No. 14
SLIDE Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retail, Trade
The profile makes the difference
How a company hones its profile Hawa makes a mark with projects around the world In profile: the top tracks for Hawa’s sliding hardware systems
Contents
The profile Versatile job profiles Experts from many fields work for Hawa
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Unique thanks to a clear-cut profile A clear-cut profile makes unique and unmistakable. A profile leaves traces and has a high recall value. That applies to people as much as it does to companies. A clear-cut profile is of pivotal importance to a company as it enables it to stand out from the competition. A company’s profile is defined by its employees, especially those with customer contact. In our segment, a profile is also defined by high-quality products, as the contribution on top tracks in this edition goes to show. Finally, the values that are of importance to us and are a part of Hawa also help define the profile. As a family-run company, we want to nurture and actively live by values such as simplicity, Swiss quality and innovation.
Gregor and Heinz Haab Managing Directors Hawa AG, Sliding Hardware Systems
Topic A clear-cut profile defines a company No take-off permission without a profile Telltale profiles Job profiles at Hawa How to get to know yourself
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Projects House with a flexible facade, Munich Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires The invisible kitchen, Paris
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Know-how How Hawa top tracks are made Barrier-free living space HAWA-Frontego 30/matic for the hotel facade Improving what is already good: further developments at Hawa Product news Agenda, Personal
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For soft sliding Takes a lot of know-how: top track production
Versatile This house facade welcomes change
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Proven systems optimized New in the range: the HAWA-Junior 80/B (mod.)
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Unmistakable products with a quality seal: a hammer drill from Hilti, a fountain pen from Caran d’Ache, the HAWA-Junior, a Leica camera, the Lounge Chair by Charles & Ray Eames for Vitra
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A clear-cut profile defines a company A company wanting to assert itself in the marketplace needs a clear-cut profile. This profile thrives on a company’s consistency and dependability. But also on the quality and uniqueness of its products and services.
In 1985, Reagan and Gorbachev signed a pivotal agreement for greater cooperation with a fountain pen made by Geneva-based company Caran d’Ache. Pablo Picasso also worked with pens and pencils produced by Switzerland’s only manufacturer of writing and sketching implements. Today, people in Dubai, Montreal and London work with Caran d‘Ache products. The company’s pencils, ball-point pens and fountain pens stand for quality and innovation.
Benchmarks Nearly every market segment has companies with such clear-cut corporate profiles. Leica is the reference for cameras, Hilti for hammer
No company can avoid proactively developing its own profile.
drills, Canon for printers. They are the benchmarks for the competition. Product quality defines the appearance of a company to the outside world.
Being proactive No company can avoid proactively developing its own profile. “A company has to influence the corporate image that the customer creates in his mind’s eye”, says Dr Stephan Feige, managing director of htp St. Gallen Managementberatung AG in Zurich. As he and communications scientist Watzlawick opine: “You cannot not communicate. You are always communicating, whether you want to or not.” Products and their quality play an important role among the profile-forming factors. Products must have unique selling propositions that make them unmistakable. The products themselves are the results of the interplay between the people in a company. They reflect the nature of a company and the entrepreneurial spirit of its employees.
Products and their qualities have a significant impact on the factors that define the profile. How the profile is defined This corporate nature finds expression in many ways: it is seen in how people are greeted on the phone, how employees behave, the interest shown in customer needs and wants. It has a cross-over effect: if employees are reliable, then so are the products and services. Management consultant Feige recommends that companies should define the essence of their nature in a few short and concise words. Hawa gets straight to the point: “We inspire through high-quality sliding solutions and are a reliable partner”.
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No take-off permission without a profile They make a mark at every start and every landing: although plane tires only travel a few hundred meters, they nonetheless feel the pressure. When a plane lands, the main landing gear wheels rapidly accelerate from zero to around 1100 rpm. However, the tires are subject to even greater pressure during take-off: shortly
before a large and heavy plane takes off, each of its wheels is pushed against the runway with a force of 25 tonnes, a hundred times more than the wheels on a family car. That is why the pilots have to check the tires carefully prior to every take-off. The tire profile indicates when the tire is worn. The tread depth is usually around one centimeter. When the tread profile at the center is no longer visible,
the tire has to be returned to the manufacturer where a new tread surface is applied via vulcanization. Each tire can be remolded six to eight times before touching down for the last time. The ultimate destination is reached after 200 to 300 landings, or just over 100 kilometers. By way of comparison: a car tire only needs replacing every 20,000 to 40,000 kilometers.
