Dynamic brise soleils residential building in Cara Lazara Street
In 2024, Metals-Weld carried out work on a building in Cara Lazara Street. We were engaged as a subcontractor to elaborate the facade project and create technical drawings for the glass railing system.
The project task was to develop the concept of a dynamic facade into technical elaboration and drawings of fixed and sliding elements on the facade, in combination with transparent glass railings. This project was created by the architectural studio of Lazar Kuzmanov, executed by the company Gra-vet, and the investor was Rekord Invest from Novi Sad.
As the building is oriented south, the facade with sliding brise soleils also serves to darken the rooms in case of strong sunlight. Such facades are extremely important for energy efficiency as they reduce electricity consumption due to less use of air conditioning in apartments.
A combination of white and anthracite panels was chosen, which further creates a dynamic effect when the facade elements are moved. In this way, each tenant in the building participates daily in creating the dynamic appearance of the facade.
The main challenge on this project was the drainage of rainwater both from the railings and from the fixed and sliding brise soleils. The aluminum railing bases thus received new drip edges that serve as a link with the steel supports of the facade structure.
The railings themselves were executed according to global standards for such buildings. The aluminum bases used in this project can withstand an impact of over 5 kN for 15 seconds.
The upper edge of the glass was framed with a stainless steel “U-cap” that protects the PVB foil from UV radiation and mechanical impacts.
Other materials we used include aluminum, stainless steel, and structural steel, as well as plastic parts that are UV resistant and suitable for facade use.
As for the “U-profiles” made of structural steel, which are positioned along the floor slabs between levels, it was necessary to carry out all precise material processing and drilling so that they could be galvanized and powder-coated afterward.
Such precise and systematic execution has been achieved over the years by using cantilever brackets protected by industrial design.
More details about the project can be seen in the video: