Aperture, Greenwich Peninsula
March 2018

The mullion-only VS-1 curtain walling system from GLASSOLUTIONS has been installed at the Aperture, a new community hub that forms part of the regeneration of Greenwich Peninsula.

For main contractor Kier Construction, Glassolutions manufactured and installed the building’s façade, comprising VS-1, supplemented with traditional curtain walling.

A feature of architects DSDHA’s design for Aperture was the inclusion of extensive glazing at ground floor level. 

The VS-1 installation for Aperture includes continuous full high feature fins to minimise the building’s solar gain and enhance thermal and acoustic performance. The original concept was to use standard curtain walling with a bespoke fin attached, but the properties of VS-1 suited the design perfectly and this was chosen as the final design solution.

For the areas of the building’s envelope fitted with the VS-1 system, Glassolutions installed 10mm SGG Securit heat soak toughened SKN 174 II glass paired with 21.5mm SGG Stadip Securit heat soak toughened inner panes, with a silicon seal creating the units’ 16mm cavity. The system also accommodated bespoke storey-height anodised insulated cladding panels, with perforated sinusoidal rainscreen.

For Aperture’s ground and lower floors, glazing comprised outer panes of 8mm and 10mm Cool-Lite SKN176 II, heat soak toughened. This was paired with inner panes of 10.8mm SGG Stadip Protect separated with a 90% filled argon gas cavity fitted with 16mm black warm edge spacers to reduce heat transfer.

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