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Telltale profiles Anyone walking around in the wild leaves tracks. These traces are at their most conspicuous in freshly fallen snow. Animal tracks reveal a wealth of information and enable the creation of a profile of the creature. It is possible to tell more than simply which animal made the footprint. These tracks, as animal footprints are also called, also indicate the gender and age. They reveal more than just the direction in which the ani-
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mal was traveling. They also show, for instance, whether a rabbit hopped lazily past or whether it was running for its life. The latter is indicated by typical zig-zag tracks with numerous changes of direction. Other animals also leave behind unqiue tracks. The straight line left by a trotting fox is particularly striking: the animal places its rear paws precisely in the tracks made by its front paws as it moves straight ahead. The tracks left by a fox therefore resemble a string of pearls.
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Job profiles Specialists from a wide range of fields work at Hawa. Their training and experience enables them to carry out their work with skill and reliability – both within the company and in contact with customers.
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The wish-granter Myrta Kappeler, project manager for special products Myrta Kappeler’s job was created in 2014 to enable Hawa to react even faster to customer wishes and market feedback. Two types of request end up on the desk of the graduate designer and E xecutive Master of Business Administration. The first concerns existing products where market feedback has revealed potential for optimization. These optimizations are implemented immediately. The second concerns the design of special solutions based on customer requests. Myrta Kappeler, who does not have any
direct customer contact, develops a solution as soon as the task has been defined. She checks feasibility, draws up a schedule and calculates costs so a quote can be provided to the customer. If the customer is interested, she designs the product in CAD, has prototypes manufactured, carries out functionality tests and develops the product until it is ready for serial production. She handles numerous projects simultaneously and therefore needs to adopt a structured and flexible approach to her work.
The overseer Luca Scheidegger, logistics trainee There is a continual coming and going at his “home” at Hawa: that’s the name the 18-year-old logistics trainee has given to the warehouse where he “marries” – to use the jargon – incoming hardware, top tracks, etc. Product and container are brought together and then entered into the system to update stock levels. L uca’s other tasks include
preparing orders for shipping. In addition to other jobs, this mainly means packaging products. Packaging demands a good spatial sense, d epending on the size of the product. How, for instance, does one package a monster such as six-meter long top track in the shape of a U? “We make a rectangular wooden box”, says the third-year trainee.
The networker Anke Deutschenbaur, head of the Slide Studio Variable room structures are gaining ever greater importance in times when living space is scarce and living forms are changing. Hawa is engaged in a continuous dialog with architects to inform them of room designs with sliding hardware. To this end, Anke Deutschenbaur has worked on developing the Slide Studio since 2007. Her field of activity is very wide. Her tasks include finding out what architects and designers expect of sliding hardware and feeding this information into product d evelopment at Hawa. To do so, she r esearches forums, networks with others in
the field, organizes lecture events for architects and invites them to product tests. She is also responsible for the topical Hawa website www.myslidestyle.ch. She ensures Hawa stays in touch with budding architects through the Hawa Student Award, which has already been presented three times. Anke Deutschenbaur relies on her varied professional training in her daily work. Having obtained her university entrance examination, she completed an apprenticeship in carpentry and went on to study industrial design. She is therefore familiar with both the carpenter’s and the designer’s viewpoint.
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The tinkerer René Blatter, team leader, plant engineering René Blatter is responsible for maintaining the plant and equipment at Hawa. If something stops working, he makes sure it gets repaired. But René Blatter, a trained mechanical engineer with additional training in automated engineering, also takes care of other tasks. He has optimized many an existing machine and has designed and developed even more from scratch. A drilling machine for the suspension screws of the HAWA-Junior, for instance, is one of his inventions. He also designed a stacker for
The first-aider Karl Niederberger, technical consultant Karl Niederberger’s phone starts ringing when a tradesman is having trouble installing a hardware product made by Hawa. The 44-year-old is one of three technical consultants at Hawa. The reason for the call is often quite simple: the tradesman has overlooked something in the assembly instructions. Other calls concern special requests. Sometimes architects call who need assistance with designing a sliding solution. The majority of issues are dealt with quickly. It usually suffices if the consultant asks a few specific questions and emails a sketch.
