No. 11
slide Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retailer, Trade
The house Facade, room, furnishings
Sliding into the house: curling Berlin, Johannesburg: projects Millimeter by millimeter: moving houses
Contents
The house
Double protection Elements of a house
The hut in the rock face
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Houses can be a fascinating experience. The variety of shapes, colors and materials is incredible. There are three other important elements that define the expression of a house: the facade, the room and the furnishings. It is therefore not coincidental that we are launching three new sliding hardware systems to the market this year, one each for the facade, the room and the furnishings. As Hawa AG, we help to make all three areas more fascinating and versatile. Not only for the users of a house, but also for its architects, designers and tradesmen. That is why our Research and Development team does whatever it takes to satisfy the wants and needs of our customers and partners – and to make sliding as simple as can be.
Gregor and Heinz Haab Managing Directors Hawa AG, Sliding Hardware Systems
Topic Sliding gently into the house: curling Protective house: Wildkirchli caves, Alpstein House of knowledge: Library of Congress, Washington House elements: facade, room, furnishings The art of moving houses
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Projects Visionapartments, Alexander Parkside, Berlin Kindergarten Ithuba, Johannesburg
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Know-how On the development of Hawa products New for the facade: HAWA-Frontego 30/matic New for the room: HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 New for the furnishings: HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 Product News Agenda, Personal
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Johannesburg A kindergarten with two building shells
Grand designs for small rooms A summer house designed with multi-functional elements
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14 Facade, room and furnishings The three new sliding hardware systems from Hawa AG
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The house
Sliding gently into the house In curling, only the stones that stop accurately in the so-called “house” count. The team on the ice needs close cooperation, a lot of skill – and strong nerves.
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There is a key moment that curlers call the “slide”. It is a moment of hovering in utmost concentration: having pushed off with powerful force, the “skip” (team skipper) glides perfectly balanced on one foot, trailing the other foot behind him, his hand firmly on the handle on top of the stone. As he glides he controls the speed and spin of the stone. His eyes remain fixed on the target even after he lets go of the stone. This enables him to track the stone as it slides towards the round “house” painted underneath the ice and... misses the target.
Nerves of high-grade steel More than one top curler has forfeited olympic gold with a poorly placed final stone. And more than one has won gold with a perfectly placed final stone, applying the right amount of spin to push the opponents’ stone out of the house, with just enough momentum left to curl into the house.
Team spirit, finely tuned It takes four good players to place a good stone. One plays the stone. One stands next to the house and uses the brush to mark the target. The other two curlers accompany the stone and sweep ahead of its path as instructed by the skip – or not, as the case may be. Sweeping shows just how complex curling is: sweeping reduces the friction bet-ween ice and stone. Sweeping too vigorously in front of the stone will cause it to keep on sliding.
Technique, tactics and a sense of responsibility The skip takes over those stones that are often the decisive ones and therefore carries the greatest responsibility. His teammates play their stones to form a tactical basis. The players assess the new situation after each stone. The skip decides how the next stone will be played: defensively put a “guard” in front of the house? Or block an opposing
stone? Or perhaps risk a “coup de main” such as a “double take-out”? This is where the player uses great force and a precisely calculated angle to push not one but two opposing stones out of the house – if he manages to hit them.
The nature of sliding It is no rare occurrence for the referee to measure the millimeters with a pair of compasses. His ruling is always accepted as fair play is central to the game. Curlers are mature people. Only well-balanced people are able to make a granite rock weighing 18.16 kilogram slide gently and quietly into the house and to stop. The curler’s strength is founded in his calmness. And both are found in the nature of sliding: concentrated and consistent reflection of the current situation. A feeling for friction, forces and resistance. A focus on the movement of sliding – and the house as the goal.
The “skip” Slide and let slide: the skip transfers his motion to the stone – and lets it slide onwards g ently and smoothly. The “sweepers” Sweeping reduces the friction between ice and stone. Sweeping requires strength and a good sense of balance. The “house” Sliding one’s own stone into the house and pushing the opponent’s stones away – that is the aim of curling. slide No. 11 5
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The house as protector The cave protects the hut, the hut protects the people: “Wildkirchli” is a refuge in the rock face.
