The iconic Torre Europa has towered above the centre of Madrid since 1985. The building, which for a short time was the highest in the city, is reminiscent of the World Trade Center with its small windows and ribbed fa\u00e7ade. The stern architecture of the office tower has now been softened by the new lobby on the northern side of the building. The architects from Callison RTKL formulated a spacious cube, which leans against the Torre Europa and opens it up invitingly with a full-glass fa\u00e7ade towards the boulevard. Its constructional framework is formed by sedak glass fins. The glass fa\u00e7ade, made from 3.0 by almost 10 metre panels, is supported by 60 centimetre narrow fins. The fine supports maintain maximum transparency of the cube. Into each of these the company from Gersthofen laminated up to eight titanium fittings as attachment points, which were provided by the client Bellapart. In order to enable the non right angled floor plan, sedak realized edge mitres of up to 39 degrees.<\/p>\n
The fins connect the glass fa\u00e7ade with the slender glass and steel roof construction. This uses glass beams with exceptional ratios between width and length that exceed the usual ratio of up to 1:20 by far: the beams have a length of almost 12 metres but narrow down from 35 centimetres at the widest point to just 15 centimetres \u2013 a width-to-length ratio of 1:84! Despite this extreme relationship, sedak guarantees an enduring optical quality, also for multiple laminates, as well as the dimensional accuracy of the offset edges and the straightness of the glass elements. The beams fulfil the highest requirements of transparent architecture. The glass roof enables a view right up to the top of what is still the seventh highest building in Madrid \u2013 it is partly supported by the fa\u00e7ade fins. The new Entr\u00e9e, which opens to the north, does not need any additional shading facilities and can therefore realize its full effect. The eight insulation glass panes for the roof of the cube were decoratively enhanced by sedak with a fine ceramic stripe print. In addition, a solar control coating was applied. The horizontal glass elements measure up to twelve metres and flow seamlessly into the overhanging roof construction. This swings around the building, underlining the filigree cube construction like the swoop of a fountain pen.<\/p>\n
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Credits board<\/strong><\/p>\n Architects:<\/strong> Callison RTKL <\/p>\n Glass roof<\/strong><\/p>\n Supporting glass beams<\/em> Roof<\/em> <\/p>\n Glass fa\u00e7ade<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reprint free of charge, copy requested<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leading glass<\/strong><\/p>\n sedak, the glass manufacturer in Gersthofen, Germany, was founded in 2007. The company and its 170 employees have developed into the world\u2019s technology and innovation leader for large insulating and safety glass. With a ten-year experience of manufacturing oversize glass and after having increased the level of automation continuously, sedak is regarded as a specialist in this know-how intensive segment. The glass units reach dimensions up to 3.51 m x 20 m – processed, tempered, laminated, printed, coated, and cold bent. The core capabilities are the lamination of glass, edging, and the company\u2019s special knowledge of producing glass components with additional functional and decorative elements. sedak\u2019s production has been optimized for extraordinary glass sizes and weights; all finishing steps are highly automated and handled in-house. As a full supplier for glass up to 20 m, sedak sees itself as a partner for architects, designers, and fa\u00e7ade constructors. Outstanding references are for example the House of European History in Brussels, the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier, the Torre Europa in Madrid, Brookfield Place in New York City, the United Nations Office at Geneva, the Apple Cube in New York City, the science center experimenta in Heilbronn, as well as numerous premium flagship stores worldwide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New lobby of the Torre Europa: custom-made on the limit of possibility<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1316,1320],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-englisch-en","category-sedak-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9207"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12135,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207\/revisions\/12135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pr-neu.de\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFa\u00e7ade construction:<\/strong> Bellapart
\nLocation:<\/strong> Madrid, Spain
\nRealization:<\/strong> March 2018
\nGlass elements used:<\/strong> 55 glass units<\/p>\n
\nMaximum length of 11.71m
\nMinimum width of 0.35m, tapering to 0.15m
\nMaximum width-to-length ratio therefore 1:84<\/p>\n
\nGlass elements with a maximum length of 12m
\nEight insulation glass units with a digital stripe print and a heat and solar control coating
\nSloping construction of the roof for water run-off<\/p>\n
\nGlass elements with a maximum height of 9.7m with laminated-in titanium fittings (provided by Bellapart)
\nSupporting glass fins with dimensions of up to 9.7m x 0.6m<\/p>\n
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\nThe glass cube functions as a prestigious
\nentrance to the office tower „Torre Europa“.
\nPhoto: Bellapart<\/p>\n\n\n
\n sedak GmbH & Co. KG
\n<\/strong>Tatjana Vinkovic
\nTel.: +49(0)821\/2494-823
\nFax: +49(0)821\/2494-777
\nE-Mail: tatjana.vinkovic@sedak.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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