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Job requirement: Niederberger has to have a detailed knowledge of Hawa hardware. His advantage: as a trained cabinetmaker he often worked on building sites. “I speak the same language as the people who call me on the phone”, he says, “they realize I am familiar with the material. That creates trust.” It also takes a flair for dealing with other people, courage and imagination: “It takes imagination to find unusual solutions for a problem. And courage to say unmistakably that a project of this nature is simply not possible in this way.”
the packaging machine: it automatically conveys packaged hardware to the scales and then to a transport trolley. Employees no longer need to bear the strain of carrying 20 kg packages from point A to B. Furthermore, weighing the packages ensures that each s hipment is complete. Blatter d escribes himself as a tinkerer who doesn’t give up that easily when something isn’t working. He often has a machine in his mind’s eye: “I know right from the start what steps are needed for it to work.”
Michael F. Gschwind, specialist psychologist for coaching psychology
Who dares, wins Anyone wanting to progress at work needs to know his personality profile. Michael F. Gschwind, coaching psychologist and career consultant, tells us in an interview how we can learn to estimate our own skills, strengths and weaknesses. How can I get to know my personality profile better? That is a life-long process that starts in childhood and never ends. People get to know themselves by taking time for themselves. When I ask myself what it is that characterizes me, who I want to be, how others see me. Of course, I can deliberate systematically and write down which of my technical, social and personal skills are well developed and which ones less so. Feedback from other people is also important. Our personality profile is derived from self-reflection and feedback.
How do you get the feedback? For instance, by asking how others expe rience my behavior in certain situations – perhaps how a lecture I gave was perceived by the audience. At work, I get feedback during the employee review.
What do you do with the feedback? Some people are resistant to feedback, whilst others react very sensitively to it. You have to learn not to take feedback too much to heart, but rather to let it be and only take on board what will be of benefit to your personal progress. It is also helpful to know what effect my behavior has on others. This ability leads to self-efficacy.
How do you develop self-efficacy? You can develop self-efficacy by being aware of everything you make happen in your life and in particular how you achieved it. Another possibility is to develop a set of guiding principles based on your own experience. For instance, by telling yourself you will find ways and means to assert yourself and knowing how you would like to behave in unexpected situations. This is how to develop a self-efficient basic attitude.
It is said that not all of us make the best out of our potential. How can we change that? It is well known that children who grow up in a varied environment get to know their skills best of all. The same applies to adults: he who dares to try out something new, who experiments, will make new experiences. He who takes on a voluntary task in his club or association can discover new personal skills. A team sport can also help people discover new aspects of their personalities.
“Everyone should be able to make a clear statement about their personality.” Michael F. Gschwind
For instance? Sailing, for example, can show me whether I can lead and motivate others. The important issue here is to accept these situations as a challenge and not to be afraid of failure. Job rotation is another option in a professional setting: people spend time working in a different department to broaden their horizons.
What exactly does that mean?
How do you learn to communicate your profile?
Self-efficacy means being able to correctly estimate one’s own competence in dealing with difficulties and obstacles. Knowing the impact of one’s actions. The belief in our own self-efficacy grows with every goal we achieve.
Everyone should be able to make a clear statement about their personality and their idiosyncrasies. Many people are unable to answer when asked who they are. We should learn how to formulate the answer for ourselves. It will be of help during any job interview.
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Projects
This facade adapts to the inhabitants
The transparent facade on the house extension, an aluminum slat screen, is easy to change at will. In just a few steps it opens onto the front garden, and can be closed in many ways to suit the situation. The owner of the small, two-story house in Munich’s Laim district wanted more space. Instead of demolishing the building, he opted for an extension to maintain the character of the house that dates from the 1940s. Haack + Höpfner Architekten basically added an extension of equal size with an identical cross-section to the old house. Its inhabitants now have 146 m2 of available space. “The new volume is an abstract impression of the old house”, explains architect John Höpfner. A glass joint connects the new part of the house to the old building. The extension’s roof and side walls are clad in anthracite fiber-cement panels. The front of the extension facing the road consists of an almost fully glazed gabled facade. It is clad
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with what appears to be a gapless slat screen. The slats consist of white powdercoated square hollow profiles (40 x 40 mm) made of aluminum. They provide privacy and protection from the sun, deter burglars and create an interplay b etween light and shade inside the house that changes depending on the season and time of day. At ground floor level, the slat screen consists of five sections, with the middle three designed as sliding doors. Their dimensions: 1.5 m wide, 2.7 m high. They slide on HAWA-Aperto 60/H hardware into a parking space at the side. The reason for the choice of hardware was a simple one: “It is the best possible product for this purpose and therefore the right choice”, explains John Höpfner. The mechanism allows this section of the facade to be opened and closed to suit the user’s mood. “It transforms the puristically strict facade into an animated image of everyday family life”, says architect Höpfner.
