the edges; upper part - analogous the lower one - laminated glass according to the recommendations for external overhead glazing. The main façade is approximately 5,500 m2, designed as an INTEGRATED FAÇADE, System GARTNER® and divided in five wall façades. The curtain wall makes contact ground and is fixed slidingly on top of the curved roof construction. Glazing: main façade - ipasol neutral 52/29 made of design glass, horizontally supported by glazing beads, vertically by means of structural glazing. In the vertical centre the glass pane is additionally point fixed, inner sunshade - sunblinds as back pull system, 5 m wide and max. 17.5 m high. Completion: 2007 Photo: Gardin&Mazzoli