No. 13
SLIDE Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retail, Trade
At the hotel A home away from home
Hotels yesterday and today The hotel that melts in spring Hawa in the world's best hotels
Contents
At the hotel Changing hotels Once castles, now locations for many purposes
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Hawa makes hotels more homely We are often on the road for Hawa and spend many nights in one hotel or another. These overnight stays often lead to pleasing experiences with our own products. One occasion was an overnight stay at the Hilton in Vienna a couple of years ago: the entrance to the restaurant featured beautiful large wooden doors with glass elements. One of the hotel's employees walked ahead of us and opened the double doors with ease and elegance. No scraping or jarring whatsoever. An upwards glance quickly revealed: our HAWA-Junior 120 was doing a perfect job. Hardware from Hawa is used in hotels around the world simply because it is predestined for the purpose. Space is at a premium in hotel rooms, sliding systems are space-saving solutions. Moving around with a suitcase in tight surroundings is much easier when doors slide rather than pivot.
Gregor and Heinz Haab Managing Directors Hawa AG, Sliding Hardware Systems
Topic A glance at the history of the hotel Hotel on the railroad: the Trans-Siberian Express Hotel for a while: the ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi An interview with head receptionist Cristina Bally What matters when designing a hotel
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Projects Hotel JW Marriot Marquis, Dubai Hotel InterContinental, Davos Hotel The Chedi, Andermatt
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Know-how HAWA-Frontego 30/matic for hotel facades 22 Hawa on the road with new products 24 Hawa Student Award: award ceremony 2014 28 Product information: practical help from Hawa 30 Agenda, Personal 31
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Hotel design Designers explain the important aspects of hotel design
Hawa on the road Bringing new hardware to market partners around the world
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Hawa Student Award 2014 Photos and statements from the award ceremony
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Plan no. 27 – Thunerhof in Thun. – Ground floor.
At a glance, the hotel plans of the Belle Epoque show: they had room floor plans that today simply cannot be found. Take, for instance, rooms for the traveling lordship's servants, of course much smaller and more modest. There was also a room for virtu-
ally every activity, be it writing or smoking, a ladies' room and a billiard room. Today, things are quite the opposite: instead of dedicating a room for any given function, hoteliers now prefer a small number of large rooms that they can use for many different purposes. 1 Entrance (luggage entrance to the right). 2 Vestibule. 3 Main stairs. 4 Service stairs. 5 Passage and garden lounge. 6 Reading room. 7 Ladies' room.
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Drawing room. Breakfast room. Anteroom and cloakroom. Grand dining hall. Office. Billiard room. Smoking room. Bureau.
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Dining room for visiting servants. Porter's lodge. Chambermaids. Passenger lift . Luggage lift. Waiters. Entrance hall and passage with skylight.
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Luggage room. Landlord's apartment. Covered gallery. Terrace and garden facing the Aare and Lake Thun. 27 Courtyard facing the main road.
Hotels then and now: Ritz London, established by Swiss farmer’s son César Ritz in 1906; on the right: The Guest House Vienna.
Today, hotels are open to all The very first hotels were akin to castles and reserved only for the rich and famous. Today, they are open to everyone and their rooms serve many different purposes.
"At night, however, the astounded mountaineers creeping up to the hotel windows caught a glimpse of brilliant grandeur in the ballrooms, as if King Lauren's fairytale magic had come true." A quote from "Wengen", a novel by Swiss author Konrad Falke published in 1913. "There was no need for the rest of the world in the Grand Hotels; the hostelries of the Belle Epoque were an autonomous world", says hotel historian Roland Flückiger. Members of the aristocracy and bourgeoisie stayed among themselves, often for weeks on end.
ry. Some of the world's most famous hotels were founded in these times: the Ritz hotels in London and Paris, for instance. They are designed in the style of palaces and castles. "A kind of miniature Versailles", says Flückiger, "one is king for a few weeks."
20th century: hotels without frippery
Miniature Versailles for the aristocracy and bourgeoisie
The construction boom of the Belle Epoque came to a sudden end due to the two World Wars. Tourism ground to a halt. Opposition to the opulent buildings increased during the 1920s. Buildings in the Bauhaus style, reduced in form and design, gained in popu larity.