The triple-glazed glass joint between the old and new buildings runs over the entire external front. It enables daylight to penetrate the depths of the house from above.
Project: Location: Country: Architects: Realization: Building owner: Completion: Hawa system: Intention: Quantity: Material:
Residential house with an adaptable screen facade Munich Germany Haack + Höpfner Architekten und Stadtplaner, Munich Metallbau Nensel Gmbh, Otzbach Privately owned June 2012 HAWA-Aperto 60/H Sliding doors 3 doors + 1 stationary door Aluminum slats SLIDE No. 14 15
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The city’s administration can work in peace thanks to Hawa The impressive building in Buenos Aires was once a power plant. It was built in 1916 in the Florentine style by the Argentinian- Italian Electricity Company and indeed resembles a palazzo in Florence. Electricity was produced in the “Usina” up to the mid-1990s. The power plant in the Boca district near the old port then closed its gates. It stood abandoned for quite some time and began to fall into neglect. In 2006, the city took over the building and turned into a center for culture. The centerpiece is a concert hall of impressive dimensions: 23 meters wide, 103 meters long and 20 meters high. It offers room for 1200 guests and has outstanding acoustics. Musicians of every genre from around the world perform there virtually every day: jazz and rock are
Office room with balcony: the office facilities above the museum area can be closed off with large-surface sliding glass doors.
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just as commonly heard as classical music – and naturally tango, time and again. Today, the “Usina del Arte” is used not only for cultural events: an office used by the city adminis tration for official events and public relations was also set up in the museum section. Transparent solid glass screens designed by Amílcar Machado’s studio for architecture cover three balconies to prevent the noise made by visitors to the museum from disturbing the employees who work there. Two of the built-in sliding glass doors measure four-anda-half meters by three-and-a-half meters, whilst the other measures more than sevenand-a-half meters. The glass doors run on HAWA-Junior 120/GP and HAWA-Junior 160/GP hardware. Even glass elements of this size and weight can be moved easily and safely by hand thanks to the high-quality sliding hardware.
Project: Location: Country: Architects: Realization: Completion: Hawa systems: Intention: Quantity: Material:
Usina del Arte Buenos Aires Argentina Assesor Arq. Amilcar Machado, Buenos Aires Caputo S.A., Buenos Aires 2014 HAWA-Junior 120/GP and HAWA-Junior 160/GP Sliding doors 8 Glass
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Projects
Cooking on a lonely island Living room and kitchen form a single area in many modern homes and therefore often have an open-plan design. People cook where they eat and eat where they live. The owners of the 150 m2 period apartment in Paris had a clear concept for their kitchen: it should be located close to the living room or, better still, be an integral part of it. To fulfil this wish, Dutch interior design firm i29 interior architects designed a kitchen island that is really a piece of furniture.
All supply lines integrated in the table At first glance, the kitchen island looks like a table in a nearly empty room. Even a second glance reveals little more than a table. That’s because the design of this elegant cooking island is reduced to the bare minimum. The surface is only a few centimeters thick. The streamlined piece of furniture nonetheless contains – almost unbelievably – all the necessary connections for water and electricity: they are cleverly concealed inside the legs. Apart from two bar stools next to the island, there is nothing else to see
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xcept for a 2.75-meter-high white wall panel. e But there is more to it than meets the eye. The panel pivots and slides easily into a recess to reveal everything a kitchen needs: lots of space for dishes, cooking utensils and supplies, as well as a fridge, an oven, a coffee machine, a dishwasher, another worktop and a garbage can. The clients, Dutch citizens like the architects, did not necessarily want to hide the kitchen from view. “However, it was the best way for us to integrate the modern kitchen in the historic surroundings”, explains architect Jeroen Dellensen of i29 interior architects in Duivendrecht near Amsterdam. It is for this reason that the designers carefully copied the paneled walls that run throughout the apartment. The unusually high MDF panels pivot easily and slide into the recess thanks to the pivot/slide-in hardware HAWA-Concepta 50. It enables the inhabitants to magically pull their kitchen out of the wall in just a few simple steps. And to make it disappear again for instant tidiness.