They are hidden away in a rock face at the heart of the Alpstein in eastern Switzerland: the “Wildkirchli” caves. Around 50,000 years ago, cave-dwelling bears came here to hibernate, give birth and to die. People moved in during the Old Stone Age. The caves offered hunters protection from rockfall, wind and weather. They may have even enjoyed the spectacular views around a fire at the cave entrance. The hut was inhabited by hermits for around 200 summers during the late Middle Ages. They established an open chapel in the cave next door. Hence the name Wildkirchli, or little
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wild church. The cave afforded only basic protection, and the Capuchin monks led a life free of comfort. The last of the cave-dwelling monks fell to his death collecting leaves in 1853. Today, handrails secure the pathways. It is cool inside the cave corridors as visitors listen to the quiet dripping of water. The hermit’s hut snuggled up against the rock wall is now a museum. The bears have long gone, and only bones remain on show. Jackdaws, paragliders and aerial cableway cars glide through the air. Hikers stop briefly at Wildkirchli to contemplate the history of mankind. And they all enjoy the spectacular views.
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The house of knowledge The opposite of solitude: tens of thousands of people find information and inspiration at the Washington L ibrary of Congress. It’s no wonder that around 3,300 people work here: no other library in the world has more catalogued books than the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. Its beginnings back in the year 1800 were not easy. The founders bought the first books with just 5,000 dollars. Fires destroyed the library’s holdings on numerous occasions. US president Thomas Jefferson once sold his private library to Congress to enable them to start over again. Today, the Library of Congress holds 35 million books in 470 languages, 68 million manuscripts, 13 million photographs and more than 5 million plans and maps. Among them are countless treasures: documents far older than 2,000 years. One of three remaining Gutenberg bibles. A world map dating from 1507 that mentions America for the first time. The very first movie, filmed in 1893. Running the Library of Congress costs more than 600 million dollars every year. The library spends 40 million dollars each year on new acquisitions. The Library of Congress was ground-breaking in its approach to developing an audiovisual collection. What was once intended for people with impaired sight developed into a popular media category. Knowledge appears in many forms.
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The house – the facade
Playing with light and shadow Window openings have a defining influence on the architectonic expression of a building. The larger they are, the more important efficient sun screens become. If they interact harmoniously with the windows it can complete the facade’s expression and impression.
Contemporary architecture without glass facades is simply unimaginable. Glass is attractive; it creates insights and outlooks and brings daylight to the building’s interior. Furthermore, glass facades contribute significantly towards saving energy through passive solar yield. In fact, large windows that generate heat are a basic prerequisite for buildings constructed to the passive house standard. However, glass facades also have a disadvantage: instead of producing heat in summer they should prevent its generation right from the start. Recently introduced building regulations ensure that overheated buildings are cooled
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down. They demand that buildings requiring official approval must have a protection concept against summer heat. They also define binding solar radiation values.
Outside versus inside Systems for screening on the inside and outside and for glare shield each have specific advantages. Firstly, the internal sun screen is not exposed to the elements and is also easily accessible for cleaning and adjustment. The external sun screen, on the other hand, is especially effective as it prevents sunrays from penetrating the glazing in the first place. It is also an appealing element for architects to work with when designing the facade.
More light cannot be: the Swarovski Campus Headoffice in Männedorf near Zurich, an example of the trend towards glazed building shells.
The new children’s center at Salzburg University Clinic: 280 automated sliding shutter hardware systems from Hawa provide shade – and variety.
The children’s center at Salzburg University Clinic in Austria, which was designed by architects Reinhold Tinchon and Markus Pern thaler from Graz and completed in November 2012, is a good example. Room-high glazing gives the children an outside view even from their beds. A decision in favor of a cooling concept consisting of three building blocks was reached in order to guarantee a balanced energy household. It comprises an air-conditioning system with a low cooling output that on hot days is supported by chilled beams, and an underfloor heating system that converts to cooling during the summer. The third building
block is the external screening on the glass facade. Reinhold Tichon: “We r ecommended sliding elements that would enable us to provide a sun screen whilst invigorating and structuring the facade.” The facade is shaded by 280 sliding shutters. Fiber cement panels in green and yellow alongside silver-grey aluminium panels are major architectural elements of the new clinic building. A central system controls the position of the shutters. Patients can use a personal control in the room to determine how much light, warmth and outlook they prefer. The different positions of the sliding shutters bring the facade to life.