These houses were in their prime during the 19th century. Hotels began to arise in large numbers as early as 1830, but the largest boom did not occur until the end of the centu-
A huge shift in travelling habits and the demands on hotels is discernible in recent times. The average period of residence has fallen
drastically. Guests stay for one day, maybe two. Travelers jet around the world at supersonic speed - Berlin yesterday, Vienna today, Paris tomorrow. They want to stay overnight at inexpensive and central locations in functional rooms with TV and free WiFi. A shower is sufficient – discreetly separated by sliding doors. Hotel chains with standardized rooms are taking over city centers. In this segment, the rooms can be even smaller. Rooms of around 25 square meters were once the norm in city hotels. Today, 20 square meters are more than enough.
Luxury in miniature format Boutique hotels are the alternative to the cheap option. They are more luxurious, have fewer but larger rooms and are more personal. The rooms focus on design and well-being.
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On the road This hotel quite literally never stops. It travels from Europe to Asia. The Транссибирская магистраль, known in English as the Trans-Siberian Express, covers 9288 kilometers on the world's longest uninterrupted railway. The train passes through
more than 400 stations and eight time zones. The journey takes around 150 hours, i.e. a good six days and six nights. Traveling by air would take a mere 8 or 9 hours. Passengers on the Trans-Siberian Express, however, want to enjoy the journey, not just the arrival. The speed is more leisurely than hurried. The
train's average speed is 60 to 70 kilometers per hour. The Russian railway gauge measures 1524 mm and is therefore somewhat wider than the European standard and more comfortable as a result. Passengers on the train glide gently through the ever-changing countryside between Moscow and Vladivostok.
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Temporary hotel Change is the only constant at the ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi in the north of Sweden: the hotel is reconstructed every year and therefore looks different each winter. The hotel consists of 1,000 tonnes of frozen water and around 30,000 tonnes of so-called snice, a special mixture of snow and ice. This mix consists of ice particles gained from the river Torne on which Jukkasjärvi lies. Every November, around one hundred workers set to work with chainsaws, hammers and chisels. Half of them are artists from around the world who enrich the interior design of the temporary hotel with their works of art. Last year, the hotel in the tiny town of Jukkasjärvi, 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, consisted of 56 ice rooms and ice suites. The temperature in the rooms varies between – 5°C to – 9°C. Guests sleep in cotton sleeping bags inserted into thermal sleeping bags on reindeer coats. Around 14,000 guests stay overnight in the ice-cold rooms every season. When temperatures rise in April, the walls of the ice hotel collapse. The hotel melts away, turns into water and flows back into the river.
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"Cristina, the same as every year!" A receptionist is simply there for the guest and his needs and wants. That has been Cristina Bally's daily business for nearly 25 years. She has been head receptionist in the reputable hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel for 10 years. In 2013, Swiss business magazine Bilanz named her Receptionist of the Year.
Cristina Bally (45) grew up in a hotel – and became a receptionist nonetheless. Today, the mother of two girls no longer lives in a hotel. But very close by. What is your main task as a receptionist?
How do you know all these things?
Cristina Bally: We are there for the guest. From check-in to departure. He collects his key from us; we reserve theater tickets and restaurant tables; we provide information about the city. He can come to us with all of his questions.
My job has a lot to do with experience. I have been doing it for 25 years. During this time, I have learned how to ask questions to find out what the guest's interests are. And: I know a lot by heart. As soon as I see the guest's name, I remember his preferences. We also make notes of specific information in our Guest History: what restaurants we have reserved for him in the past; who likes a special kind of pillow; who reads the newspapers.
What is your goal? For guests to be satisfied and feel well cared for. Guests should know that I will fulfil their wishes to their satisfaction. They should be able to trust me. It is lovely when regular guests come to me and say "Cristina, the same as every year. It is always so wonderful." I get to design their stay, for instance during an exhibition, as I see fit. Of course, these are guests whose preferences I know very well.
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"As a receptionist, one needs a passion to be there for the guests."
What does a receptionist do that most people would not expect? We always anticipate everything. That is why nothing comes as a surprise. Nonetheless, we do sometimes have some very u nusual requests. One guest wanted to buy an airplane as he knew there was a factory close to the hotel. Another guest wanted to rent a car in a specific color. We had to have one spraypainted just for the occasion. Of course, these wishes come at a price.
