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Structural Fixings and Fasteners
News Release from: Halfen | Subject: Fixings
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 April 2008
Halfen fixings that are 'turning the
place over'
Halfen show how to fix cladding with changing load values, occurring in different directions, hundreds of times a day.
A remarkable revolving, tilting facade feature posed a different sort of problem to the Halfen team As part of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations, artist Richard Wilson (in conjunction with Price and Myers Consulting Engineers) wanted to create a revolving oval in the facade of the disused, multi-storey building
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 19 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The stone cladding was removed and a hole was cut.
A steel oval frame incorporating horizontal bands of Halfen channel was set in place and the exterior spaces were plated in.
The cladding was attached to the frame by means of Halfen clips, resin-anchored into the stonework.
The oval is attached to a 610 mm diameter spindle, driven by two large synchronised motors and rotates on a slewing ring at 40 degrees relative to the building front face, so that it tilts as it turns.
The facade feature is on an unoccupied building, which is due to be demolished at the end of the year.
The artist's objective was to take a building that nobody noticed and turn it into a building that everybody looks at, giving it a new lease of life. Request a free brochure from Halfen ...
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