Completely concealed behind the large wall elements: kitchen appliances, supplies and dishes are easy to hide.
Project: The invisible kitchen Location: Paris Country: France Architects: i29 interior architects, Duivendrecht NL Interior finishing: Simon Sintenie, Haarlem NL Building owner: Privately owned Completion: 2014 Hawa system: HAWA-Concepta 50 Intention: Pivot/slide-in door Quantity: 6 Material: MDF panels
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Know-how
HAWA-Puro 100–150 The complete top track set enables flexible combinations. HAWA-Frontego 30/matic The largest top track from Hawa: 141 x 129 mm (5.6’’ x 5.1’’), weighs only 8.9 kg per linear meter / 6 lbs per linear foot.
HAWA-Junior 80 The standard top track for HAWA-Junior 80, the most successful product.
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 Slim-line top track ideal for compact installations.
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HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 This asymmetric top track houses the entire technology. Only the track itself and the glass door are visible.
Keeping things rolling Their profiles differ significantly. However, every top track for Hawa s liding hardware serves the same purpose: to let the trolleys roll with smooth efficiency.
HAWA-Frontslide 60/matic Various additional profiles reduce installation time and costs on site.
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25 The top track requires precision forming at Hawa. It is the only way to achieve high-quality running properties.
HAWA-Motus 150/GV-matic These two top tracks are precision-cut and assembled at Hawa.
HAWA-Ordena 70 Twin top track: allows combinations of wood and glass sliding doors.
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“Light-weight tracks are easier to store, transport and assemble.” Berthold Kübler, Head of Operations and Logistics at Hawa
“Optimum stability, as light as possible” Top track development is complex and demands close cooperation between Research and Development and Operations and Logistics, as Peter Ettmüller and Berthold Kübler explain in an interview. What issues do you need to consider when developing top tracks? Ettmüller: Trolley and top track form the heart of every hardware system. They must be carefully aligned in every minute detail. That is the only way of ensuring they fulfil their most important function: high-quality running properties. Top tracks also need to satisfy other demands, for instance different installation and fixing options. Other requirements include options to clip covers onto the tracks, integrate cover caps and attach additional profiles.
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Can you give us an example? Ettmüller: The HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 is equipped with concave rollers. The corresponding running edge therefore has a rounded top. This combination has the advantage of being able to absorb forces transverse to the direction of travel. An additional equalizing movement in the trolley ensures that the force is distributed equally over both rollers.
How do you calculate the load placed on the top track? Ettmüller: We use a numeric calculation meth-
od called Finite E lement Analysis. We simulate the greatest possible load on the top track via FE analysis to calculate the deformation. The results flow into the CAD design process and enable us to develop an optimized top track with sufficient stability and acceptable dimensions.
How so? Kübler: We want top tracks that combine as little weight as possible with high stability. Lightweight tracks are easier to store, transport and install. The result is an ideal cost-benefit ratio.
“The most important demand on top tracks is a high quality of running properties.” Peter Ettmüller, Head of Research and Development at Hawa
What role does design play? Ettmüller: The design of an application is gaining ever greater importance. Top tracks should be as concealed as possible, if not completely invisible. This calls for minimum installation heights and widths. Moreover, our hardware should not dominate the design, but rather appear timeless and discreet and exude an air of durability, robustness and safety.
How do you ensure a product functions properly? Ettmüller: Through design validation, an im-
portant milestone in our development process. We involve experienced third parties such as installers and designers in the validation process. We assemble the system and check installability, functionality and instructions before subjecting the entire hardware system to tests under real working conditions.
What do these conditions look like? Ettmüller: These tests take place with the hardware installed in a real application. We carry them out with higher weights and a larger number of cycles than required.
The H AWA-Frontego 30/matic, for instance, was subjected to outdoor testing for days on end, in summer and in winter.