In your opinion, what is a receptionist's most important characteristic? Patience. Being patient is of utmost importance. We cannot control our guests. We never know when someone has a wish. It can happen that we do nothing for half a day.
But we always have to be ready when a guest turns up. Waiting for the guest. Personally, I don't find it difficult. Beginners often do. We should never create the impression of being bored as everyone can see us.
What skills do you need? Languages are decisive, as we want to address each guest in his own language. Friendliness, the ability to respond to the guest. And modesty.
Why modesty? Modesty is very important. I am not important. What I can do for the guest, that is important. Modesty allows me to build a relationship with the guest, to gain his trust. Our uniform is pivotal in this regard. When I
put it on I am no longer who I really am. I slip into a role.
What role is that? The role of the host. I think host is a nice word. We want to make the guest's stay more pleasant. We want to be there for him, to serve him. Even though many receptionists may not like to say it. I like to be of service.
Serving. Is it something you were born with? It is a characteristic. As a receptionist, one needs to be passionate to be there for the guests. I am reachable 24 hours a day. I give each guest a calling card with my cell phone number. Guests appreciate being able to call me at any time. It makes them feel at home here.
"When I see a guest's name, I remember his particular preferences." What are your intangible rewards? When a guest comes and expresses his gratitude for all we have done for him. That beats everything. It tells us that we have done our job. We recently had a very discerning and very reserved guest. But when he came to say farewell, he unexpectedly approached me and asked if he may kiss me. He said to me: "You're just marvelous". I would never have expected that from this particular guest.
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Hotel design
Coming to stay Designing hotels is Andreas Neudahm's passion. He and his team have designed more than 450 hotels around the world over the past 20 years. Be it Marriott, Best Western or Holiday Inn – Neudahm has worked for nearly every major hotel chain in the world.
"But of course I use sliding doors. They simply save space." Andreas Neudahm, hotel designer
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The reception The lobby as a market place "The entrance is the hotel's calling card", says designer Andreas Neudahm of Wuppertal. A guest entering a hotel should find his way around easily right from the start. "He needs to know immediately where things are", he says. It should be obvious at a glance where the check-in, the bar, the elevator and the breakfast room are located. "The lobby is the front room of the house", says the designer. The area needs to be clearly laid out and generously dimensioned for guests to soon feel at home.
Guests should enjoy spending time in the lobby "Hotels often used to have various rooms the bar here, the reception over there. I like it when everything is in one big space. We
esign lobbies with seamless transitions that d allow you to watch the comings and goings from the bar or find a comfortable chair and work on your laptop." The lobby should have an inviting design so that guests enjoy spending time there: "Guests who stay inside the hotel are important to the owner as they consume more and generate revenue."
The room Love at first sight "When I enter a room it should always be love at first sight", says Neudahm. The guest enters the room and looks around. "I need to have a cozy, warm feeling as soon as the light goes on." The bed is the pivotal object in every hotel room.
Neudahm’s belief: every room needs a large, comfortable bed. Pillows and linen should be draped invitingly. The next thing the guest wants to know is where to put his bags. The luggage rack should therefore be easily identifiable.
Sliding solutions save space Hotels in central and expensive locations do not generally have large rooms. Neudahm therefore often uses light and appealing materials. "They enable me to make small rooms appear larger", he explains. Furthermore, the renowned interior designer always uses sliding doors whenever possible. For instance as access doors to the bathroom or balcony, especially when designing city hotels. It makes guests feel less cramped. After all: "Sliding doors simply save space."
A room at Alden Luxury Suite Hotel in Zurich. The bed should be large, comfortable and inviting.
Designed as a mar ketplace – open and generous: lobbies at the Leonardo Royal Munich and Herods Dead Sea. SLIDE No. 13 13
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Multi-functional rooms Hotels rely on additional uses and functions
Separable in two halves and therefore can be utilized for various purposes: a hall at Hotel St. Regis in Doha
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City hotels have long since stopped relying solely on guests staying overnight to earn their keep. An ever greater part of their revenue is achieved through product presentations, conventions and meetings. "They are the absolute profit centers of today", says Neudahm, "many hotels fill their rooms purely via public functions." Hotels therefore need space for large equipment, "generous rooms capable of holding construction machinery or a car as well as many sales reps. They are the ones who fill the rooms."
