Do you consider renovating a facade? Sometimes major maintenance is required to keep your facade in top condition or to make a building fireproof or to make it more sustainable. Renovating your exterior facade can also give a home or building a true upgrade. These example projects prove that you can give a building a beautiful new look with fireproof and durable Rockpanel board material.
There are various ways to renovate your facade. A good option to give your facade a completely new look quite easily, is to renovate your facade with board material. Especially if you want to insulate a building or house from the outside, applying external insulation combined with exterior cladding is a great option. If you then use firesafe insulation and facade boards made from stone wool, en gevelpanelen van steenwol, you solve two problems with one solution. Rockpanel cladding also provides full design freedom. The procust range includes not only all RAL / NCS colors, but also very authentic timber effect cladding, stone look cladding and cladding with a metallic appearance.
Need some inspiration for your own facade renovation project? Have a look at the results of these gorgeous projects and read all about the experiences of building owners, architects and contractors.
DENMARK AB Taarnparken, Roskilde
In Roskilde (Denmark), three apartment blocks were renovated. During a complete facade renovation, the old peeling plaster was replaced by modern facade panels. The apartment blocks, which have also undergone energy optimization, have been equipped with robust Rockpanel Colours boards that ensure a long lifetime and low maintenance.
FRANCE Bièvre, Paris
In France, the traditional way of creating firesafe buildings is with 'bavettes': a local type of firestops that place a strong, usually less desired mark on the look of a building. With Rockpanel facade boards, optimum fire safety is guaranteed, while at the same time being able to create a visually impressive building.
HOLLAND Bakenshof, Horst
What to do with a strongly outdated assisted-living centre that has no future in its present form, but that’s still too young for demolition? The parties involved decided to give this well-located property a visual facelift. With the new, low-maintenance facade boards, it is now completely ready for the future.
UNITED KINGDOM Goldsmith Court, Nottingham
Goldsmith Court is a stylish, purpose designed student accommodation. The property has been re-dressed with non-combustible Rockpanel external facades, ensuring design freedom and fire-safety while delivering a sophisticated, modern exterior. The two surface designs – organic wood and slick aluminium – work together to bring visual impact to the architecture.
GERMANY Haute Couture, Hannover
In 2012, housing corporation Gartenheim redeveloped a multi-family house, which was built in 1957. Before the renovation, the façades were plastered in a light-beige colour. But not anymore! ‘Haute Couture’, as the multi-unit house in Hannover (Germany) was named, now bursts with colour.
GERMANY GBS Grafschaft Bentheim, Nordhorn
A thorough renovation made this school in Germany in futureproof. In terms of health - replacing old fibre cement boards containing asbestos - and fire safety, but also aesthetically. The building is no longer a heavy concrete block, but has transformed into a light modern attractive building.
The external facade of Hotel Academie, located in the heart of Bruges, looks pretty different since it was renovated thoroughly. The Rockpanel Stones Mineral Chalk facade panels give the hotel a beautiful light and modern look. Previously, the owners experienced that their hotel, like many older buildings, became very hot in the summer. With the insulation of the outer wall, covered with facade cladding, this problem is a thing of the past.
Renovation project Hotel Academie Brugges, Belgium
The Betty-Greif-school in Germany needed to be entirely renovated and extended by 450 m². The durable and easy to maintain Rockpanel facade boards met all requirements. Architect Dietmar Wöhler: “The wide range of Rockpanel Colours was the deciding factor. It was the perfect alternative to our original plans and gave us complete freedom in the design. We were able to install the façade exactly as we wanted thanks to the wide range of colours and because Rockpanel is particularly easy to work with.”
Renovatieproject Betty-Greif School Pfarrkirchen, Duitsland
On the twin apartment blocks Prospect House and Hicks House in London, Rockpanel Woods and Rockpanel Colours facade boards take the stage. A facade renovation was necessary to comply with the new fire safety rules in the United Kingdom. This means that all parts of the outer wall construction for buildings of 18 meters and higher must meet or exceed Euroclass A2-s1, d0. The facade panels are custom made to create a visually perfect match.
Renovation project Apartment blocks London, United Kingdom
In Haarlem (the Netherlands), four gallery flats have undergone a major renovation. The new front facades are the most eye-catching feature of the renovated buildings. Architect Marc De Wilde: “Together with our client, we went in search of cladding material that would give the building a modern, unique look. When we came across Rockpanel Chameleon in the dealer showroom, we were sold on the spot: thanks to a clever crystal layer, you can actually see the facade change colour as you walk past it, with a different incidence light every time. No matter what the angle, you won't see the same thing twice. They give the building the exact modern look that is needed at this location.”
Renovation project Block of flats Haarlem, Netherlands
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