ROOFING , CLADDING & FACADES
PERFORATED PANELS COMBINE SAFETY , FUNCTIONALITY AND AESTHETICS
Overlooking the Manchester City Canal , a total of 500 apartments are being built in Manchester Waters . The location , quality and facilities are unique , and the selection ranges from studios to 3-bedroom apartments . The first blocks are finished and stand as a symbol of the new Manchester .
Premium waterfront living on this level must offer all amenities , including the ability to park near the residence . Therefore , car park facilities have been established on the lower level . In this connection , RMIG Solutions has supplied facade panels for covering the car park .
The facade panels presented several challenges . Aesthetically , the panels should be decorative and match the architecture . Functionally , they should have an extraordinarily large open area , as the rest of the basement is surrounded by solid walls . Finally , the panels should appear in a raw finish , directly from the mill .
The task was solved thanks to a close and trusting collaboration with the architect . Aesthetically , the choice fell on a botanical pattern with a closed surface at the top that hides the concrete deck .
An open area of 50 % is difficult to achieve in this thickness ( 3mm ), particularly in an aesthetic finish , but with precision tools , the sales and development departments at RMIG Solutions managed to increase this . The architect proposed displacing some of the panels to provide extra ventilation , and this ultimately resulted in an open area of approximately 75 %.
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