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COMPANY UPDATE

the security check and bag- be manufactured in their
gage collection areas. own facilities with absolute
The terminal receives trav- guarantees to successfully
ellers with a large glazed achieve the full scope of the
area, which conveys a project.
pleasant perception of Both the facade and the
space and openness, this interior panes were lami-
large glass surface also nated with Evalam, which
provides a large amount was the chosen solution
of natural light, sensations due to its better results
much in demand in all compared to the lamina-
public spaces. The design tion with PVB.
took into account all the
characteristics required of HOTEL SILKEN SAAJ,
the glass by the architect in A NEW VISUAL
charge of the project, that ATTRACTION
is, protection against ex- IN LAS PALMAS
cessive thermal loads and DE GRAN CANARIA
overheating, on the other The Silken Saaj hotel has
hand, it also required the recently been inaugurat-
maintenance of cold air ed, it has a careful design
on the outside and isola- and avant-garde decora-
tion of the sound, these tion and is impressive due
last two demands were an to the technical complex-
important challenge due to ity of its dichroic glass fa-
the extreme climatic condi- çade that changes colour
tions of cold temperatures depending on the light, in
most of the year in Finland order to achieve this great
and the acoustic conditions façade designed by the ar-
due to the location and use chitecture studio UAD, the
of the building. In addition, professionalism of a pres-
the design and final cost of tigious world leader such is
the glass was taken into Tvitec has been important,
account. These challenges which placed its trust in
and demands were an- Pujol Evalam to be able to
swered by Lasiliiri Oy, in manufacture the entire 10
cooperation with Teräsele- + 10 glass façade in differ-
mentti Oy with great suc- ent forms.
cess. Evalam Visual, the solu-
The total surface of glass tion chosen, has been de-
manufactured and installed veloped to have a strong
was 2,500 square metre, resistance to moisture,
the size of the glasses and thus avoiding the dreaded
their design were the main delaminations that are
challenges for the manu- generated when the glass
facturer. A new investment is installed open-edge in
of Lasiliiri Oy in the Pujol unfavourable weather con-
lamination line, allowed ditions, as is the case of
all the laminated glass of the hotel’s location in the
large dimensions could first line of the sea and the

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