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The house – the room
Room for new living concepts Versatile dwelling forms call for flexible layout plans and different living concepts. “Clusters” are often referred to in this context. A residential project in the Swiss town of Winterthur demonstrates the advantages of this kind of communal living for the elderly.
16 separate living units with communal rooms for recreation and working: Lisbeth Master and Alex Huber appreciate friendly togetherness as neighbors.
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In times gone past, layouts were planned with specific uses for each room in mind; today, the trend is towards rooms with greater functional flexibility. One of the reasons is that planning focused virtually exclusively on the traditional family, which today is just one way of life among many. The demands on living quarters differ accordingly. Many architects specializing in residential construction have focused on the development of new and flexible layout designs for many years. Some have virtually reinvented the floor plan concept: so-called “cluster” floor plans offer a solution to the living space requirements of modern society. Clusters e xpand the open plan layout by enabling a form of living that combines privacy and c ommunity. Cluster layouts also represent a possible al ternative to traditional forms of habitation for the elderly. Most people dread the thought of growing old alone in an apartment, house or care home. “The thought of an old people’s home makes me shudder”, says Lisbeth Master. The 73-year-old Swiss national therefore knew a long time ago that she would not grow old in the traditional surroundings. That is why
she moved into shared accommodation for the elderly in the new communal house in Winterthur. The building offers people age 50 and over “personalized living within a social network”.
Focus on community The project was developed and implemented by Gesewo, the “Association for Self-Managed Living”, in cooperation with Zurich-based architects Sabina Hubacher and Christoph Haerle. Future residents were added as team members to ensure the project did not shoot past the mark of the target group’s needs and wants. Lisbeth Master was also a team member. The result of this less than common cooper ation is an unconventional living concept. One striking difference is that no less than 400 square meters in the four-storey house that was completed in 2010 are dedicated to common use. That equates to around one-third of the total floor space and forms the central element of the project. On the ground floor, residents can come together in the generous common room with
a fireplace, kitchen and dining area. A shared office room and guest area are located on the same floor. Residents have access to a bistro, a fitness area, a library and hobby room located on the three upper floors. The 16 living units are also distributed over the three upper floors. The mix of private and shared utilization encourages encounters between residents and occurs as a matter of course.
Flexible and sustainable The apartments measure between 38 and 66 square meters and are therefore a little on the small side. However, the loft-like layout with only but a few fixed elements leaves the residents a lot of room for design. Whilst some decided in favor of the openness of rooms that flow into one another, others chose to install additional sliding walls. The results are small but very personalized areas of retreat. As the residents get older and their life circumstances change, their living quarters also change as far as possible. And they can adapt flexibly to a change of resident. As the communal house for the elderly in Winterthur shows: it works.
Communal area
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The house – the furnishings
Doubling up
Even the smallest apartment can be very versatile if it is cleverly designed: the Fellner summer house in Vienna offers 35 square meters of space.
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Kitchen, bathroom and stairs need only a few square meters. The result is more space for living.
Affordable accommodation is becoming ever more scarce in urban centers. Residential construction needs new input. A glimpse towards Japan can help, especially as Japanese architects are renowned for their creative way of handling limited spaces. Take Tokyo architect Sou Fujimoto, for instance. Fujimoto erected the “Final Wooden House” in the forests of Kumamoto in 2008. The house is built on an area of just eight square meters. It consists of 35 stacked beams and has neither walls nor doors nor furniture. Protruding beams double up as furniture – serving as a table or, equipped with cushions and mats, as sofa and bed.
The little house in the allotment A recent European example of a miniature house is equally as well thought out: the Fellner summer house in Austria was designed by Viennese architects Schuberth and Schuberth. It was erected not so long ago in an allotment park and is compliant with the building regulation applicable to allotments that stipulates a building footprint of no more than 35 square meters. Designing a fully-functional summer house demanded much in the way of creativity.
