Top marks for facade
Multi-coloured Aluglaze panels from Panel Systems helped to create a striking futuristic facade for the new Durham Johnston Comprehensive School in Durham.
The panels were supplied by Sheffield-based Panel Systems to JMW Aluminium, the window and curtain walling specialist that installed them at the school.
The new building has been located on the site of an existing school and means, for the first time, the whole of Durham Johnston school will be on one site.
The panels were supplied in five different colours (including pink, red, white, blue and green), that reflects a new way forward for this modern school.
Danny Phelan, sales manager at Panel Systems, said: “We have been involved in a number of schools projects recently, but none quite as colourful as this! The visual effect is stunning and really does show what can be achieved through high quality architectural panels. As our capabilities extend to supplying a full range of bespoke panels to suit any type of system, we can give our customers much greater flexibility in meeting the design requirements of a project.”
In total, Panel Systems supplied 150m2 of Aluglaze panels, which met with a U-value of 0.80w/m2K to achieve the thermal performance requirements of the school. Each Aluglaze panel comprises polyester powder-coated aluminum, which is bonded to a core of Styrofoam insulation. Aluglaze can be designed to achieve a required U-value and rebated to suit the glazing system, as was the case with Durham Johnston School. .
Colour was a very important part of the design element of the building, as architect Paul Swarbrick of Ryders, explained: “The brief from the local authority planning department was to create a colourful and modern identity for the new school building. They wanted the elevation facing the main road to be contemporary in style, bright and aesthetically pleasing. This project just showed how versatile panels are for creating a contemporary building facade, but which met with all the necessary thermal performance requirements.”
G Redhead, Senior Project Manager at JMW Aluminium, explains: “The panels were fabricated to meet our bespoke requirements and delivery on call-off to site. The great service we had from Panel Systems meant that we could meet our deadlines for completion and received a quality, well fabricated, high performance product.”
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