Solarlux´s SL Modular balcony system enhances the quality of life in a newly built residential home for senior citizens in Hamburg, Germany, by creating additional living space with the advantage of highly effective sound insulation.

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Comprehensive Refurbishment Work in Apeldoorn, Netherlands

Apeldoorn with its 160,000 inhabitants is situated in the Dutch province of Geldern and is regarded as a garden city offering high quality living standards. Since its economic boom years in the early 60s, the city has seen great changes in its architectural environment. In the district of Zevenhuizen in the North-Eastern part of this sprawling city a considerable number of residential blocks that originated from this period have been handed down. Since the beginning of 2007 here, as everywhere in the city, extensive renovation and modernisation projects have been taking place with the aim of upgrading the out-of-date accommodation – not least in order to prevent the area from becoming run down.

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Today´s architecture is driven by the goals of achieving personal freedom and a desire to be close to nature. Where formerly thick walls were the norm, now an unrestricted view becomes the object of desire. The good news is that there are tried and tested solutions in glass which can effectively replace a wall and allow the outside world to enter your senses. Flexible glazing solutions such as those from Solarlux are also secure, energy-efficient and resistant to all weathers.

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Solarlux offers flexible glazing solutions for both balconies and façades. The easy-to-use SL 60e can be completely pulled to one side in order to open up space without any inconvenient supports. With its slimline aluminium profiles, the system imparts an overall impression of lightness and elegance. The wraparound narrow frames which are only 60 mm wide and the heat-insulating glass of up to 40 mm total thickness meet the highest standards of the German Energy Saving Regulations (EnEV). System-integrated continuous seals together with external gaskets provide excellent protection from driving rain and draughts. Special removable hinge pins make it possible to clean the outside panes from inside, a particularly welcome feature in the case of balconies.

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When glass systems are used in the design of façades, the product requirements which architects stipulate are getting more and more elaborate and sophisticated. These systems have to meet equally high standards in terms of functionality and design as they do with U values, for instance.

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In the design of balconies and façades offered by the system developer and manufacturer Solarlux, there are two cost-effective technical solutions in modular construction: insulated as well as uninsulated SL Modular systems have been designed to combine the components of parapets and glazing in a most successful way. The system offers not only the possibility of installing modules and glazing in stages but also gives great versatility in creative design. You can install an uninsulated balcony system by using the transparent SL 25 glazing units, or by employing the framed SL 25R version. In order to create a fully functional living space, heat insulated balustrade units can be used in combination with the SL 60e glass folding façade. Both systems give you substantially more quality of life by increasing your living space. The balcony modules, which are specially designed as curtain wall type units and which are factory pre-assembled are delivered ready to be installed. This is a big advantage, both in the case of new balconies as well as in balcony refurbishments and balcony extensions, since installation times are reduced to a minimum.

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For cost-effective balcony and façade design, the system developer and manufacturer Solarlux offers both uninsulated as well as insulated modular solutions: in the SL Modular system, which successfully combines parapet units and glazing, giving a large variety of design options. Using heat-insulated parapet units and fitting the SL 60e glass folding façade transforms a balcony into a fully usable living space, giving a better quality of life. If the modular system with integrated glazing is used it is possible to achieve Uw values as high as 1.7 W/m2K with the average insulation glazing being Ug = 1.1 W/m2K. The modules which have been designed as curtain wall type façades are pre-assembled in Solarlux´s works and delivered ready to be installed – a considerable advantage not only in new balconies but also for the refurbishment and extensions of balconies as this reduces installation times to a minimum.

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In the design of balconies and façades offered by the system developer and manufacturer Solarlux, there are two cost-effective technical solutions in modular construction: insulated as well as uninsulated SL Modular systems have been designed to combine the components of parapets and glazing in a most successful way. The system offers not only the possibility of installing modules and glazing in stages but also gives great versatility in creative design. You can install an uninsulated balcony system by using the transparent SL 25 glazing units, or by employing the framed SL 25R ver-sion. In order to create a fully functional living space, heat insulated balus-trade units can be used in combination with the SL 60e glass folding façade. Both systems give you substantially more quality of life by increasing your living space. The balcony modules, which are specially designed as curtain wall type units and which are factory pre-assembled are delivered ready to be installed. This is a big advantage, both in the case of new balconies as well as in balcony refurbishments and balcony extensions, since installation times are reduced to a minimum.

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Solarlux supplies tailor-made glazing for the VIP and press lounges in the new and ultra-modern New York Yankees baseball stadium.

Stadiums are the venues where spectacular and momentous events take place. At the centre of all this is the spectator, whether in the crowd or as an individual. One of the key questions that stadium planners have to address is how to achieve the best possible visibility for spectators. Of growing importance here is the develop-ment of the so-called luxury suites which are intended to be meeting places for VIPs. These must have close proximity to the heart of the game whilst at the same time providing the choice of being able to withdraw and be undisturbed. Well at-tended VIP lounges are of great importance for economic reasons and luxury lounges have a great deal of prestige. For example, a VIP lounge in the Yankee stadium in New York which was built in 1923 and which is appointed to a medium standard can cost, on average, $ 265,000 per baseball season or approximately $ 18,000 per game. Clients are provided with the exclusive luxury of a professionally appointed VIP lounge from where they can participate in the game or event as they please and structure their day as they wish. This is why glazing solutions which offer the best visibility and flexibility to meet any of these requirements are in de-mand. The development and application of flexible glazing concepts are therefore central in the delivery of such highly profitable aspects of contemporary stadium design. Tailor-made solutions of the highest quality are demanded in such locations.

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To have exclusive architectural buildings all over the world fitted with Solarlux´s glass folding façades can hardly be regarded as special any more but to have such folding façades fitted at a height of almost 8 000 feet above sea level has been somewhat unusual, even for the market leader Solarlux from Bissendorf in Germany. Solarlux are the supplier of all the vertical glazing for the new “glacier garden” glass pavilion on Germany´s highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Thus Solar-lux´s folding façades have literally made it to the top.

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