Double functions for rooms and furniture The dimensions inside the summer house were reduced to the bare minimum required by the human body and its movement sequences. The corridor and staircase, for instance, are a mere 70 centimeters wide. The main interior element of the house is a functional block at its center that is equipped with a kitchen, bathroom and flight of stairs. When it is not in use, the bathroom is no more than a recess built into the core element. It has folding and sliding room-high doors that utilize a part of the corridor and turn it into a bathroom with natural light. Furnishings also have twin functions: the dining table doubles up as a worktop and the bench also serves as a kitchen shelf. “The intention was to make the summer house a complex and varied building in spite of its compact size”, explains interior architect J ohanna Schuberth. A successful concept with potential for the future – not least with r egard to the shortage of urban housing. After all, the basic ideas of flexibility and multiple use can also be applied to other floor layouts.
Situational use determines the purpose of the elements: “Final Wooden House” in Kumamoto, Japan.
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“You have to get to know a building to move it.” In 2012, at a site near Zurich Oerlikon station, Rolf Iten and his team moved a 123-year-old administration building weighing 6,200 tonnes over 60 meters to a new location. Preparations and planning took 18 months, whilst the move itself lasted two days.
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Rolf Iten, what fascinates you about moving houses?
How far can you move a building using this method?
I have to get to know a building before I can move it. It makes a difference whether it’s five years old, 200 or even older. I have to find out how it was built back in the day, what the statics are like, is there anything special about this structure?
The largest distance we have handled was 380 meters. However, we have often moved smaller buildings by road. In 2008, we transported a listed procession chapel in Lucerne on a low platform trailer. This method allows to travel relatively long distances – depending on the size of the building and the route profile.
Are there types of buildings that cannot be moved? From a technical viewpoint, we have yet to come across a building that could not be moved. However, there have been cases where a move would have been too costly.
What is the main difficulty? The building fabric. The worse the condition of the house, the more difficult it is to move. A modern house with reinforced concrete walls is easy. Old buildings need an exact analysis.
Are these operations based on technical knowledge or is gut feeling also involved? It is a combination of skill and calculation. The engineer knows the theory and can estimate the burden. However, it is the employees in the field who have to do the actual job. Displacements and deformations can occur if elements are broken out of the building. They need very precise correction, otherwise cracks may occur.
Do you insure the buildings you move? Does cost play a role? Of course. The question is whether it is worth it or not. Costs often play a subordinate role in the case of listed buildings. The intention here is to preserve the building.
What was the oldest building you have ever moved? We moved a chapel in Lieli near Lucerne that was over 400 years old and built entirely from natural stone masonry. That was a very challenging work. And in 1985 we moved the church and vicarage of Saint-Blaise in the canton of Neuchâtel closer to the lake, as a motorway tunnel was to be built at the old location. Again, this was an extremely challenging task.
How does such a move work? The first step is known as “underpinning”. The building is prepared for the move by separating it from its foundations. We transfer the burden and reinforce the building so it can be moved. We then replace the basement with a concrete structure.
This kind of insurance is relatively expensive. We do not usually recommend it.
Is it necessary to completely empty a house? No. In 2012, we moved the 123-year-old administration building of the old machine factory in Zurich Oerlikon by 60 meters. 6,200 tonnes distributed over 80 meters. In this case everything stayed inside. People carried on working in the building during the preparation phase that lasted one year. The house was evacuated only for the move itself, which took two weeks.
“We have moved buildings that still had people living in them.” Rolf Iten, ITEN AG
For safety reasons? No, it would have been too complicated to keep the water infrastructure working. But we have moved residential buildings in the past with people effectively living in them, and they even had electricity.
Do you make sure your moves are quiet? Building work always causes dust and noise. We do our best. Nonetheless, the people in Oerlikon could no doubt hear us knocking out the basement beneath them.
Swiss construction firm ITEN AG moves factories, office buildings, bridges, churches and even inhabited houses. Rolf Iten, born 1959, has managed the family business since 16 years.
You put the building on a sledge, so to speak? Yes, that is a good way of imagining it. We lay two steel structures at right angles on top of one another, whereby the lower structure is fixed and the upper one is movable. The lower structure is our track along which we move the building.
