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Crafting a Façade with AluProfile Vertical Profiles: A Guide by Technowood

By Anaïs Bernard

When embarking on the design of a building façade, architects must strike a balance between practicality, technical specifications, and aesthetic appeal. Vertical batten facades have surged in popularity due to their elegant appearance, offering a tactile warmth and dynamic interplay of shadows. Crafting a vertical profile façade involves meticulous planning to ensure both beauty and functionality withstand the test of time and environmental elements.

Selecting Vertical Profiles

The initial step in designing a façade with vertical profiles is choosing the suitable material and product for the battens. Designers often weigh the merits of natural wood against integrated aluminum composite systems. While natural wood exudes warmth, it comes with challenges such as weight, warping, and maintenance requirements. Alternatively, wood-look aluminum composites offer the aesthetics of wood coupled with the lightweight durability of aluminum.

Technowood AluProfile emerges as a standout solution, featuring profiles laminated with natural wood veneers, marrying wood aesthetics with metal resilience. This hybrid system yields enduring claddings, boasting exceptional climatic resistance and fireproof properties. AluProfile, resistant to organic decay and fire, ensures longevity and ease of installation while offering recyclability and extended lengths.

Profile Specifications

The dimensions, finish, and spacing of vertical profiles significantly influence the façade’s final appearance. For expansive projects, larger cross-sections with generous spacings create dynamic facades, while delicate profiles enhance smaller buildings, yielding a subtle textured look. Technowood AluProfile offers versatility with various wood coatings and varnish color options, allowing designers to tailor the product to suit the building’s style and context.

Substrate and Fixings

Attention to substrate and fixing methodology is paramount in ensuring a secure and visually pleasing façade. Technowood AluProfile is designed for installation over a solid substrate, with options for insulation. The profiles, connected to the substrate using a proprietary T-Profile and rust-proof mechanical fixings, boast a clean, uniform appearance devoid of visible fastenings.

Crafting a Façade with AluProfile Vertical Profiles offers architects a versatile and durable solution, seamlessly blending aesthetics with functionality to elevate building exteriors.