Seminar room becomes banquet hall Hotels therefore need rooms suitable for vari-
ous functions. The lecture hall of the morning becomes the banquet hall at night.
Converting rooms with mobile partition walls Neudahm equips rooms with large sliding elements that allow the hotelier to change the room size. "When possible, we hide the elements in pockets so that you don’t see them. Today, the industry can provide doors that fold and slide and completely disappear." Guests attending a banquet don't want to have the feeling of dining in a seminar room. The surfaces of the sliding elements are designed in a way that conceals the fact they are mobile partition walls.
Jeff Vecchiarelli knows what aspects of hotel design make guests want to stay.
"We are proud of our uniform esthetic appeal." "Starwood Hotels and Resorts" is one of the largest hotel chains with 1,200 hotels around the world, including the Sheraton Hotels. Jeff Vecchiarelli is Senior Director of Design Management for the hotel group. He explains what is important in hotel design. Mr Vecchiarelli, what can a designer do to make guests feel at home and easily find their way around a Starwood Hotel or Resort?
Do you also use sliding elements?
The most successful hotels of our Select Service, Upper Upscale or Luxury Brands give the arriving guest a feeling of esthetic and uniform design – both in public areas and in the rooms. We achieve this through the sensitive use of colors, patterns, surfaces, textures, stylistic and graphic elements. They help the guest find his way around more easily in an unfamiliar environment.
Sliding doors have always been a popular element of design in our hotel rooms. They take up less space than normal pivot doors, all the more so in smaller rooms. In our recently renovated Westin Hotels, for instance, we use sliding doors with vision panels for the bathrooms that we customize with graphic appliqués for greater individuality. It looks very impressive and beautiful when the closed doors are illuminated from behind by the bathroom light.
What is the most important aspect of design in your hotel rooms?
How important is it for the houses in Star wood Hotels & Resorts to have a high recog
nition value? And how important is their r elationship to the surrounding area? We are proud to offer a uniform, esthetic appearance in our houses across the world. References to the surrounding area can contribute to the guests' well-being if implemented sensitively. It is very easy to do too much, and then it becomes thematic. Today, for instance, it is commonplace to hang "postcard views" of the town or local environment in hotel rooms. However, the pictures need to convey the right feeling without appearing tasteless. And we also assume our guests already know what town they are staying in when they enter their hotel room.
The main focal point we look at when we review the design of our hotel rooms is whether it is in keeping with our brand. One of the most difficult aspects of our work is maintaining the integrity of these nine brands through a uniform design without suffocating crea tivity. We expect our requirements to be met in full and are pleased when we can offer our guests a design that exceeds their expectations.
How do you design small hotel rooms to prevent the guest from feeling cramped de spite spatial limitations? It is common practice to use smaller, multifunctional furniture units in small hotel rooms as they make the room appear larger. Neutral basic colors are freshened up with colorful nuances and the use of freely adjustable lighting allows the guest to adapt it to suit the daylight situation. That makes staying in the room more varied and interesting.
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Projects
Hawa in hotels They save space and look very elegant: sliding doors in the hotel rooms of the JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai, where more than 2000 Hawa hardware units are at work.
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2020 Hawa hardware systems for the world's tallest hotel The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai is a building of superlatives. It is the tallest hotel in the world that is not used for any other purpose. The building has 77 floors and is 355 meters tall.
a wellness spa, a health club, an auditorium, a banquet hall and no fewer than 19 restau rants: diners in the towers can choose be tween Italian, Indian and Japanese cuisine, to name but a few.
Despite its impressive height, the hotel with its two identical towers is only the sixth tallest building in Dubai. The towers are designed in the shape of date palms – a symbol deeply rooted in Arabian culture. The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel has a lot to offer: 18 shops,
The Marriott in Dubai offers more than 1600 rooms and suites, including 236 ex ecutive suites and four two-story penthouse suites. The rooms are evenly distributed over the 77 floors of the two impressive towers. Every room and every suite has a
Project: Location: Country: Architects: Interior fittings: Realization: Completion: Hawa systems: Intention: Quantity: Material:
bathroom with a sliding door, and some have walk-in wardrobes with the same feature. The sliding elements were chosen to save space. The generously dimensioned sliding doors glide gently on HAWA-Junior 80/B and HAWA-Junior 120/B hardware. Why Hawa? "The hardware is an excellent product", explains Peter Snellgrove of LWD Interiors in Dubai in a nutshell, "it has proven itself time and again."