Have you ever moved a building back again? Yes, in Bern Bümpliz we lifted a building by one meter and moved it for excavation work to take place. This created space to build an underground car park, and when it was finished we moved the building back again.
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Projects
Living in Berlin Furnished apartment, made to measure, design à la carte and service included: 36-yearold Swiss entrepreneur Anja Graf and her company, Visionapartments, lease more than 1,000 design apartments throughout Europe. A building with 135 furnished apartments with a cleaning service was opened this spring at Alexanderplatz in Berlin. Tenants can choose from apartments between 17 and 55 square meters in size and with four different designs.
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Sliding doors are central elements as space is at a premium. The house is full of sliding doors, all of them made of glass, with at least one in every apartment. Glasfischer, the company responsible for realization, has worked with Hawa products for many years. The visionary design line is traceable to the last detail. There are no handles on the sliding doors. Applying different film designs creates changes in appearance. Square cover caps are all that can be seen of the
AWA-Junior 80/GP hardware system. H Angled profiles attach the sliding door to the wall in 63 bathrooms. Access to the toilet is also usually through a sliding door. In most apartments, the sleeping and living quarters are separated by a ceiling-mounted sliding door with three glass elements. Opulent works of art add flair to the ambience. All of the accessories are available from the in-house boutique. Anja Graf is convinced: “The way one lives rubs off on one’s personality.”
Light and liberty in abundance: tenants immediately feel at home in the designer apartments at Alexan derplatz in Berlin.
Project: Visionapartments, Alexander Parkside Location: Berlin Country: Germany Architect: GFB Alvarez & Schepers, Berlin Interior designer: Visiondesign, Zurich/Warsaw Realization: Glasfischer Glastechnik GmbH, Hoppegarten Building owner: Alexander Parkside GmbH Completion: Spring 2013 Hawa system: HAWA-Junior 80/GP Intention: Sliding doors as access to bathroom, toilet and as room partitions Quantity: 259 Material: Glass, fully tempered laminated glass, mirrored gray finish slide No. 11 19
Projects
The climate in the new kindergarten is regulated by sliding doors, whereby the HAWA-Junior hardware plays a major role. Swiss students helped make the school furniture. Ithuba Community College is run by the organization s2arch. 20 slide No. 11
Learning in South Africa A more interesting kind of term paper: Swiss students of architecture designed and built a kindergarten to the south-east of Johannesburg. The twelve students of architecture from Winterthur in Switzerland spent two semesters planning the design with their lecturers. Their idea was to build with as little material and labor expenditure as possible. The result is a simple concept with a twist: the building consists of a room within a room, with two changeable building shells for better climate control. The students worked hand in hand with local tradesmen for eight weeks, welding and building walls. They even made the school furniture themselves. Working in a foreign country called for a certain amount of improvisation, for instance when having to cope with the varying shapes of bricks. The logistics in the relatively isolated province also posed challenges. Häfele South Africa supplied hardware from Hawa directly to the construction site. The concept proved itself in the first year of operation: the sliding doors are left open during the hot summer, allowing fresh air to circulate through the classroom. In winter the corrugated acrylic glass panels in the outer shell let sufficient light into the room when the doors are closed – the temperature in the high plane can fall below zero at night. Heat is then stored in the interspace. The climate also influenced the choice of material for the sliding door: the steel on which the top tracks are mounted expands significantly during the day.
Project: Ithuba Community College Location: Ithuba, Gauteng Province, 50 km south of Johannesburg Country: South Africa Architect: ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering, Winterthur Realzation: Students of the ZHAW, Winterthur Building owner: s2arch, Ithuba Community College Construction period: June to end July 2012 Hawa system: HAWA-Junior 250/A Intention: Sliding doors Quantity: 16 Material: Metal frame construction, acrylic glass panels with concealed attachments slide No. 11 21
Know-how
Facade. Room. Furnishings. Hawa AG is launching three new sliding hardware systems to the market in 2013. The following pages offer an insight into the new developments.
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As Head of the Research and Development department, Peter Ettmüller knows every new development by Hawa AG inside out.