What other top track processing steps are carried out at Hawa? Kübler: The more installer-friendly a product is, the better its acceptance in the marketplace. For instance, we cut top tracks to the required length. We can also bend top tracks to form curves. That takes a lot of know-how that we have acquired within the scope of process development.
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Unrestricted living space
Total freedom of movement There is a trend towards barrier-free living space in new buildings. Sliding doors without thresholds play an important role in this regard. They benefit both the visually impaired and wheelchair users who have to make do with limited space in their homes. Sliding doors save space and make the best use of tight living conditions.
Every room in Barbara Widmer’s apartment is equipped with sliding doors made by the Hawa Group (Hawa AG and EKU AG). They enable the visually impaired woman to move around freely and safely.
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Checklist: barrier-free living space • The apartment is accessible without climbing a step – from street to front door. • The corridors are at least 1.20 m wide and the doors at least 80 cm wide to allow wheelchair access. • The elevator must be at least 1.10 m wide and 1.40 m deep. • Each apartment has a bathroom of 3.80 m2; no spatial dimension is less than 1.70 m. • One bedroom per apartment measures at least 14 m2 with a width of 3 m. • Kitchen: the area between sink and hob should measure between 25 cm and 90 cm in width and be usable as a worktop. The space beneath a separate work surface should accommodate a wheelchair.
The apartment in the square block in Rigi Kaltbad near Lucerne in Switzerland is tailored to Barbara Widmer’s needs as a vis ually impaired person. Every doorway in the apartment has a sliding door. “Pivoting doors have the disadvantage of protruding into the room. I have often bumped into the edge of a protruding door and hurt myself”, says the qualified medical massage therapist. This hazard doesn’t exist with sliding doors: “At most, I can bump into the surface of a sliding door, but that won’t really cause me any harm.” Sliding doors without a threshold also make life easier for people in wheelchairs, especially in bathrooms where space is at a premium. “Sliding solutions offer more room for maneuver as the door leaf does not get in the way”, says architect Joe Manser, who is himself a
wheelchair user and expert for barrier-free construction.
Attractive for one and all: barrier-free living space Manser doesn’t think we need as many wheelchair-accessible apartments as possible. His opinion: “New apartments should be designed so that they are easily adaptable. After all, different handicaps call for different solutions.” Adaptable rooms need to meet three main requirements: no steps or thresholds, access points wide enough for wheelchairs and enough room for maneuver in the bathroom, kitchen and elevator. Everyone benefits from rooms that are barrier-free or easily adaptable. “They are generally more attractive”, says Manser, “more multi-functional and just as interesting for older people with walking frames as for parents with strollers.”
“Barrier-free apartments are more multi-functional and therefore also of interest to older people and parents with strollers.” Joe Manser, Architect
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Eye-catcher on the new hotel in Saarlouis: a window shutter with a punched pattern. It depicts the Hotel Lamaison logo.
HAWA-Frontego 30/matic, Part 2
Hotel Lamaison in the decisive construction phase The work on the new Hotel in Saarlouis that started last year is nearly finished: the folding/ sliding shutters moved by HAWA-Frontego 30/matic were installed at the beginning of 2015. The new hotel is expected to open its doors in May of this year. This meant working at full speed during the past six months – not only in Germany but also in Switzerland. The trolleys and other components for the eighteen mo torized symmetrical installations were preassembled at Hawa. A total of 81.28 m (266 ft) of top tracks were also manufactured and cut to the required length. Hawa delivered the material to facade constructors Annen GmbH & Co. KG in Manternach (Luxembourg) at the end of November. The big day came in January: the experts from Annen, who last year received special
“From afar, the repetitive logo looks like an abstract pattern.” Achim Gergen, CBAG Architekten BDA
training at Hawa (see SLIDE 13 from September 2014), installed the first model system together with Hawa’s Ulrich Kraus. They assembled the components delivered from Switzerland comprising top and bottom tracks and side elements to form a single unit. Aluminum sheets folded by Annen were used as sample shutters. The sample installation was then tested for correct functionality – with success. The remaining systems were then preassembled in Manternach and transported to Saarlouis for installation. In the meantime, the steel structure designed by Christina Beaumont and Achim Gergen of CBAG Architekten BDA was fitted to the new hotel building. This was required for the installation of the eighteen systems that were subsequently connected by an electrician. Interior work on the 100-year-old villa took place at the same time. This is where the gourmet restaurant Louis will delight its guests when the Hotel Lamaison opens in May.