JW Marriott Marquis Hotel Dubai United Arab Emirates Arch Group Consultants, Dubai LWD Interiors, Dubai Leader LLC, Dubai 2013 HAWA-Junior 80/B, HAWA-Junior 120/B Sliding doors 2020 Wood SLIDE No. 13 17
Projects
A golden egg in the heart of the Swiss Alps The hotel in Davos in the Swiss Alps that opened at the end of 2013 is much more than simply eye-catching: seen from afar, its curved golden facade is reminiscent of an Easter egg. The oval hotel in the Graubunden mountains is 42 meters tall, 230 meters long and 60 me ters deep. The InterContinental stands at 1627 meters above sea level on a slope at the northern end of the village with a fantastic view of Davos. The Studio Grigio restaurant on the tenth floor affords its guests a view of the surrounding mountains and is a real experience. Not to mention the wellness and spa area: 1200 square meters of natural stone, whirlpools, saunas and a steam bath and – particularly spectacular in winter – a large, heated out door swimming pool. The luxury hotel has ten floors with 216 spacious and luxuriously fur nished rooms, including 25 suites, all of which
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have a balcony. Sliding doors close off the wet rooms in every room. "Although the rooms are very spacious," explains interior designer Kathrin Matthiesen of cm design in Hamburg, "they nonetheless all have the classic layout: in the hall, the wardrobe is on the left and the bathroom on the right, with the bedroom straight ahead." Some rooms have connecting doors. "That means two to three doors in eve ry hall. Enough to be quite confusing." The designers therefore faced the question: "Where to put all the door strikes?" It was on account of this challenge that the architects decided to use sliding doors, for instance in the bathrooms. The decision to use hardware made by Hawa in the InterContinental Davos was made by interior design company Klumpp Innenausbau. The company from southern Germany was responsible for realiz ing the project in Davos and has worked with Hawa hardware for years with nothing but the best experience.
Project: Hotel InterContinental Location: Davos Country: Switzerland Architects: Oikios GmbH, Munich / cm design, Hamburg Realization: Baulink AG Davos (general contractor) Building owner: Immobilienfonds der Credit Suisse AG Completion: December 2013 Hawa system: HAWA-Junior 80/B Intention: Sliding doors Quantity: 160 Material: Wood
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Projects
The Chedi Andermatt: the alpine temple of repose It looks like a large chalet, blends in well with the village color scheme of Andermatt and from afar hardly looks like a five-star hotel. The Chedi Andermatt is a part of the tourism project by entrepreneur Samih Sawiris. Jean-Michel Gathy of Denniston Architects says he oriented his design on the "grand old ladies". He means, of course, the legendary grand hotels of the Swiss Alps in St. Moritz and Gstaad. And in Andermatt. These hotels were all built around about the beginning of the 20th century. Where the Chedi now stands was once the site of the Grand Hotel Bellevue. For Gathy, the interior design is reminiscent of the year 1904 and the great era of the Grand Hotels. "We used etched glass, conical mirrors and heavy velvet curtains, one or two chandeliers and a few ornamental elements reminiscent of
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the 'grand old lady' of 1904", says the archi tect. A large amount of natural stone and a lot of local wood was used. The design is a mix ture of Swiss-Alpine and Asiatic elements. The design mix matches the name. Chedi is Thai and describes a part of a temple. The Chedi Andermatt has 106 rooms and suites, seven lounges, bars and restaurants including The Japanese Restaurant and The Restaurant, where Asian and western cuisine is prepared in four studio kitchens before the eyes of the guests. The luxury hotel also houses a cigar lounge with a walkin humidor and, as a highlight, a 2400 square meter spa with ten spa suites. In most rooms, the bathroom is accessed through sliding doors that open fully. They lend the rooms a generous airy feeling. "The room feels bigger when all the doors are open", says architect Gathy.
