The exterior of a building, its facade or envelope, plays an important role in how we see and use a building . Building envelopes have received significant upgrades in the past 30 years with ventilated facades becoming more and more popular.

The Benefits of Ventilated Facades

With new construction techniques, styles and the ever changing demands on how we use and adapt a building, the building envelopes appearance is increasingly important.  Modern techniques allow us to clad buildings with a wide variety of materials such as aluminium, stainless steel, weathering or Corten Steel. 

These can all be manufactured to produce striking facades in either expanded mesh, perforated mesh, or pattern perforated mesh, in various shapes and sizes. This allows architects to develop designs, which allow the building to stand out from the crowd. 

With the use of integrated architectural lighting, within the cladded envelope, Architects and occupiers can have the best of both worlds.  A subtle building design, which at the flick of a switch turns into a media platform or a beacon, drawing your attention.

Why are ventilated facades so good?

There are many reasons why ventilated exterior cladding systems are used other than the aesthetics. They can increase thermal performance and heat defection. They can also reduce energy consumption and provide an overall improvement in the buildings acoustics. By wrapping a building with an independent second skin, you are isolating the inner construction from the exterior environment. 

Ventilated building facades can be constructed from a variety of hardwearing materials, allowing the building to withstand more harsh environments and chemical based pollution attacks which modern city life results in, it can also be argued that a facade skin also reduces maintenance costs.

Another of the benefits which ventilated facades offer is the costs effective and relatively instant capability to transform a building’s exterior in a short space of time.  Adding a ventilated facade to a building can be done on most pre-existing buildings, regeneration projects and new builds.

Two Point Seven Facades Ltd and our associated partners have un-parallel expertise in the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of bespoke facade architecture. We are able to provide a full turnkey package, from design to operational maintenance. To find out more about our services and how we can add benefit to projects please feel free contact us at www.twopointseven.co.uk.