October/November 2014
December 2014
February/March 2015
Mettmenstetten: production of Hawa-Frontego 30/matic components for the facade of the hotel in Saarlouis
The HAWA-Frontego 30/matic is delivered to metal construction company Annen GmbH & Co. KG
Installation of the s ystems at the new Hotel Lamaison in Saarlouis by Annen
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To be continued in SLIDE 15
Good Improved drive, optimized guides becomes better HAWA-Frontslide 60 and HAWA-Frontslide 60/matic
The hardware systems for manual and automatic sliding shutters have many new features: they now run even more smoothly and are certified in accordance with international standards.
People familiar with the market will know: the needs of partners are always changing. That is why Hawa improves tried and tested sliding hardware systems to make installation more efficient whilst improving safety, freedom of design and convenience of daily use. The innovations at a glance.
Hawa has redesigned the drive for the HAWA-Frontslide 60/matic. It now accelerates very slowly and stops gently. It can also reverse if it encounters an obstacle. The drive housing is now grounded and the hardware system is equipped with a standardized Hirschmann plug as standard. The guides of the HAWA-Frontslide 60 have also been redesigned. These new designs for different guide types
have improved a variety of functions and streamlined the product range.
Certified to EN standards The hardware was certified for corrosion resistance and wind resistance by renowned test institute ift Rosenheim in accordance with international EN standards – for use with sliding shutters up to 60 kg (132 lbs) in weight and 3200 mm (10.5 ft) in height.
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Know-how
The track stop com ponents are concealed behind a cover flap
The suspension carriage simply slides into the suspension profile Convenient adjustment: directly via the assembled hardware
HAWA-Junior 80/B (mod.)
Innovative clip assembly, filigree esthetic appeal The new HAWA-Junior 80/B (mod.) is faster to install. Installers can simply slide the suspension carriage into place and adjust the height conveniently from the front face. The track stop for all HAWA-Junior 80 sliding hardware systems has also been redesigned. This year will see the market launch of the new HAWAJunior 80/B (mod.), the hardware for sliding wood doors with a minimum installation height and weighing up to 80 kg (176 lbs.). The installer only has to slide the carriage into the suspension profile until it clicks into place. He then opens the flap at the front, adjusts the height with a standard hex key and closes the flap – job done. He therefore only needs to
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carry out a few steps to complete the installation.
More room for on-site maneuver The height adjustment mechanism now offers even more options to accommodate the unexpected: structural tolerances of up to 7 mm (0.28 inches) can be compensated. The volume of the integrated suspension units has been reduced and the visible cover is now smaller as a result. All that
r emains is a filigree joint of just 1 millimeter (0.04 inches) between the upper edge of the door and the top track – a clear esthetic benefit.
New track stop The track stop for all HAWA-Junior 80 sliding hardware systems has also been completely redesigned. The new stop is now even easier to install. It has a plastic retainer and features a discreet black cover flap to conceal the technology.
HAWA-Variotec 150/GV and HAWA-Motus 150/GV-matic
New: straight glass suspension and retainer profile A straight glass suspension and retainer profile is now available for HAWA-Variotec 150/GV and HAWA-Motus 150/GV-matic as a supplement to the standard profile. Even more design variants are now possible.
The video shows how easy it is to fit the new HAWA-Junior 80/B (mod.)
HAWA-Motus 150/GV-matic, the hardware for horizontal sliding walls, now with a straight profile.
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Know-how
Product information
Interzum 15
HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80
HAWA-Folding Concepta 25
HAWA-Junior 160
New trade show appearance
Easier installation
Additional tools on the website
The new tracks are straight
Hawa will present new system developments such as the HAWA-Junior 80/B (mod.) or the HAWA-Concepta at the Interzum in Cologne that will take place from 5 – 8 May. Hawa has also modernized the design of its trade show booth in preparation for this important trade show.
The HAWA-Purolino-PLUS 80 now allows the installation of all components after the top track has been installed.
A new calculation tool in five different language versions is now available in the HAWA-Productfinder at www.hawa.com. It is suitable for planning every design variant. The tool calculates every unknown variable quickly and easily as soon as the main dimensions have been entered.
The top tracks of the HAWAJunior 160 have been straightened to match the other top tracks of the HAWA-Junior program.
Hawa AG and EKU AG, the sister companies of the Hawa Group, will both put their competence in sliding hardware solutions on display at the event and show their extensive product range. Their shared product philosophies such as functionality, reliability and convenience in top Swiss quality are essentially what characterize the sliding hardware of the Hawa Group.
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Top tracks with a standard length of 2500 mm (8.2 ft) now feature a cut-out on both sides. This makes it possible to fit the triggering cams into the track retrospectively from underneath.
Data entry will also display the minimum and maximum dimensions. This gives designers more planning reliability and makes their work easier.
It is now also possible to connect top tracks lengthwise using connecting pins. First, this change has enabled a design optimization; second, it makes it easier to implement a solution that is flush with the ceiling. These changes apply to the following products: HAWA-Junior 160/A HAWA-Junior 160/B HAWA-Junior 160/GP HAWA-Junior 160/G
Agenda
Personal
Schreiner / Menuisier 15 In-house exhibition for Swiss carpentry specialists where more than 100 exhibitors show the latest from the fields of hardware, tools, machines and software www.schreiner2015.ch
19 – 21.3.2015
Kloten, Switzerland Hawa: Stand 2.34
26 – 27.3.2015
Lausanne, Switzerland Hawa: Stand 10.20
23 – 24.4.2015
Kortrijk, Belgium Hawa: Stand 126
Architect@Work 15 National trade show for architecture, construction and interior design www.architectatwork.be
www.architectatwork.dk
3 – 4.6.2015
Copenhagen, Denmark Hawa: Stand 40
5 – 8.5.2015
Cologne, Germany Hawa: Hall 7.1, Stand C38
3 – 5.9.2015
Hawa AG headquarters, Mettmenstetten, Switzerland
Interzum 15 Leading international trade show for suppliers to the furniture industry and interior designers www.interzum.de
Roger Lehner The head of the shop fronts and facades department joined Hawa in July 2014. Roger Lehner is a metal construction engineer and designer and an EMBA graduate (Executive Master of Business Administration). He has gained extensive experience in leadership and project management over 12 years with different companies.
50 Years of Hawa Anniversary celebration and open day www.hawa.ch
Legal notice Urs Turtschi Magazine for Architecture, Design, Retail, Trade
SLIDE, No. 14, March 2015, is published twice a year Publisher/Copyright Hawa AG, Sliding Hardware Systems, 8932 Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, slide@hawa.ch, Technical changes reserved Project responsibility Rolf Arnold, Anke Deutschenbaur, Helen Bos Concept/editing/design Basel West Unternehmenskommunikation AG, 4012 Basel, Switzerland; Editing: Stephan Lichtenhahn; Design: Thomas Aerni, Frédéric Giger; Lithography: Sinia Brugger Printed by Engelberger Druck AG, 6370 Stans, Switzerland Languages/Circulation German 6,000, French 2,500, English 5,000 Photo sources p ages 1, 3, 20, 21: M arc Eggimann; pages 2, 10, 11, 12, 22, 23, 24, 25: Frédéric Giger; pages 3, 14, 15: Haack + Höpfner Architekten; page 4: Hilti, Caran d’Ache, Leica, Vitra; pages 6, 7: Hansjörg Egger; pages 8, 9: Bruno Augsburger; pages 16, 17: Amilcar Machado; pages 18, 19: i29 Interior A rchitects; page 26: CBAG Architekten BDA Article No. 22042
The graduate master joiner is usually on the road. In September 2014, he took on the role as the Hawa on tour customer consultant to demonstrate the installation and use of Hawa sliding hardware systems to partners in joiner’s workshops, vocational schools and colleges across Switzerland.
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Hawa sliding hardware: open for refreshing elegance.
A need for flexible room utilisation, increasing demands on comfort and style and new prioritisations in living quarters such as an upgrading of wet rooms are some of the challenges of modern interior design: Hawa AG takes them on with a continuously expanding range of high-quality hardware for space-saving sliding, folding and stacking solutions. Planning a visit to www.hawa.ch is therefore always worthwhile for architects, planners and processors alike. Hawa AG, 8932 Mettmenstetten, Switzerland, Tel. +41 44 767 91 91, Fax +41 44 767 91 78, www.hawa.ch