GLASS FOR FACADE 2022

GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 - 29 28 - GLASS FOR FAÇADE - EDITION 2022 The Rotterdam skyline has a new skyscraper, the “Zalmhaven Tower”. It is part of the “De Zalmhaven” complex, located right on the banks of the Maas river, that includes two other 70-metre-high buildings. The tower itself is 215 metres high to the top of its mast, making it the Netherlands’ tallest building and one of Europe’s tallest residential towers. “Zalmhaven Tower” has 60 floors providing 295 residential units. Every apartment, including the highest levels, has an outdoor area with at least one balcony. These, as well as the publicly accessible top floor restaurant, provide breath-taking views of the Maas and Erasmus Bridge, the historic place “Scheepvaartkwartier” and the constantly expanding skyline of the Dutch port city. The architecture, designed by the architectural firm Dam & Partners, evokes the classic skyscraper design: tapering to the top with a glass façade and a 12-metre high mast. State-of- the-art construction technologies have made Zalmhaven Tower the tallest «prefabricated building» in the world: from the fourth floor upwards, the reinforced concrete structure was built entirely from prefabricated elements and completed floor by floor using a self-climbing lifting platform, with a new floor being added every week. 700 façade elements were fully prefabricated ex-works, including natural stone cladding, insulated concrete exterior wall elements and windows. COOL-LITE® SKN 165 solar control coating from Saint-Gobain Glass was used, providing excellent light transmission and thermal insulation. The glass façades of the crown of the tower were constructed using COOL-LITE® XTREME coating, with its aesthetically appealing modern look. In addition to the glass product, 5 other Saint-Gobain products were used in this project for the façade, partitions and ceilings, of the following brands: - Mupan Façade and Sonepanel (Isover) - Duragyp® and Gyproc® RF (Gyproc®) - Master F® (Ecophon). Location Houtlaan, Rotterdam, NL Architect High-rise tower: Dam & Partners Architecten Mid-rise towers and plinth: KAAN Architecten Glass processor Vandaglas GmbH, Emmen/Berlin Façade (cladding) Rollecate B.V., Staphorst Photos ©Fred Smulders, Studio Hoge Heren RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ZALMHAVEN IMPRESSIVE VIEWS FROM THE HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL TOWER IN THE NETHERLANDS