Why is Hawa AG launching no less than three new sliding hardware systems on the market in 2013? We observe the market very closely. That enables us to perceive trends and develop new solutions to anticipated customer wants and needs. This process continuously generates ideas, the best of which we then pursue. Hence these three new developments, one each for the facade, the room and the furnishings.
What decisive challenges did you face during the development process? We faced three major issues during the development of the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic for automated folding sliding shutters: the movement for which we had to achieve a clearly defined state at every point and for each shutter; the control logic as the implementation of our vision – it detects the configuration of the installation and automatically optimizes the control parameters; and the robustness of the overall solution for reliable functionality regardless of wind and weather. With the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 for glass sliding doors with concealed suspension, we had to contend with a two-sided soft closing mechanism and high demands on running properties. The challenge concerning the
AWA-Folding Concepta 25 lay in developH ing the system for folding doors that slide in from the side, and in particular in achieving the best possible user convenience. Then we have the renowned Hawa features for all three: durability and high installer friendliness.
How do you achieve durability for a product that is still in the development phase? By putting it through its paces after each development step. We put both software and hardware through various reviews and test series. We provoke errors and test their impact. Facade systems, for instance, are tested outside in wind and weather. Product development and quality assurance run in parallel.
Does installer friendliness first become ap parent in everyday situations? Not at all. Routine simulations, reality tests and user tests provide decisive input for the next development stage. The assembly process is carried out on numerous models and has to be verified by different groups. We also consult external experts during this phase. Here at Hawa, new developments must be tried and tested before they reach the market.
“We get decisive input from routine simulations, reality tests and user tests.” Peter Ettmüller, Director Research and Development, Hawa AG
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Know-how
HAWA-Frontego 30/matic
For living facades That will please the architect
That will please the installer
That will please the user
The flush-front HAWA-Frontego 30/matic folds shutters made of wood, metal or covered with fabric, slides them automatically to one side and parks them at an angle of 90˚ to the window front. Energy consumption is very low. Wind supports are integrated in the system; additional supports are not necessary. Folding sliding shutters become an attractive shading and design element, especially for building shells with a high proportion of glass and little parking space, such as modern public and industrial buildings, hotels, clinics, residences and large apartment blocks. HAWA-Frontego 30/matic can also be retrofitted during refurbishment projects.
Installing the automated hardware system for folding sliding shutters is fast and efficient. Trolley and drive unit can be pre-assembled at the workshop. On site, components can be fitted from the inside or outside and are always accessible. The control system auto matically detects the configuration when it is commissioned by the installer. He can check the shutters are working properly with the commissioning box, even if the electrical installation is not yet ready. Data such as hours of operation, runtime or error messages are logged continuously by the system and can be read out using a diagnosis box. This makes troubleshooting much easier.
Shutters accelerate and decelerate slowly thanks to the intelligent control unit in the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic – all at the touch of a button with no need to open windows in winter or summer. If the installation comes to a halt due to a power failure, it will continue with the last operation as soon as power is restored. Neither wind nor weather can bring the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic off course. It works as reliably at -20°C as it does at +60°C. The special gears in the electric motor lock the system in position at every stop – the shutters are not displaced by storm winds and offer greater protection from burglars. The true value and durability of this robust hardware system stand out during the years of use.
At a glance • Up to 30 kg weight per shutter • Shutter height up to 3200 mm, width up to 600 mm and thicknesses of 28 to 32 mm • Designs with 2, 4 or 6 panels, left or right • Screen areas of up to 12m2 with a 6-panel installation • Symmetrical and asymmetrical variants freely combinable • Can be mounted to the ceiling, window lintel, wall or facade • Drive unit and control system integrated in the hardware • Developed in accordance with DIN EN 13659 • Protection and safety measures based on DIN EN 12453 • High wind resistance (certified for Class 6, tested for Class 8) • High corrosion resistance, suitable for coastal areas (1,000-hour salt spray test in accordance with DIN EN 9227)
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The automated hardware system for flush-front folding sliding shutters: HAWA-Frontego 30/matic.