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The Chedi Andermatt Hotel and Residences Location: Andermatt Country: Switzerland Architects: Denniston Architects, Malaysia Realization: Voglauer hotel concept, Abtenau Building owner: Andermatt Swiss Alps AG Completion: December 2013 Hawa system: HAWA-Concepta 50 HAWA-Junior 80/Z HAWA-Variofold 80/H Intention: Sliding doors, pivot pocket doors, folding walls Material: Wood
A large chalet in the heart of the village. The new five-star hotel The Chedi Andermatt blends discreetly into its rural surroundings. SLIDE No. 13 21
Know-how
That is why the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic is a permanent guest in Saarlouis The facade designed for the hotel is very special. It can open and close automatically with the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic. • Strong in design: HAWA-Frontego 30/matic is the hardware system for folding/sliding shutters with flushfitting leaves of up to 30 kg (66 lbs.) each. • Convenient: guests do not need to crank a handle to operate the shutters. A touch of a button sets the shutters gently in motion and brakes them just as gently. • Weather-proof: the folding/sliding shutters operate reliably at temperatures from – 20 °C to + 60 °C (68 °F to 140 °F). Wind, rain or salt cannot bring them off course. • Complete safety for hotel guests: the shutters stop and reverse automatically when they encounter an obstacle. Protective profiles on both sides offer the greatest possible protection against pinching. • Discreet: the hardware technology is invisible. Drive system and controls are fully integrated.
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Saarlouis: first meeting between architect Achim Gergen and Hawa project consultant Ulrich Kraus.
Bau München: the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic is presented to the public for the first time.
Meetings, planning and budgeting: Gergen and Kraus maintain continuous contact.
Various facade constructors were visited during the evaluation phase.
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HAWA-Frontego 30/matic
Hardware for a unique facade
Good support: Philipp Schrader, technical manager at Annen, and project consultant Ulrich Krausfrom Hawa
The folding/sliding shutters to be installed at the Hotel Lamaison in Saarlouis (D) in 2014 will be moved by the new HAWA-Frontego 30/matic. This is how it happened: The facade of the four-star hotel Lamaison is intended to provide more than mere protection from wind, sun and prying eyes: it also lends the building a very individual character. "The shutters close in the evening, as if the building were going to sleep", explains architect Achim Gergen.
Push-button operation The planning phase quickly revealed a major requirement: the hotel guests should be able to open and close the folding/sliding shutters on the 33 rooms of the new building at the touch of a button. CBAG Architekten, the firm of architects run by Gergen and partner Christina Beaumont, went in search of options for realizing a facade of this nature. "Our research revealed various solutions, none of which, however, were really convincing", says Gergen. They finally discovered Hawa via a similar project in Paris involving a manual system. What Gergen didn't know: at precisely that moment in time – it was the autumn of 2012 – Hawa was developing the HAWA-
Frontego 30/matic: "It was perfect. We were in the right place at the right time." Ulrich Kraus of Hawa presented the preliminary versions of the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic to the architects in November 2012. Kraus invited Gergen and building owner Günther Wagner, former owner of one of Europe's largest frozen pizza producers, to the Bau München exhibition in January 2013, where the hardware was on display for the first time. Both were convinced of the quality and decided in favor of the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic.
Calling facade constructors to tender Hawa's project consultant helped the architects compile the directory of services: "It was valuable assistance that helped us not to forget anything important", says Gergen. The winning bid was submitted by Annen GmbH & Co. KG, based near Saarbrücken. Two of the company's employees traveled to Hawa in March 2014. In Switzerland, they received training in preparation for fitting the first folding/sliding hardware units in the autumn.
"Hawa developed precisely the type of hardware we were looking for." Achim Gergen, CBAG Architekten BDA
March 2014
September 2014
November 2014
Metal construction company Annen GmbH & Co. KG wins the contract and receives training from Hawa.
A model system is installed on the shell of the new hotel in Saarlouis for test purposes.
Planned installation of the HAWA-Frontego 30/matic in Hotel Lamaison.
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Know-how
Studying the assembly instructions in detail: a good opportunity to talk shop.
"You can understand the functionality of the hardware much better if you can hold it in your hands and work with it." Steven Vanes, Bermabru NV
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25: the aluminum strip is screwed to the hinge during the preparation phase.
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Listen and try out: attendees get to know the hardware. HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 and HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80
New products to touch New products from Hawa are presented to market partners around the world, preferably on location. Like this spring in Belgium, where Hawa agent Geert Lesage introduced the HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 and the HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 to more than 100 professionals. Hawa's partners – carpenters, glazers and metal construction workers, retailers and designers – get to know the hardware in minute detail at the events. Workshop attendees learn which hardware is best suited for a specific application and how it is used.
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 The new bi-folding pocket door hardware HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 is ideal for
multi-functional rooms such as, for instance, combined dining and living rooms. With the hardware, the cabinet fronts of a kitchen of up to 2800 mm (9' 2 –41 ") in width close perfectly flush. A multi-door front disappears completely into a 110 mm (4 16 –5 ") wide recess when opened. And: there is no need for a center panel thanks to the new reinforcement profile for the HAWA-Folding Concepta 25.
"It is an advantage to have Hawa training events take place here in Belgium. More of our employees are able to attend them." Philip Duponselle, Deceuninck Deforce NV SLIDE No. 13 25
Know-how
The HAWA-Folding oncepta 25 allows C the installer to conveniently adjust the incline angle of the cabinet door from the front.
"You can provide much more detailed information about the hardware once you know how to install it properly." Michel Mulder, Häfele
Assembly in four steps
HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80
Workshop attendees have ample opportunity to get their hands on the hardware. They have enough time to fit and remove the hardware from the models. "We show them how easy it is to work with our hardware", says Geert Lesage, Hawa agent in Belgium, and explains the four steps required to install the new HAWA-Folding Concepta 25. The first step is planning – for instance calculating drill hole positions. The second step is preparing the door and cabinet body and preassembling the hinges and profiles. The third and fourth steps are fitting and adjusting the doors: the pivot door element is installed and aligned first, followed by the folding doors.
The attendees in Belgium also got to see a demonstration of the HAWA-PurolinoPLUS 80, the new designer hardware for all-glass sliding doors used to partition rooms. "It is beautiful hardware for all-glass sliding doors", raves Lesage, "you can install it in the ceiling and then adjust all of the components from the bottom." The instructor shows how easy it is to fit the wedge that is used to adjust the height. Geert Lesage: "You can push it in by hand, virtually without any tools." The optional soft closing mechanism SoftMove 80 gently brakes the sliding door and draws it into its final position.
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HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80: the suspension wedge for adjusting the height slides in easily by hand.
Pivot/slide-in and bi-folding pocket doors from Hawa
Soon to be standard in every kitchen One thing was clearly obvious at the EuroCucina kitchen exhibition in Milan this spring: kitchen cabinet manufacturers bank on Hawa. Two out of every three kitchen cabinet manufacturers in the middle to upper market segment make use of pivot/slide-in doors. A large proportion of the hardware stems from the HAWA-Concepta family. The HAWA-Folding Concepta 25, the hardware for bi-folding pocket doors, is equally as popular.
Cabinet doors cannot jam thanks to the scissor technology of the HAWA-Folding Concepta 25. Assembly explained step by step:
Popular with kitchen fitters: the HAWAConcepta for pivot/ slide-in pocket doors tucks doors spacesavingly into a recess, as used here by Leicht Küchen (left) and Schiffini.
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Know-how
Hawa Student Award 2014
Designing future student accommodation concepts 1 Awarded for their projects (f.l.): Yannick Perroud, Severine Frehner, Matthias Schilling, Alain Brülisauer, Jara Baarlink, Tim Mohr
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2 Winner Tim Mohr receives his certificate from Hawa Managing Director Gregor Haab. 3 Keen interest: the project exhibition at the ETH. 4
Master's student Tim Mohr of Leibnitz University in Hanover received 3 the main prize for his project "Schweizer Taschenzimmer" at the wellattended Hawa Student Award ceremony held on 6 March 2014. The challenge was to develop new accommodation concepts for students under the motto "Home for a while".
