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European
Aluminium in Renovation Award
Munich/Paris-
The European Aluminium in Renovation Award, to run throughout 2007
involved 15 European countries, a series of national competitions
and a European final rewarding the most innovative and sustainable
uses of aluminium in building renovation.
Significant use of aluminium,
contemporary design, life cycle thinking, energy efficiency,
socio-economic impact and added value to the original building
were taken into account.
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An
independent jury consisting of experts on architecture, technology
and media judged the nominated projects. 47 Nominees from 7
Regional competitions covering 16 countries were judged;
eS21 wins
Special Prize Cladding & Roofing for the engineering
of aluminium light weight shells applied at the
pre-stressed-concrete king pins of BMW
Headquarter Tower, Munich, Germany
Design challenges were
Large-format cladding,
very low structural weight, high structural stiffness
Inspectability of
prestressed concrete – cladding removable at any time
Site at a height of 100
m under difficult installation conditions
Extremely tight time
schedule
High degree of
precision, automation of the manufacturing using welding robots
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eS21 Solution: Rib shells
at only 20 kg/m² with bi-directional curvature like 3D
free-form shape such as in car body manufacturing but
significantly larger
From the Jury Report: „This
refurbishment shows an innovative way to use aluminium. It is an
intelligent cladding, completely prefabricated and put into
position in a very short time.“
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