See the HAWA- Frontego 30/matic on the move:
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Know-how
The designer hard ware for all-glass sliding doors with no visible hardware components: HAWAPurolino-PLUS 80.
See the HAWA- Purolino-PLUS 80 at work:
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HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80
For gently cushioned glass doors That will please the architect
That will please the installer
That will please the user
Glass sliding doors weighing up to 80 kg slide effortlessly on the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 designer hardware with concealed suspension. It creates the greatest possible transparency – thanks to the glass suspension and soft closing technology fully integrated in the top track. Form-fitting glass and hardware guarantee maximum safety of use. User convenience is further enhanced by the optional high-quality soft closing mechanism. The HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is particularly interesting for installations in residential and commercial buildings as well as in banks and administration buildings where the focus is on elegance and transparency.
It is the special wedge suspension of the new HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 that makes fitting and adjusting the glass doors so easy. The wedge suspension and soft closing mechanism, whether on one or two sides, are preassembled at the workshop. Top track, trolley and track stop are fitted on site. All relevant elements remain accessible at all times. No drill holes are required for the trigger cams as they are simply pushed into the grooves from the side prior to installation.
The design of the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is uncompromising with regard to durability. Heavy glass doors glide surprisingly smoothly and with little resistance. A high-quality soft closing mechanism with a hydraulic damper absorbs even hefty bumps and pulls the doors gently and quietly into the final position. It also increases pinch protection. The sliding hardware system reduces doors to what makes them attractive: the glass. Decorative film designs can be applied to doors made of fully tempered laminated glass.
At a glance • Up to 80 kg door weight with glass thicknesses of fully tempered monolithic glass 8/10/12/12.7 mm and fully tempered laminated glass 8 – 12.7 mm • For wall, ceiling and integrated ceiling installation • Combinable with a profile for fixed glass (ceiling-mounted designs) • Integrated, maintenance-free soft closing mechanism SoftMove 80 (optional) • Trolleys with high-quality ball-bearing technology • Combinable with HAWA-Toplock sliding door lock • Top track plain anodized or in a stainless steel effect
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Know-how
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25
For wide open fronts That will please the architect
That will please the installer
That will please the user
An office in the spare bedroom, a wardrobe in the hotel suite, a kitchen in the conference room: the HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 folding/slide-in hardware makes cabinet fronts of up to 2800 mm in width disappear by parking them in the side recess flush with the cabinet front. As the application does not need a base, it is ideal for room-high designs or walk-in cabinets with continuous flooring. It also closes off wall recesses. HAWA- Folding Concepta 25 opens up design options previously unheard of.
The HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 is designed for quick and easy installation. The cabinet has the same flush-front components as standard cabinets and planning is therefore quick and easy. The furniture elements only need drill holes for positioning and concealed hinges. Sets can be pre-assembled in the workshop. Top tracks, curves and bottom profile are fitted from the front. All adjustments are also made from the front. The second door of the folding package is equipped with a positively driven ball-bearing trolley to ensure there is no sagging even under heavy use.
The folding/slide-in door opens and closes easily and quietly with just one hand. Unique scissor technology guarantees that even large and heavy doors run smoothly with no danger of jamming. The door fits completely into a recess of just 110 mm in width to open up the entire width of the cabinet, granting access to the office recess, furniture or walk-in wardrobe. It can even make an entire kitchen disappear. Visitors will be amazed at the folding/ slide-in door. Especially when it is stylishly designed and glides with quiet elegance on a HAWA-Folding Concepta 25.
At a glance • Maximum door weight of 25 kg (50 kg per folding door pair) • Door width: 2 x 700 mm, door height 1250 – 2600 mm, wood door thicknesses 19 – 28 mm • Access to the entire cabinet width • Little insertion loss in the cabinet depth of 73 mm • Doors slide in and stay open flush with the cabinet body • Recess width of 110 mm (combinable with HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50) • Continuous joint image for a uniform front design • Trolleys adjustable in height and depth • All adjustments can be made from the front Available for delivery as of November 2013
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The fold/slide-in hardware that makes cabinet fronts of up to 2800 mm in width disappear: HAWAFolding Concepta 25.
