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Hybrid composite casement windows and curtain wall
GRC-clad extension to the Horton Building at the University of Bradford features Senior Architectural Systems’ Hybrid composite aluminium and engineered timber casement windows and curtain wall.
Constructed as part of the university’s ongoing estates strategy and designed by Farrell & Clark, the purpose-built four-storey extension to the fully refurbished Horton Building is the new home for the University of Bradford’s School of Health Studies.
Senior Architectural Systems’ Hybrid composite aluminium and engineered timber casement windows and curtain wall.
- around 800 sqm of the system has been fabricated and fitted by Huddersfield-based specialists Continental Installations with a contract value in excess of £350,000
- building focal point is a dramatically sloping elevation from the first to the top floor, recessed with a 9 metre-tall screen of Hybrid Series 3 curtain wall
- Hybrid windows complement the random colour shading of the rainscreen skin on adjacent faces, all of which forms a contemporary façade in keeping with the appearance of the stone on nearby buildings
About Hybrid
- combines the advantage of long life, low maintenance aluminium externally, with all the aesthetic and performance benefits of engineered timber internally
- high quality and high performance system
- system offers the thermal efficiency of timber combined with the latest glass technology to produce U-values well below the current and anticipated future Building Regulation requirements
- fully pre-treated engineered timber internally means that warping or twisting is eliminated
According to Continental Installations’ sales director Paul Evans, the fact that Hybrid is designed and manufactured in the UK was a key attraction to main contractor ISG.
’The architects specified a competitor product, but we were able to demonstrate the benefits of a system that is designed and manufactured here.
’Lead times are dramatically reduced and we were able to offer total flexibility during the planning, manufacturing and installation processes’.
Hybrid family comprises
- Series 1 range of traditional composite windows and doors
- Series 2 contemporary collection of commercial slim-line windows
- Series 3 composite curtain wall
The aluminium profiles were supplied fully powder coated from Senior’s in-house facility, one of the largest and technically most advanced in the country.
Being naturally ventilated, the £6m School of Health Studies has been designed to meet a challenging sustainability brief.
It boasts a high thermal performance and controlled solar gain, and brings the benefit of natural day light to occupied rooms.
A short video of the building can be seen here: http://bit.ly/bradford-university
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