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TECHNAL NEWS / The Technal Newsletter / # 6 / January 2011
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All of us at HBS International
Project
Dakar (Sénégal)
A naturally lit Villa overlooking the Ocean
Dakar (Sénégal)
The Pointe Sarène Villa was designed by Guillaume Koffi and Issa Diabaté to maximise natural light and transparency whilst being protected from intense solar radiation. The maximum glass surface area of Technal's joinery is used to optimum effect in this design...

The Pointe Sarène Villa is located just to the North of the Pointe Sarene Bay, a light sandy beach bordered by soft green filao trees on which dozens of brightly coloured dug-outs sit.
 
Casement windows and large TOPAZE sliding windows open the West facade onto a terrace with swimming pool. The East facade has only one main opening to offer protection against the heat of the morning sun. SAFETYLINE jalousie windows on this East wall provide natural ventilation.
 
A V-shaped roof supported by cement columns offers secondary protection over part of the villa. This additional coverage lowers the temperature of the lounge located below and provides overhangs that protect the facades and terraces from solar radiation.

Dakar (Sénégal)

Dakar (Sénégal)

Dakar (Sénégal)

Contracting authority: Omar Sow
Architects: Guillaume Koffi and Issa Diabaté (Koffi and Diabaté Architects)
Metal builder: Metralu
Jobs

Lagos (Nigeria)
8000m² of glass on site

 

Lagos (Nigeria)

The company ITB NIGERIA LTD (Aluminium Division), local partner of Technal in Abuja (Nigeria), manufactures the facade of the Eko
Tower in Lagos. This remarkable construction project will be heralded for its lines and for its 8000m² of glass that reflects the Lagos sky.

Lagos (Nigeria)

 

Technal facades

 

Technal facades

Technal facades

 
 
This 18-storey tower intended to house the Total Group's offices was commissioned by EKO HOTEL who contracted out the construction to ITB NIGERIA LTD.
 
The Technal Unitized frame facade is fitted with blue Structural Sealent Glazing.
 
The facade is created by the on-site installation of panels manufactured and glazed in the workshop, thus allowing it to be rapidly implemented.
 
The 8000m² of facade comprises 1700 panels measuring 1.2 x 3.65m of which 1200 were already installed, representing an installation rate of 18 panels per day.
 
As the facade, door and window profiles have a thermal break – a first in Africa - the end user will benefit from outstanding thermal comfort..
 
Having drawn up a preliminary design, Technal lent its technical support to its partner ITB NIGERIA LTD (Aluminium Division).
 
The Eko Tower will be ready for Total in 2011 when it will undoubtedly become a prestigious reference in Africa for Technal and its partner.

News
Hanoï (Vietnam)
Technal present at "French Week"

French Week 2010 was held in Hanoï last November to promote the image of France in Vietnam and to develop commercial relations and industrial partnerships between French and Vietnamese companies. Having already been in the region for a number of years, Technal attended the event.

  Hanoï (Vietnam)


Contacted by the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, Marc Villard, Joe Sleiman, Technal Manager for South-East Asia, answered positively without hesitation "we work a lot in the region: in Thailand since 2003, in Vietnam since 2006, in Singapore in 2007 and in Indonesia for the last two years. HBS South East Asia has worked on a number of major projects including Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, The Ministry of Police in Hanoi and the Joy Nostalg Center in Manila."
 
 
Technal's 54m² stand displayed an offer that was attractive to professional visitors due to its suitability for both the residential and business construction markets:
- the GEODE facade in a horizontal Trame version with photovoltaic panels and in Flush version (glazing without covers),
- the Saphir sliding system in standard version and with reinforced profiles as created for the Marina Bay Sands Casino in Singapore,
- the 3-leaf GALENE Lift & Slide solution on 3 rails, the TOPAZE casement window, the TITANE door, the NOTEAL shutter, the SAFETYLINE motorised jalousie window, the SUNEAL brise-soleil.
 
 
"Our stand drew in the crowds, mainly due to its well-thought out design" commented Joe Sleiman. "We met over 150 professionals including architects, consultants and developers from France, Vietnam and other countries. This show was an opportunity for us to strengthen our presence in the Vietnamese market. This market has grown on average more than 8% per year and constitutes just over 60% of our current revenue in the region."
 
 
This highly promoted show was an opportunity for Technal and more than 180 other French companies to enhance their reputation by displaying their products and services to professionals over two days, then to the general public.


Hanoï (Vietnam)


Development

Toulouse (France)
A positive energy office building
To limit the impact of economic activity on global warming, the authorities in France have established Building Plan aimed at limiting the energy consumption of buildings. This plan focuses in particular on low consumption or positive energy buildings that have started to spring up here and there. Of these environmentally friendly constructions, we have chosen to present the new Gamba Acoustique headquarters that produce more energy than they consume.

Toulouse (France)

The Gamba Acoustique(1) office headquarters
fully complies with the concept of Positive Energy Building-activity included (BEPOS-AC), as it produces more energy than it consumes. The activity energy of this office building added to the energy consumed by the building equals a total energy of 50 to 55 kWh/m².year. With photovoltaic production (+/- 55 kWh/m².year) offsetting the total energy consumed, the final BEPOS-AC objective is reached.
 
 
The contracting authority, René Gamba, architects
Philippe Vigneu and Gilles Fauré, and the manager of the thermal design office Technisphère, intentionally played the thermal inertia card: North-South facing, absence of thermal break in the exterior cellular concrete envelope insulated by the exterior, large glass surfaces, bare concrete floor slabs, etc.
 
 
An optimum compromise was obtained between
good insulation, good ventilation and limited consumption.
 
 
All services are top-of-the-range yet are obtained
using standard solutions, as shown by the example of SOLEAL aluminium joinery with double glazing that provides low emissivity and a good light transmission index.
 
 
The building's scenario study, consideration of user requirements and research into passive performance, also have an impact on user comfort, with in particular optimum air and light quality.

(1) Gamba Acoustique is an engineering, research and development and acoustic and vibration training office.

Toulouse (France)

SOLEAL motorised Apparent opening sashes. The one on the left is equipped with a timer to provide ventilation at night.

The constant underground temperature of 19° is obtained by a heat pump connected to 8 x 100m boreholes and diffused in floating floors. Sloping roof panels and brise-soleils support 355m² of photovoltaic cells.

• Contracting authority:
6NERGY+
 
• Architect:
Philippe Vigne
Vigneu & Zilio Architectes
 
• Fluids & thermal:
Technisphère
 
• Acoustics:
Gamba Acoustique
 
• Metal builder:
MAS – Technal Aluminier
Toulouse (France)




 

Next issue: March 2011
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