International Kalzip projects

Below is a selection of Kalzip projects from around the world.

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Project: Qizhong International Tennis Centre, Shanghai, China Architect: Mitsuru Senda, the Environment Design Institute (EDI) To ensure that matches are never rained off, the new Qizhong International Tennis Centre in Shanghai, China has been equipped with an innovative Kalzip roof. Kalzip was the ideal building material because its flexibility could achieve the unique three-dimensional roof design. Simulating the petals of a flower, some 15,000 square metres of Kalzip 65/400 aluminium stucco embossed sheets were used to construct the eight separate segments of the roof, which can fully open or close in just eight minutes.
Project: Cité Shopping Mall, Baden Baden, Germany Architect: form A architects, When consumer spending dropped in the Baden-Baden area of Germany, the local government granted permission for a new retail complex to be constructed where former barracks in a conservation area stood. The resulting shopping mall, covering a total of 24,000 square metres, consists of two circular buildings, resembling UFOs, that are joined by a covered passage way. The structure’s outer skin is covered by approximately 13,000 square metres of curved and tapered Kalzip aluminium standing seam sheets. Kalzip was chosen because the XT profiled panels could achieve the complex geometry required for sections of the buildings.
Project: South Puget Sound Community College. Olympia, WA, United States. Architect: Ben Dalton of the Miller Hull Partnership The new Natural Sciences Building at South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA, features 6,592 square feet of Kalzip TF800R on its exterior walls and color matched extruded aluminum flashings. The 52,000 square foot three-story structure was designed to complement an existing science lab and classroom building on the western edge of the campus. The Kalzip 0.040 gauge aluminum décor helped fulfill both aesthetic and functional needs.
Project: Tung Chung Cable Car Station, Lantau Island, Hong Kong Architect: Aedas LPT Architects In places where particular consideration has to be given to nature, cable cars make a good alternative to transport routes. That is why a cable car was the perfect solution, in Hong Kong, to connect a stretch of almost six kilometres to the island of Lantau, with its world-famous Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha. In line with the wishes of the client, the architecture of the stations has been designed to fit in with the surroundings. The Tung Chung Station has been built as a modern structure which is clearly influenced by tradition, featuring striking roofs and a Kalzip roof with a surface area of around 6,000 square metres
Project: Terminal 1B Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, India Architect: Hafeez Contractor India’s economy is continually growing – as is the demand for flights between cities on the subcontinent – giving rise to the creation of a new terminal building for domestic flights in the first phase to expand Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The terminal houses 38 check-in desks. In front of the long, stretched out, elliptical form of the terminal, the architects adjoined a shorter, cubic structure as an entrance and service area. 10,000 square metres of Kalzip standing seam were used to roof the structure whose exterior cascades down into a waterfall of shimmering glass on the entrance side of the building.
Project: Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Architect: SAA Partnership Football is a favourite sport for men and women in Singapore and for decades, the Jalan Besar Stadium has been the centre of attention for football. From staging international tournaments to youth development, the organisers in the city-state are doing their best to keep up with the continent’s larger countries. Built in 1932, it was closed in 1999, extensively rebuilt and reopened in 2003 with 6,000 seats. The new stadium’s most striking feature, visible from a distance, is the newly erected roof suspended over the southwest stand. The suspension bridge design with the slightly arched roof is made of Kalzip profiles.
Project: Vigo University Faculty of Marine Science, Isla de Toralla, Spain Architect: Xosé Carlos Rodriguez The department of Marine Science at the University of Vigo, Spain, has been aptly placed on the coastline for the study of marine biology and conservation of sea life and its habitat. The architect, Xosé Carlos Rodriguez, was able to achieve his design for the project by using 600 square metres of Kalzip XT aluminium sheets which made it possible for him to create the spherical shapes that he had drawn in his original concept. Kalzip XT allows three dimensional contouring to be combined with an aluminium standing seam system, giving architects the freedom to form contemporary, free flowing architectural designs.
Project: Ski Dubai, UAE Architect: Majid Al Futtaim Group Even 40C heat didn’t stop the world’s third largest ski slope being built in Dubai. The brief was that the external cladding had to be absolutely airtight to maintain temperatures inside the massive structure. It also had to follow the exact contours of the building frame to create the stunning aesthetics. Kalzip panels were fabricated on site for the 60 metre wide sloping, curving roof. Fabricating the Kalzip panels on site eliminated the need for any overlapping joints that could have been points of weakness. Special, elevated platforms were built alongside the structure where Kalzip mobile roll formers and curving machines produced metal sheets that were mounted almost immediately onto the building frame.
Project: RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire, UK Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley The National Cold War Exhibition at RAF Museum Cosford in Shropshire, England, uses 10,000 square metres of Kalzip’s aluminium standing seam system to clad the curvilinear roof and sections of the elevations. The building comprises two triangular volumes that rise to 30 metres, creating a 130 metre-long fault line along their adjoining edges. These two opposing volumes provide a physical representation of the two forces locked in the cold war. The triangular volumes gracefully twist along their length, tempering the huge volume of the building.