See the HAWA- Folding Concepta 25 in motion:
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Know-how
Product News The practical planning aid for day-to-day work: the HAWA-Systemplanner
HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF
HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50
HAWA-Frontslide 60/A
HAWA-Systemplanner
Adapted adapter
Fewer tools
Wind-proof sliding shutters
HAWA-Junior overview
There has been a change to the HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF hardware system for solid cabinet doors made of wood or glass: until now the adapters for fastening the double top tracks and double floor guide measured 60 mm in length. From now on the adapters will have a length of 120 mm. This will give the system even greater stability. The assembly process will not be affected as the drilling template and assembly position of the HAWA-Antea 50-80/VF remain as they were.
Installing the successful pivot/ slide-in hardware HAWAConcepta 25/30/50 is now even easier. The concealed hinges have been adapted so that the installer only needs a 3 mm Allen
The position of sliding shutters gliding on a HAWA-Frontslide 60/A can now be set by hand: turning the handle applies a brake to the shutter – in any position. And there it stays, even in the strongest wind.
Specialists can use the HAWASystemplanner in the Products section at www.hawa.ch to select the desired sliding solution from a selection of construction projects. The practical planning tool visualizes the installation and facili-
to install the cabinet. The high-quality clamping ele-
tates its configuration and calculation.
The new adapters are available as of now in sets of 2 or 10 units. The price remains unchanged.
The article numbers and prices of the HAWA-Concepta 25/30/50 remain unchanged.
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key and a cross-head screwdriver
Additionally, a new dimensionally stable guide brush is now included in the sets for the HAWAConcepta 25/30/50. It has better guiding properties and is even easier to install.
ments are made from non-corroding steel and are available in two sizes: • 800 mm • 1200 mm
The entire HAWA-Junior product range is now integrated in the HAWA-Systemplanner. This integration makes it possible to plan modular solutions for sliding doors made of wood and glass as part of the working day. All technical drawings, installation instructions and a list of materials are ready for downloading.
Agenda
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Interieurbouw en Hout & Kunststof 13 Trade show for interior design, wood and plastic www.evenementenhal.nl
24. – 26.9.2013
Evenementenhal Gorinchem, Netherlands
8. – 12.10.2013
Messe Basel, Switzerland Hawa: hall 1.1, stand A10
23. – 24.10.2013
Station Berlin, Germany Hawa: stand 105
Holz 13 Swiss wood-processing trade show for cabinet makers, carpenters and representatives from retail, trade and industry www.holz.ch
Architect@Work 13 National trade show for architecture, construction and interior work www.architectatwork.de
Batimat 13 World’s largest trade show for every segment of the construction industry www.batimat.com
4. – 8.11.2013
Paris Nord, Villepinte, France Hawa: hall 6, stand M148
National trade show for architecture, construction and interior work www.architectatwork.de
4. – 5.12.2013
Messe Düsseldorf, Germany Hawa: hall 8B, stand 82
Swissbau 2014
21. – 25.1.2014
Messe Basel, Switzerland Hawa: hall 1.1, stand B112
Architect@Work 13
Switzerland’s most important trade show for the construction and real estate industries www.swissbau.ch
Silvia Fuchs Silvia Fuchs has greeted callers from around the world on behalf of Hawa for the past 13 years and tackles the challenge of providing competent and well-balanced answers to questions with congeniality. In her leasure time she likes to sail with her husband Toni and go skiing. Not only the winter is welcome, guests feel welcome too.
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Cony Walser Sharing responsibility for a joint cause, mutual respect – these values are important to her both privately and at work. She has been one of Hawa’s telephone voices since 1999. She lives in Mettmenstetten with husband Walti. In her leasure time she likes to sing, hike and read, and has recently taken up playing the saxophone.
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Hawa sliding hardware: open for every demand.
Whether clear-cut designs for glass, highly polished ideas for wood or well-cast roles for metal: you can turn them into reality with Hawa sliding hardware systems. After all, our high-quality products have held open the doors to projects around the world for decades – with attractive design solutions and uncompromising Swiss quality. Visit us at www.hawa.ch for more information. Hawa AG, 8932 Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, Tel. +41 44 767 91 91, Fax +41 44 767 91 78, www.hawa.ch