"It is important to give budding architects a chance to prove their skills", said Gregor Haab during the award ceremony. It is also the reason why Hawa invited budding architects to participate in an international competition for the third time. This time, the task was to address the issue of how students of the future might live. 54 projects were submitted, four
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of which received awards. The jury found "Schweizer Taschenzimmer", a project presented by Tim Mohr, a Master's student at Leibniz University in Hanover, most convincing. Attendees of the award ceremony, during which jury member Prof. Michael Schumacher gave a speech, had ample time to view the best submissions.
4 The award ceremony in Zurich: a good opportunity to exchange ideas
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For more information on the award-winning projects and photos of the ceremony, go to www.myslidestyle.ch
3 questions for Prof. Michael Schumacher How does a competition such as the Hawa Student Award benefit students and universities? As a university, we are grateful for competitions of this nature. They offer interesting tasks and create a direct connection between future designers and the construction industry. Students come to grips with one or more aspects of construction and in doing so experience the complexity and depth of the problems involved. They can also compare themselves with students from other universities and countries and create networks for the future.
What distinguishes the winning project?
can be made larger or smaller to the benefit or at the expense of shared kitchen and living space. This results in apartments with easily changeable elements that significantly expand and change not only their range of uses but also their appearance.
What particular challenges face the designer of accommodation for students? Accommodation for students is scarce and therefore expensive in popular university locations. The challenge is to use architectural finesse to make living together in as compact a space as possible nonetheless exciting and trouble-free for these wonderful post-school years.
By cleverly designing sliding partition walls, Tim Mohr creates very adaptable apartments for shared student accommodation. The students' private rooms
"Competitions can create a connection between future designers and the construction industry." Prof. Michael Schumacher, Leibnitz University Hannover, jury member SLIDE No. 13 29
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Product information Three clever little helpers from the HAWA-Junior family
1 Floor guide on the wall
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Difficult fastening options in brittle or crumbly screed or in areas with underfloor heating can lead to problems.
Concrete setting profile for the building shell
A HAWA-Confort 120 – 160, the practical supplement to the HAWA-Junior range, is used to mount the floor guide directly to the wall. The guide and retainer components can be adjusted sideways. They keep sliding doors weighing up to 160 kg (352 lbs) perfectly perpendicular.
Tradesmen know: drilling into concrete ceilings to subsequently install room high sliding doors can involve risks. Supply lines can be damaged, for instance.
2 Sound absorbing bracket restores peace and quiet HAWA-Junior hardware systems count among the quietest of all sliding systems. Nonetheless, vibrations can still be transferred to the building depending on the constructional situation. HAWA-SoundEx sound absorbing brackets are the solution. The bracket is attached to the ceiling. The top track is clamped to the bracket by slot nuts in the original drill holes. Peace and silence in adjacent rooms is thus ensured.
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These risks, however, are preventable. The HAWA-Adapto 80 – 120 concrete setting profile is an elegant solution for the transition from top track to ceiling. Integrating it in the building shell is easy and efficient. It enables HAWA-Junior 80 and 120 top tracks to be installed flush with the ceiling, either with or without a fixed glass retainer.
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Architect@Work 14 National trade show for architecture, construction and interior design www.architectatwork.nl
17. – 18.9.2014
Rotterdam, Netherlands Hawa: Stand 12
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5. – 6.11.2014
Berlin, Germany Hawa: Stand 16
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3. – 4.12.2014
Stuttgart, Germany Hawa: Stand 90
Artibat 14 The trade show for western France www.artibat.com
22. – 24.10.2014
Rennes, France Hawa: Hall 9, Stand D26
19. – 24.1.2015
Munich, Germany Hawa: Hall C4, Stand 310
Bau 15 The global trade show for architects, designers, construction engineers, general contractors, tradesmen and building material suppliers www.bau-muenchen.com
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"To me, teamwork means exchanging ideas, discussions and committed involvement in the achievement of a shared goal: the satisfaction of our customers." Metal construction draftsman Didier Bourban has worked for Hawa as a project consultant in French-speaking Switzerland since autumn 2013. His job is to support architects by providing advice during their projects. What Bourban appreciates about Hawa is the technical maturity, high quality and precision of the company's products. Bourban (40) is married, father to a daughter and a son and lives in French-speaking Switzerland. He often spends his free time pursuing sports activities. He likes to hike and in winter makes sure he has ample opportunity to glide across snow and ice.
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